the Handsome Family
Genres: Pop/Rock, Folk, Country
Styles: Alternative Country, Neo-Traditional Folk, Traditional Folk, Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Country-Rock, Alt-Country, Country-Rock
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Husband-and-wife duo the Handsome Family has been labeled both alt-country and traditionalist, but truthfully their often-dark music lies in a unique space somewhere in between, blending the sounds of traditional country and bluegrass (and, especially, murder ballads) into a more modern scenery. Vocalist and composer Brett Sparks hails from Texas, where he studied music and briefly worked around the oil rigs. By the mid-'90s, he resided in Chicago with his wife Rennie Sparks, a fiction writer originally from Long Island. Brett persuaded Rennie ...
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