Premiered on Billboard, the new music video from Larkin Poe “Mississippi” was filmed by this roots-rock sister duo in their local jumbo 24-hour coin laundry in Nashville. Videography by Andy Snyder & Sean O’Halloran.
Nominated for a Grammy Award for their latest album, Venom & Faith, Larkin Poe is taking the world by storm. With their own brand of roots-rock n’ roll, these singer-songwriters, multi-instrumentalist sisters have created a new sound that’s both gritty and soulful with flavors of their Southern heritage. “Mississippi” features their soulful vocals, beautiful harmonies, slide guitar, lap steel and more. They celebrate modern blues and roots music in their own, individual way. Larkin Poe also includes Tarka Layman on bass, and Levin McGowan on drums.
From Atlanta, GA, fronted by sisters, Rebecca Lovell (lead vocals, electric and acoustic guitar, mandolin, piano) and Megan Lovell (harmony vocals, lap steel, dobro) they have strong Southern harmonies, sizzling guitar and slide guitar riffs, and a unique blues-roots sound. They are badass musicians and we love it that their music is contemporary cool with blues in the rearview mirror.
Playing slide and lap steel, Rebecca and Megan Lovell put their roots stamp on “Mississippi,” a song from their album, Venom & Faith. Watch the video below.
Larkin Poe has released three studio albums, five EPs, and a live DVD. Their traditional blues covers initially pushed them over the top and attracted millions of fans across the globe. Larkin Poe are outstanding musicians with a love of roots music that’s both contemporary and draws from traditional blues.
For our review of Venom & Faith, see here
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I probably have more to learn from them than they have to learn from me, but I’ve been playing slide for 58 years, and that big brass piece of plumbing on Rebecca’s ring finger is like dancing in hiking boots. I’d love to show her what she could do barefooted—with a smaller lighter slide on her pinkie—it frees up three fingers for fretting notes and chords unique to Open G. Add fingerpicking instead of a flat pick, and garboons of good things are possible that aren’t possible any other way. One thing is for sure: wherever their spirit takes them, Larkin Poe take me to a better place every time I listen to them play.