Frontwoman Sister Sparrow first began writing music while living between New York City and the Catskill Mountains as a teenager.
By the middle of 2009, Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds had a weekly show at New York's Rockwood Music Hall on Saturday nights, holding down a five-month-long residency there.
[6][7][8] Sister Sparrow released a new single, "Ghost," on August 3, 2018 in anticipation of the next album, Gold, out October 12, 2018 on Thirty Tigers.
In the US, he has performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, New York's Blue Note Jazz Club, and the Library of Congress.
Baritone Saxophonist Brian Graham was born in NYC, raised in Bennington, VT and studied Jazz Performance at The University of Southern Maine.
He has shared the stage with John Popper (Blues Traveler), Chris Barron (Spin Doctors), The Soul Rebels Brass Band, and Big Sam's Funky Nation.
In addition to his work with Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds, he performs regularly with jazz-rockers East West Quintet, neo-soul band The Hipstones, and punk-improv quartet The (Notorious) L.A. Music Scene.
He has recorded with Hercules and Love Affair, Jessica 6, Wires Under Tension, Industrial Jazz Group, Eleanor Friedberger of The Fiery Furnaces, Jenny Owen Youngs, and Jinsai.
In early 2013, the band announced that three original members, JJ Byars, Johnny Butler, and Aidan Carroll were leaving to pursue other projects.