The band today is comprised of Bui, Chris Sartori (bass), Kathleen Parks (violin/vocals), and the newest member of the group, Anh Phung (flute/vocals). “We’ve known Anh for a long time,” says Bui. “She’s a great musician and we connect with her both musically and personally.” While the flute may not be an obvious instrument on Americana music, Bui says that Anh is more about the person and her personality than her instrument. “She is such a fan of traditional bluegrass. She plays fiddle tunes on the flute, and she also plays mandolin. Everywhere she plays she turns heads.”
While they may have started out as a straightforward bluegrass act, they soon discovered that it felt more natural for them to write songs that related to their own experiences and musical identity outside of bluegrass. “We decided to just go with that,” says Bui, “because it wouldn’t be authentic if we wrote like Bill Monroe or other iconic bluegrass musicians.”
The band recorded a seven-song EP of covers, Dream, based in bluegrass, but with a more poppy sound, followed by a self-titled CD, Twisted Pine.