The Lang Sisters
Folk-Acoustic-Bluegrass Duet/Band out of Raleigh, NC
"Inspired by their love of traditional music, The Lang Sisters include many folk, bluegrass and gospel crowd favorites, as well as their own original songs, to create a unique palette of acoustic music."
The Lang Sisters Band EPK
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The Lang Sisters Band Stage Plot
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Imurj Radio Bluegrass Playlist - thank you for showcasing our 2016 Coming Home album with 4 public domain songs and 2 originals.
Promotional Video:
Read Jessie's essay here on Carolina Country:
www.carolinacountry.com/carolina-stories/joyful-times-at-summer-music-camp
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Chloe and Jessie are honored to be featured (page 55) in the North Carolina MILLENNIAL TRADITIONAL ARTISTS DIRECTORY.
The Millennial Traditional Artists (MTA) Directory documents next-generation artists working within traditional genres and cultures found across the state of North Carolina.
This directory is the outcome of a three-year initiative by the Folklife Program of the North Carolina Arts Council to identify, serve, and promote the needs of traditional artists at the early stages of their careers.
Jessie and I had a wonderful time performing our Christmas set for the WakeMed Heart Center patients!
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Our Song of the Mountains 2017 performance is finally airing on PBS. If you missed the show, you can click on picture below to see it on online. Support your local PBS station and ask them to bring Song of the Mountains to your neck-of-the-woods.
The Lang Sisters Band on the Song of the Mountains PBS television show, Saturday (7/8/2017) www.songofthemountains.org
The Lang Sisters Band performed at MerleFest 2018!
We were super excited to have Kitty Amaral and Greg Penny join Chloe Lang and Jessica Lang for this performance.
Playing at MerleFest is such an honor and has been a goal of ours for some time!
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Our first CD project, Coming Home, was very exciting and fun to produce!
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We had a great time closing out the PineCone - Piedmont Council of Traditional Music Music of the Carolinas Series at the North Carolina Museum of History today! It was a great show, and thank you to all who came out to support us!
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This a new original song, Tell Me A Story, that I (Jessie Lang) wrote with Rick Lang, Songwriter of the IBMA Songwriting Committee, through the IBMA songwriting mentoring program. It has been such an honor and blessing to work with him! I wrote this song about how we all want to hear a story with a happy ending, and no pain and sorrow in our lives. Even though this isn't attainable, we can always hope and have faith for a better future. This song goes out to my Mom, as it's her birthday today (June 11), and she has been here for us all along! :)
Music of the Carolinas Series: The Lang Sisters Band
Sunday, June 11, 3 p.m
The Lang Sisters Band had a great time at the Got to Be NC Festival. They were honored to take home 2nd place among other fantastic bluegrass bands. Big thanks to our awesome guest bass player, Raymond Bragg and of course we can't forget our fantastic fiddler Sam Stage. Thank you to Buddy Michaels and everyone at Got to be NC Festival for making this happen.
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Got to Be NC Festival Carolina Bluegrass Battle
kicks off May 20th with host band, The Church Sisters, playing at 10:15 a.m.
North Carolina State Fair in the Dorton Arena.
Dalton Living Magazine | January/February 2017 | 29
The Lang Sisters Band 2017 RenoFest SC State Championship Bluegrass Band Video Playlist is located on Lovin' Bluegrass by Carol McDuffie
www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfQ5xXQuzs516AxxxBehzdPLfQO9lUTsG
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The Lang Sisters - Bluegrass Kinda Christmas, Raleigh, NC 12/17/2016 Lovin' Bluegrass by Carol McDuffie
"Angelina The Baker" |
"Old Home Place" |
"Jerusalem Ridge" |
"I've Endured" |
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Walter Magazine - Girl Power by Tracy Davis
The Lang Sisters bring it with bluegrass
On the bluegrass side of the musical fence are sisters Chloe and Jessica (Jessie) Lang. The two have performed as bluegrass/folk duo The Lang Sisters throughout the Triangle since 2012, and are regular participants in the fiddlers’ conventions, bluegrass jams, and competitions that make up the Piedmont’s thriving traditional music scene.
The catalyst? “Taylor Swift,” says Jessie, 14. Both she and Chloe, 17, started playing guitar in 2011. Though inspired first by Swift, other influences – notably the bluegrass community’s strong tradition of mentoring, and the sisters’ shared interest in history – turned out to be closer to home. A fan of legendary flat picker Doc Watson, Jessie was drawn to the complexity of the style and found that it came naturally to her. “I was hooked early on,” she says. Chloe gravitated toward rhythm guitar.
The girls dove in deep, taking classes and workshops. They gave themselves a name in 2012, and by 2014 were included in the adult folk duet category of the 2014 N.C. State Fair’s Folk Festival – at the ages of 11 and 15. Last year, they were booked to play the N.C. Heritage Stage. “It was so awesome to come back to a place that we have been going to since we were babies,” says Chloe, “and now we were performing for the fairgoers!’
Onstage at events like Artsplosure, the duo keeps it both polished and fresh. They blend old traditionals – Uncloudy Day segues into I’ll Fly Away, the harmonies seamless – and then hang around after to chat with new fans. The interaction comes easily to them, and both girls emphasize the “giving back” aspect of the music they love. While they still go to youth jams, now they’re on both sides of the fence – mentees as well as mentors, offering tips and encouragement to the newcomers. And during the summers, they’ll attend and assist the teachers in workshops through local nonprofit PineCone, where they’re part of a newly-formed youth council. What keeps it fun is that they’re still learning. “Folk and bluegrass gets stereotyped as ‘old people music,’ and I thought that too, a long time ago,” says Chloe. “But that’s not it at all. Not when you look at the roots of the music.” For her senior project, she’s digging into exactly that: The influence of Appalachian music on American culture.
Jessie agrees. “With bluegrass and folk music,” she says, “the songs tell stories. They always have meaning.” She’s also recently started playing jazz guitar. Do the styles overlap? “Yup,” she says, “in bluegrass you can hear some jazzy and blues elements … but even so it’s pretty difficult to master the different chord structures!” Celtic music is on her to-play list as well, along with a classic problem: “There are not enough hours in the day to study all the music I’m interested in.”
When things warm up, they’ve got gigs at Meet in the Street in Wake Forest and the Eno River Festival in Durham. Jessie has a new song she’s submitting to MerleFest’s songwriting contest. And in the fall, they’ll head to downtown Raleigh along with thousands of other bluegrass fans for the IBMA conference and the city’s street festival, to hear their heroes play and perhaps play with them, too.
https://waltermagazine.com/community/people/girl-power/
Our 2015 North Carolina State Fair Folk Festival wins!
The Lang Sisters: 2nd place Vocal Duet, Trio or Quartet division
Jessica Lang: Special Award - The Curtis Lee Trophy
- this award is presented to an individual for an
outstanding instrumental performance.
