Virginia-based Rebel Record’s most recent recording artists, ‘The Price Sisters,’ feature Lauren Price, mandolin, harmony/lead vocals, and Leanna Price, fiddle, lead/harmony vocals. Lauren and Leanna are twenty-two year old twin sisters from Sardis, Ohio, who love and perform the traditional style of bluegrass music. They have been greatly influenced and inspired by the sounds of Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys, Hazel and Alice, and the Carter Family, and strive to carry forth those traditional sounds established so long ago.
Lauren and Leanna released their Rebel debut in August 2016, a 7-song EP recorded and produced by Bil VornDick in Nashville, TN. The girls were accompanied on the recording by Charlie Cushman, Mike Bub, Ronnie McCoury, Dustin Benson, and Alan Bartrum. Since being released, the EP has been well-received nationally and internationally, as well as had much success on the Billboard and Roots Music charts. It was also included in the first-round ballot for the 2017 Grammy awards for Best Bluegrass Album.
Presently, accompanied by a full band, The Price Sisters' sound is original, while also capturing the essence of the traditional style of the bluegrass music laid down by Bill Monroe and his disciples. Musicians Scott Napier (guitar), Ruth McLain Smith (bass), and Daxson Lewis (banjo) accompany Lauren and Leanna. Scott started his now 20+ year career in bluegrass touring with Larry Sparks, and has remained active and involved in the promotion and preservation of the music ever since, to his achievement and regard. As one member of the McLain Family Band, Ruth has been a life-long member and advocate of the bluegrass community, playing on stages and in concert halls all over the world, garnering great success and acclaim. In a short time, Daxson
Lewis has earned much respect on the banjo in the eyes of his peers and mentors, and has graced the Opry stage as well.
‘The Price Sisters’ have performed at festivals from Michigan to Georgia, and Colorado to Maine. They have opened for numerous bands including IBMA female vocalists of the year, Dale Ann Bradley, and the ‘Kenny and Amanda Smith Band,’ and have also been on-stage guest performers with various bands including, ‘The Lost and Found,’ ‘The Spinney Brothers,’ ‘Bobby Osborne and Rocky Top Express,’ and ‘David Davis and the Warrior River Boys.’ In addition, they continue to make numerous appearances at various venues in the eastern Kentucky/Tennessee area, as well as perform individually with various artists and bands. In 2015 they were two of six student band members who toured the Peoples’ Republic of China with the Morehead State University Mountain Music Ambassadors. The sisters have also taught various workshops including Bluegrass Bootcamp at Bean Blossom. In September 2016, Lauren was an instructor at Mike Compton’s Monroe-style Mandolin Camp in Nashville, Tennessee, and she will be returning to instruct at the camp in September 2017.
While they continue to travel and perform the bluegrass music they both love, Lauren and Leanna are also currently pursuing degrees in music as traditional music majors, with concentration in bluegrass and traditional music, at Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky. Their graduation date is set for May, 2017.