The Kossoy Sisters
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Biography
The Kossoy Sisters were an American folk duo consisting of identical twins Irene Saletan and Ellen Christenson, born on May 11, 1938, in New York City. They began singing together at age six and recorded their debut album, Bowling Green, in 1956 with sound engineer Mel Kaiser. That same year, they performed at the Bound for Glory tribute concert for Woody Guthrie. After attending Blackburn College, the sisters performed at the inaugural Newport Folk Festival in 1959. Their work reached new audiences when Bowling Green was reissued in 1996. The track "Iâll Fly Away" was subsequently featured in the 2000 film O Brother, Where Art Thou?. The sisters released a second album, Hop on Pretty Girls, in 2002 and returned to the Newport Folk Festival in 2012. The duo later became inactive and moved to Guatemala.
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- Johnson Boys
- Down in the Willow Garden
- Pretty Polly
- An Old Love Song
- I'll Fly Away
- I Never Will Marry
- What Will We Do with the Baby O by The Kossoy Sisters
- Lonesome Dove
- Belle Starr
- Bluegrass Banjo featuring The Kossoy Sisters
- I'll Fly Away by The Kossoy Sisters
- I'd Like to Go Home
- Willie Moore
- Banjo Tune featuring The Kossoy Sisters
- Across the Blue Mountains
- Gypsy Girl
- Rake and Rambling Boy
- The Banks of the Ohio
- In the Pines
- The Darby Ram
- Unquiet Grave
- Engine 143
- Little Birdie
- What Will We Do With The Baby O
