Twisted Pine has been included in the Improper Bostonian’s annual list of “Top Ten Local Artists on the Rise.” Read what writer Paul Robicheau had to say about the band:
“When the electricity went out at DelFest, that didn’t stop string quartet Twisted Pine. “If we were all electric, we wouldn’t have been able to play,” fiddler/singer Kathleen Parks says of that Memorial Day weekend event earlier this year in Maryland. “We went into the audience and did three or four traditional bluegrass tunes. Then the power came back on, and we plugged in and had all the pedals.”
Pedals? Yes, Twisted Pine has come a long way from late 2013, when Parks, guitarist/singer Rachel Sumner and mandolinist Dan Bui (all from Berklee) and UMass/Amherst-bred bassist Chris Sartori began playing bluegrass in the tradition of Del McCoury and Bill Monroe at the Cantab Lounge in Central Square. On their eponymous 2017 debut, they served crisp, charming bluegrass-pop originals like “Hold on Me” and “I Miss Talking,” then took another turn with last month’s EPDreams, which reimagines covers of the Beatles, Blondie and the Cranberries. Those covers took form in backstage rooms.”
Read the rest of the feature at the Improper Bostonian