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Mama's Broke is a powerful duo that deliver a compelling performance with heart and raw energy. Based out of New Orleans and Halifax, Nova Scotia, they have won the top Canadian Folk Music Award, and has been nominated for a 2023 JUNO (Canada’s Grammy) for Best Traditional Roots Album of the Year.
ABOUT MAMA’S BROKE
Mama's Broke is a powerful duo that deliver a compelling performance with heart and raw energy. Although highly influenced by their Canadian roots, Lisa and Amy are based out of nowhere and everywhere.
Their two strong voices blend to create haunting harmonies, while they artfully juggle fiddle, banjo, guitar and mandolin, and incorporate traditional dance and foot percussion into their performance. Their original -and often dark- compositions push the boundaries of tradition and the constraints of genre. Drawing from old-time, Quebecois, blues, punk, celtic, balkand and doom metal, they create a soundscape that is both familiar and new.
The connection between Amy Lou Keeler and Lisa Maria draws the listener in as they effortlessly move through dark, lonesome, and intricate acapella songs to fiery, ripping fiddle/banjo tunes accompanied by foot percussion and driving guitar rhythms. Their debut album Count the Wicked won them a Canadian Folk Music Award in 2017 for ‘Ensemble of the Year’ as well as a nomination for ECMA ‘Rising Star Award.’ Their sophomore album Narrow Line, released in 2022 on Free Dirt Records, was featured in The Bluegrass Situation, Hollar Country, No Depression, Folk Radio UK’s “top ten of the year” as well as being placed on NPR’s taste maker and Tiny Desk host Bob Boilen's “What I’m Listening To Right Now” Spotify playlist. Narrow Line is currently in the running for 2023 Canadian Folk Music Award ‘vocal group of the year’ and has also been nominated for a Juno award (Best Traditional Roots Album of The Year).