[1] The Petersen children grew up playing music together and were first heard in 2003, at the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival.

The band was originally composed of siblings Katie (on fiddle), Ellen (on banjo), Matt (on bass), Julianne (vocals and dance), their mother Karen (on mandolin), and their father Jon (on guitar).

Over time, Julianne switched to the mandolin, Karen to the bass, and Matt to the guitar, while Jon also took up the piano for some gospel songs.

[3] In 2010, the band won the CAM Gospel Sing-Off[4] competition at the Sight & Sound Theatre in Branson.

In 2015, the band received international recognition when Ellen Petersen competed in the singing reality TV show American Idol, placing in the top 48.