With ties to the Catskills as well as New York, Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds have built a reputation as a stomping, brass-soaked, eight-piece live band rooted in traditional rhythm and blues.

The band’s new album, Gold, is released as a solo work by Sister Sparrow although The Dirty Birds remain are very much a part of this collaboration with producer Carter Matschullat. The result shows a crafty pop sense from the group, delving into sonic and lyrical territory unseen in the outfit’s decade together.

In this FUV Live session, hear a pair of songs from Gold performed by the whole band in Studio A, and my conversation with singer Arleigh Kincheloe AKA Sister Sparrow, and Jackson Kincheloe, her harmonica and lap steel-playing brother.