There are times during Larkin Poe’s set – in front of thousands – when it’s as if Megan and Rebecca Lovell are the only two people in the room. Live music lifers at 36 and 34, they’re commanding, attentive performers who naturally engage with their onlookers. Right away there’s a sense that we’re in good hands.
But when the sisters turn to face each other – harmonising with that slightly supernatural instinct unique to siblings – we’re transported briefly to rural Georgia. Transported through voices first shaped by their childhood in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains, building forts in the woods, reading books instead of watching TV, singing together because it was fun.
