There was a band in San Diego, Bluegrass Etc, that played a weekly gig. My parents would take my brother and me every Saturday night for 7 or 8 years….

I had been working my first record really hard and toured the heck out of it. I didn't have anything to write about so touring with The Decemberists ….

I wouldn't call myself a woman in bluegrass. I haven't really been a part of the world for a while. It's just been a big influence on who I am today..

When you're a kid, you listen to what your family is listening to. For my family, it was bluegrass..