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    LARKIN POE

    Sep 20, 2019 5 minutes
    Words Jamie Dickson
    Photography
    Joby Sessions

    The roots of Americana extend to some unexpected places. We’re somewhere in the Mediterranean, reporting on the Keeping The Blues Alive cruise for . Sisters Megan and Rebecca Lovell, better known as Larkin Poe, are one of the stellar acts aboard and they’re gamely posing for photos as the sea breeze gusts so hard over the rail that it nearly knocks our photographer’s light stand over. Still, Larkin Poe are something of a breath of fresh air themselves. Their sound is as raw as gasoline but tempered by dulcet vocal harmonies and a sure melodic instinct. As sisters inspired by bluegrass and country-blues guitar, they follow in the grand American tradition of pioneers such as Maybelle and Sara Carter – though theirs is a decidedly heavier sound, as well it might be 90 years on. The family bond, though, is just as

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