Mountain man band live biography

American folk music trio

Mountain Man is an American singing trio of women described as "nestled in the tradition of American folk"^[5] with a traditional Appalachian folk sound.

They have earned acclaim from a number of music critics.^[6][7][8] They often sing a cappella, with a "sparse, haunting, hymnal beauty"^[6] sometimes accompanied by soft acoustic guitar, but with their voices "virtually unadorned", according to Guardian critic Paul Lester.^[7] The group toured with the vocalist Feist in 2011,^[3] and New York Times music reviewer Ben Ratliff described their performance as "creating shifting harmonies" which "worked perfectly".^[9]

History

The three members of the group are Molly Erin Sarle, Alexandra Sauser-Monnig and Amelia Randall Meath.^[2] They met as students at Bennington College in Vermont and began singing seriously together in 2009.^[2] (The