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"The Be Good Tanyas are a Canadian traditional music group, whose influences include folk, country, and bluegrass. The style of music they perform is sometimes referred to as alt-country, but more often today as Americana. Formed in British Columbia, the group comprises three women: Frazey Ford (guitar, vocals), Samantha Parton (guitar, mandolin, banjo, vocals), and Trish Klein (guitar, banjo, vocals). Folk artist Jolie Holland is a former member of The Be Good Tanyas.

The Be Good Tanyas first played together at tree planting camps in British Columbia. They eventually played their first concerts in Vancouver in the late 1990s. In 2000 they embarked on a North American tour that ran from Vancouver to New Orleans, before returning to British Columbia to record their first album Blue Horse with producer Garth Futcher. The record, which combines old-time music standards such as 'Oh! Susanna' and 'The Lakes of Pontchartrain' with self-penned songs like The Littlest Birds (sing the prettiest songs), was well received in the folk-roots movement and highly praised for the quality of the harmony vocals and the mixture of the new and the traditional in the instrumentation. Helped by the popularity of Americana at the time of its release, it also achieved a modest amount of crossover success in college radio. The second album, Chinatown, followed in 2003. Their third album, Hello Love, was released on October 10th, 2006."

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