the maes band

Multi-award-winning Melbourne contemporary folk outfit, The Maes (formerly The Mae Trio) is the brainchild of sisters Maggie and Elsie Rigby. The Maes.

Elsie and Maggie grew up surrounded by music playing in their family band and spent their childhood going to music festivals and camps, choir rehearsals and concerts. The sisters started the tour with a recording session in Canada, intending to make a four-track EP. The Maes are sisters Maggie (banjo, guitar and vocals) and Elsie Rigby (fiddle, mandolin, ukulele and vocals). Multi-award-winning Melbourne contemporary folk outfit, The Maes (formerly The Mae Trio) is the brainchild of sisters Maggie and Elsie Rigby. Touring in Australia and overseas, audiences are moved by their striking songwriting, intricate instrumental arrangements, and stunning vocal harmonies. Multi-award-winning, Melbourne-based contemporary folk band.

Find all that and more on their gorgeous new self-titled album. Born into the arms of the Folk music community in Australia, both sisters were side of stage at their first folk festival when they were four weeks old and have been absorbing and exploring folk music since that time.

Fired up by the changes in the band, inspired and bursting with new music they kept looking for new … The Maes. 8,069 views; 1 year ago; 3:33.

The album was born on a two-month tour of Europe and North America in 2018 shortly after the band changed its name from The Mae Trio to The Maes after the departure of founding member Anita Hillman. 6K likes. In 2011 the sisters collaborated with Anita Hillman (cello and vocals.) Multi-award-winning, Melbourne-based contemporary folk band.

They left behind two half finished university degrees and one steady primary school teaching job to take their band on the road.

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