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Many thanks to Relix for chatting with Abigail and Lily of The Chapin Sisters about their recent singles "Bergen Street" and "All Through The Night," and about how growing families can change the timeline of album-making.
Personally, I want that album soooooon!
"'All Through The Night' was originally written as a lullaby for the eldest child of Abigail of The Chapin Sisters but when you take a closer listen, you can hear why it has become an anthem."
"All Through The Night" is "Today's Top Tune" for September 12 at KCRW! Listen now!
"The gorgeous singalong tune is... a warm embrace of positive affirmations... the intimate nature of its delivery makes a memorable mark."
Thank you to Jonathan at PopMatters for the thoughtful words this morning about "All Through The Night," the latest single by The Chapin Sisters, out this Friday, August 18.
The lullaby-turned-anthem that Abigail wrote for her daughter features the contributions of Rusty Santos (Animal Collective) and Noah Kittinger (Bedroom).
Thanks to The Brooklyn Eagle for posting about "Bergen Street" by The Chapin Sisters. But also, how about the photo at the top of the feature of Uncle Harry Chapin with one of my all-time heroes Gilda Radner?!
Wow! 😍😍😍
Check out The Chapin Sisters, with an acoustic preview of their next single "All Through The Night" on The Great American Folk Show via Prairie Public Radio!
Click for your life… and see the video for the duo’s most recent single, “Bergen Street,” below!
"Leaving Brooklyn, coming back as visitors and discovering both familiarity and estrangement inspired The Chapin Sisters' new song."
Abigail and Lily chat with BK Reader today about "Bergen Street," their first new music in five years.
"Growing up, art and music permeated Lily and Abigail’s lives. With GRAMMY-winning singer Tom Chapin as a father and folk-rock musician Harry Chapin — of ‘Cat’s in the Cradle’ fame — as an uncle, it’s no surprise that music accompanied the sisters’ artistic lives."
Click for your life!
"Prepare to swoon. Their voices braid effortlessly together and rise and fall with heartbreaking immediacy. Their phrasing is precise, their delivery is heavenly and the way every syllable soars is nothing short of spellbinding."
Just released! Please tune into the always fine Stereo Embers podcast for Alex Green in conversation with Abigail and Lily Chapin of The Chapin Sisters! Click for your life!
"Bergen Street" is their first single and video in over five years.
The first thing that jumped out at me when I saw this video was what I call "the twirls." It gave me that mellow NYC on a sunny morning when not everyone is up yet feeling. If you know, you know.
See the twirls in the music video for "Bergen Street" by The Chapin Sisters! Many thanks to The Bluegrass Situation for the premiere. More news soon!
P.S. It's National Siblings Day!
"There is something magical going on in this song that’s impossible not to be moved by." Man, you said it, Alex.
Thanks so much to Folk Radio UK for posting the first new music in over half a decade by The Chapin Sisters.
"Bergen Street" is an ode to their former Brooklyn home, and when these two harmonize about these fond memories, it really does feel like magic.
Listen now… Streaming everywhere tomorrow!
The Chapin Sisters make you long to return to a place you may have never been before.
“Bergen Street” is the new single (March 31, Lake Bottom Records) from Abigail and Lily Chapin, the sibling members of what looks like a folk music dynasty, but in reality, is a proud family that has been making music for decades in the most humble of traditions.
Father Tom Chapin is a Grammy®-winning singer-songwriter, late uncle Harry Chapin is a legendary artist and social justice activist (his #1 hit “Cat’s In The Cradle” is a timeless classic), and grandfather Jim Chapin was an esteemed jazz drummer.
The sisters’ first new music since 2017’s Ferry Boat full-length, “Bergen Street,” which describes a stretch of Brooklyn road with its everyday “soot in the window ruts” and “air that smells of the tire dust” is an example of this humble and expertly crafted music-making.
It is voiced with stirring sisterly “blood harmony” in a way that only a family band – especially one with such a long history – can do.