They have performed with Pete Seeger, Theodore Bikel, Tom Paxton, Patsy Montana, Riders in the Sky and others.
[citation needed] Cathy and Marcy earned Grammy Awards for their recordings cELLAbration: a Tribute to Ella Jenkins, and Bon Appétit!
Their CDs Postcards and Banjo Talkin' were Grammy Finalists in the Best Traditional Folk Album category.
Marcy Marxer grew up in Swartz Creek, Michigan and learned to play guitar, mandolin, hammered dulcimer and button accordion while still in high school.
In 1978, after receiving theater training at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and the Ringling Brothers Clown College, she devoted herself to music full-time.