Faces to watch 2010: Jypsi
How do you harness a band that sings and plays like the Carter Family -- if the pioneering country group had emerged in the Summer of Love rather than at the tail end of the Jazz Age? That's a puzzle a lot of music-biz types in Nashville have been trying to solve for a few years since Jypsi, the group comprising siblings Lillie Mae, Scarlett, Amber-Dawn and Frank Rische, set up camp and promptly tossed aside the country-music rule book at freewheeling marathon gigs at Layla's Bluegrass Inn downtown.
The outside world is catching on: A new track, "Lipstick," turned up recently on ABC's "Desperate Housewives." And audiences from Music City residents to those at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio seem to have little trouble connecting with the group's sizzling mix of country, folk, bluegrass and rock.
For their major-label debut, due sometime in 2010, the quartet has
hooked up with Taylor Swift's co-producer, Nathan Chapman. Perhaps that's a sign
that Jypsi's a-star-is-born lead singer, Lillie Mae, who is two years younger
than the woman who currently holds the keys to the pop-country kingdom, will
succeed her as crossover queen?
-- Randy Lewis
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Photo: Scarlett, Lillie Mae, Amber-Dawn and Frank Rische. Credit: Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times
Jypsi is great band! I saw them this summer in Niles, MI.
They have a funky look and a sweet sound. They are really pros, even in their youth.
Posted by: Mike M. | December 29, 2009 at 08:53 PM
It will be great to watch Stagecoach Festival, i have bought tickets from
http://ticketfront.com/event/Stagecoach_Festival-tickets looking forward to it.
Posted by: Maroussia | January 07, 2010 at 11:46 PM