Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion

Husband-and-wife folk-pop duo Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion both had creative family pedigrees and ongoing solo musical careers when they met in Los Angeles through a mutual friend, <a href="spotify:artist:7C1Wl8H93z5X5UqD8fNE94">Chris Robinson</a> of <a href="spotify:artist:5krkohEVJYw0qoB5VWwxaC">the Black Crowes</a>. <a href="spotify:artist:0vDFYlSoT0ODd039aKnX96">Guthrie</a> was the daughter of <a href="spotify:artist:0B6QEFtRnneEzb4iqjI0Nw">Arlo Guthrie</a> and the granddaughter of <a href="spotify:artist:4rAgFKtlTr66ic18YZZyF1">Woody Guthrie</a>, while <a href="spotify:artist:6L1Ks73JnSjnE5Xg8iqxIY">Irion</a> came from a family of musicians and had an uncle, writer Thomas Steinbeck, who was the son of novelist John Steinbeck. <a href="spotify:artist:0vDFYlSoT0ODd039aKnX96">Guthrie</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:6L1Ks73JnSjnE5Xg8iqxIY">Irion</a> married in 1999 and first started performing together as a duo in 2000, where their fresh and delightful mix of traditional folk, thoughtful original songs, solid vocal harmonies, and a knack for storytelling made them a festival favorite. The pair released the Entirely Live! EP four years later in 2004, following it with the full-length Exploration in 2005, the DVD and CD set Folksong in 2009, and Bright Examples in 2011. ~ Steve Leggett, Rovi