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Sally Ellyson - Vocals Dan Messé - Piano, Accordion, Celeste, Glockenspiel Gary Maurer - Guitar, Mandolin Steve Curtis - Guitar, Mandolin, Banjo, Backing Vocals George Rush - Upright Bass, Backing Vocals Mark Brotter - Drums Bob Hoffnar - Pedal Steel Guitar Heather Zimmerman - Violin The New York collective of musicians that make up Hem have, in two albums and only a few years, mapped out one of the most alluring soundscapes in all of contemporary American music. Rustic and raw in one moment, sweeping and cinematic the next, Hem’s debut album Rabbit Songs set a standard for new Americana among listeners and critics: “American music doesn’t get any better than this” (Magnet); “Hem has defined a sound - dreamy and detailed, intimate and horizon-eyed” (Washington Post). Following a feature on NPR, the then-virtually-unknown record climbed to #1 on Amazon.com, as listeners who knew they had stumbled on a rare thing spread the word. Hem’s music combines strains of traditional America...