Grace, Sophia, and Hulda have dates in the books through October 2023. There is still plenty of time to bask in those Quebe originals onstage. The Quebe Sisters stretched the boundaries of an old-timey style and made it newly relevant for fans of all generations.
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The Dallas-based Quebe Sisters have steadfastly, completely free of frivolous fanfare, elevated the country and western swing genres for more than two decades.
This isn’t retirement for us, just a nice break.” For now, we are taking an undetermined hiatus. After that? Well, as Sophia says, it is, “much-needed R&R and time off the road. The trio’s current tour, dubbed “Bye, For Now,” wraps up at the end of 2023. If it uplifts you and makes you want to dance, then we are doing our job right.” Everyone resonates with music that has a good feel. “Nostalgia and curiosity play some role,” she says, “but particularly the syncopation and dance elements of the music we love and play make it timeless and universal. Grace sees nothing odd about their progressive brand of western swing connecting with foreign audiences. There is no time in history or culture that doesn’t need music in this way! Hulda Quebe I think our central ambition in playing music is to touch people’s hearts and souls-to make them feel beauty, to make them hear colors, to make them forget worries and have fun, to make them think about God. The Quebe Sisters took their sound beyond the boundaries of the Lone Star state into North America, Europe, and even Russia. But in true trailblazing fashion, Texas couldn’t contain such immense talent and dedication. Texas is the very reason Grace, Sophia, and Hulda Quebe ended up playing triple fiddle, Grace says. The Quebe siblings grew up in Texas surrounded by fiddles, bows, microphones, stages, and western swing tunes.
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Grace Quebeįor these trailblazing women, performing before enthusiastic crowds means the deep, connected roots of country and western swing will be in full display. So, for us it’s authentic to the style to introduce our own originals. This spirit formed what we today call western swing, and it needs to be an ingredient in current iterations of western swing to keep the style fresh and vibrant for the present and future. He hired the best musicians playing regionally traditional instruments, as well as players interested in experimenting on what were the cutting-edge instruments of the day. Grace, Sophia, and Hulda Quebe see western swing as an ocean of possibilities.īob Wills was all about experimentation – melding just about every style he heard. There’s certainly no boxing the Quebe Sisters. The sisters’ four studio albums – 2003’s Texas Fiddlers, 2007’s Timeless, 2014’s Every Which-A-Way, and 2019’s The Quebe Sisters – serve as sonic proof that these ladies are fearless interpreters and innovators. The Dallas-based trio have spent the last 17 years merging three-part harmony and triple fiddles to put a youthful, jubilant spin on Bob Wills’ classic genre. Siblings Grace, Sophia, and Hulda are hardly newcomers, but rather harnass sensibilities coalesced as seasoned performers. This trailblazing trio offer a modern day take on country and Western Swing, doing so steadfastly and free of frivolous fanfare.
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