Sweet Petunia

Mairead Guy (they/them) and Maddy Simpson (she/her) crossed paths while attending Berklee College of Music in 2018. When they joined their school's 21st Century String Band ensemble, their classmates were convinced the duo must be related because their voices interwove so naturally. But it wasn't until a fateful day during a rehearsal delay that, with the unexpected free time, Guy and Simpson struck up a conversation and realized they shared a love for Simon & Garfunkel and Gillian Welch & Dave Rawlings. After meeting up for casual jam sessions a couple of times, Simpson and Guy formed their own project, Sweet Petunia.

Since then, they have been nominated twice by the Boston Music Awards for Best Folk Act and have performed at music festivals including In Between Days and Nice, a Fest. Sweet Petunia is now introducing themselves to a wider audience with their debut LP, Foggy Mountain Mental Breakdown, out on March 13th via Righteous Babe Records. Foggy Mountain Mental Breakdown is a collection of songs written during a period of growing pains, reflecting on breakups, outgrown friendships, tumultuous cycles that needed to be broken, and self-discovery. Its title is a play on Flatt & Scruggs' classic bluegrass tune, as the album is an homage to the traditional folk that shaped th