has performed with Doris Justis as for over 31 years.  Singing and playing guitars, they have been noted for their close harmonies and fun stage presence.  Sean is an outstanding tenor vocalist and guitarist, with a quick wit and irreverent sense of humor.  A master of the 12-string guitar, he was featured as one of the "Three Folk Tenors."

“A little bit invitin’, a little bit excitin’, a little bit ignitin’ . . . that’s my trademark,” proclaims an old song.  And that’s the four Washington-area musicians with their own refreshing approach to country music.  A shimmering trio of female voices backed by flexible acoustic instrumentation, the blend front-porch directness with neon-lit sophistication as they sing about home and highways, heaven and honky tonks, heartbreak and hope.  Their repertoire stretches from the 1920s Appalachia to the Everly Brothers and beyond, with stops along the way at several decades’ worth of prairie roadhouses and bayou dance halls.
•“A coal miner’s daughter from southwest Virginia, Karen Collins is a genuine down-home country singer in the old-school class of Loretta Lynn, Wanda Jackson and Jean Shepard."  (Maverick Magazine)  Currently she plays with Ira in the award winning honky tonk country group, The Backroads Band and is fiddler and vocalist with the D.C. area's popular Cajun band Squeeze Bayou in addition to playing solo singer songwriter shows.  She is a multiple WAMMIE award winner for best country vocalist.
•Sally Love Connell, the newest member of the Cowgirls, sings lead/harmony vocals and plays guitar.  A WAMMIE award winner for best bluegrass vocalist, Sally is in demand as a lead and back-up vocalist.
•Ann Porcella’s musical taste gravitates toward the gospel music she learned at home from her preacher father and very large musical family.  Her deep, powerhouse voice adapts well to many different traditional styles, though harmony singing is her first love.
•Ira Gitlin’s guitar playing gets its down-to-earth drive from his long involvement in bluegrass, and its sophisticated rhythms and harmonies from his interest in western swing and jazz.  A WAMMIE award winning multi-instrumentalist and former National Bluegrass Banjo Champion, Ira is in demand as a sideman and music instructor.

In today’s musical world, the words “original,” “indie,” “progressive” and “fusion” are thrown around freely but with these descriptions are, indeed, fitting.  Abigail Selby (electric harp & vocals), a music conservatory graduate, comes with a background in Celtic and Classical music, while Eric Selby (drums, percussion & vocals) has a history deeply rooted in jazz, Americana, blues and rock.  Together, their backgrounds provide a multitude of soundscapes and genres that reflects the multi-cultural, ever changing, millennial melting pot we live in today.