Sage Meadows and Bekkah McAlvage met in their early 20's when they were both college students. They soon discovered that they shared a love of old folk songs, harmonies, and the movie Harold and Maude. They swooned over Emmylou and Lucinda, studied Jody Stecher, and put the Holy Modal Rounders on repeat.
Both Meadows and McAlvage share a deep affinity for traditional folk music that tends to weave its influence into their writing as they craft songs fit to be shared in kitchens, on porches, on couches on porches, or in kitchens on couches. While both use the guitar as their main instrument, their quest for new musical textures and feelings has led them to branch out to banjo, ukulele, dulcimer, and autoharp.
Sage learned to play music at an early age by watching her mother and aunts perform in the backwoods community variety shows of her Northern California home. She developed a connection to old country songs and folk ballads that she would hear her family play and they remain a guiding influence in the music she creates today.
Early in their friendship Sage introduced Bekkah to the G, C, and D chords on her old laminated Alvarez guitar and she henceforth set about learning as many songs as she could. Bekkah would leave in the summer to work on trail crews, lugging her trusty Alvarez with her into the wilderness and spending her nights sitting around the campfire playing songs that she had printed off the Internet. Interspersed among the folk and bluegrass songs she learned were her own compositions that drew heavily on roots influences.
The Maybe Sometimes released their self-titled first album in 2008. Meadows and McAlvage were joined by Dave Hampton and Jeremy Hickman who helped to define a DIY, homespun feeling to their original tunes. As a duo, the Maybe Sometimes released their sophomore album, Two Days, in 2010, opting for a minimal approach to their songs, emphasizing their vocals and instrumentation.
They are currently working on their third album.
Both Meadows and McAlvage share a deep affinity for traditional folk music that tends to weave its influence into their writing as they craft songs fit to be shared in kitchens, on porches, on couches on porches, or in kitchens on couches. While both use the guitar as their main instrument, their quest for new musical textures and feelings has led them to branch out to banjo, ukulele, dulcimer, and autoharp.
Sage learned to play music at an early age by watching her mother and aunts perform in the backwoods community variety shows of her Northern California home. She developed a connection to old country songs and folk ballads that she would hear her family play and they remain a guiding influence in the music she creates today.
Early in their friendship Sage introduced Bekkah to the G, C, and D chords on her old laminated Alvarez guitar and she henceforth set about learning as many songs as she could. Bekkah would leave in the summer to work on trail crews, lugging her trusty Alvarez with her into the wilderness and spending her nights sitting around the campfire playing songs that she had printed off the Internet. Interspersed among the folk and bluegrass songs she learned were her own compositions that drew heavily on roots influences.
The Maybe Sometimes released their self-titled first album in 2008. Meadows and McAlvage were joined by Dave Hampton and Jeremy Hickman who helped to define a DIY, homespun feeling to their original tunes. As a duo, the Maybe Sometimes released their sophomore album, Two Days, in 2010, opting for a minimal approach to their songs, emphasizing their vocals and instrumentation.
They are currently working on their third album.