Kitchen Hips

Kitchen Hips is the moniker of songwriter and folk musician, Aerienne Russell. Alongside her beau Evan Hemsley, Russell makes melodious music steeped in hominess, heartache, and nostalgic whimsy. With a base of banjo, wondrous whistling and plenty of puns (one daisy I was lazy and I daffo-dilly-dallyed, but I rose up, and made things happen), Kitchen Hips takes on the pangs of life and lonesome with a spoonful of sugar and a hint of kitsch. As a self-taught musician with deep family roots in Appalachia, her music speaks to a simpler time, like the songs of The Carter Family and Connie Converse with a pinch of Lee Hazelwood’s wry wit. Often accompanied by an eclectic blend of woodwinds and the hiss of a careworn cassette tape, Kitchen Hips’ recordings recall a small town bandstand in the days of old. All the same, her live shows are hypnotic, “fun and lively”; from sing-a-longs to serenades, she keeps the audience swaying and their hearts swooning. here, here! hear us sing on our single, "Pick Something Up" kitchenhips.bandcamp.com