Debi Smith is an American folk

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 singer/songwriter. She has been a member of Four Bitchin' Babes

Four Bitchin' Babes

The Four Bitchin' Babes is a group of female singer-songwriters with rotating membership, performing mainly humorous, satirical or light-hearted songs in the folk genre. The group was described as "slyly outre" writing songs about the "humorous satire of everyday life" with an "inherent charm"...

 since 1994.

Smith began her career performing with her sister, Megan Smith, as The Smith Sisters. They released five albums together on Flying Fish Records

Flying Fish Records

Flying Fish Records was a Chicago-based eclectic blues and country record label. It was founded in 1974 by Bruce Kaplan, former president of the University of Chicago's Folklore Society....

, which featured accompaniment from musicians such as Doc

Doc Watson

Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson is an American guitar player, songwriter and singer of bluegrass, folk, country, blues and gospel music. He has won seven Grammy awards as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Watson's flatpicking skills and knowledge of traditional American music are highly regarded...

 and Merle Watson, Sam Bush

Sam Bush

Sam Bush is an American bluegrass mandolin player considered an originator of the Newgrass style.- History :...

, and Mark O'Connor

Mark O'Connor

Mark O'Connor is an American bluegrass, jazz, country and classical violinist fiddler, composer and music teacher. O'Connor's music is wide-ranging, critically acclaimed, and he has received numerous awards for both his playing and his composition...

. She also performed with the all-female Celtic

Celtic music

Celtic music is a term utilised by artists, record companies, music stores and music magazines to describe a broad grouping of musical genres that evolved out of the folk musical traditions of the Celtic people of Western Europe...

 group The Hags, and began playing the bodhrán

Bodhrán

The bodhrán is an Irish frame drum ranging from 25 to 65 cm in diameter, with most drums measuring 35 to 45 cm . The sides of the drum are 9 to 20 cm deep. A goatskin head is tacked to one side...

 during that time.

Smith's first solo CD, In My Dreams, was co-produced by John Jennings

John Jennings (musician)

John Jennings is an American musician: a guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, and music producer.Among his producer work are 8 albums by Mary Chapin Carpenter, as well as releases by Beausoleil, John Gorka, and Janis Ian...

, and she has released three more albums since. She currently lives in Falls Church, Virginia

Falls Church, Virginia

The City of Falls Church is an independent city in Virginia, United States, in the Washington Metropolitan Area. The city population was 12,332 in 2010, up from 10,377 in 2000. Taking its name from The Falls Church, an 18th-century Anglican parish, Falls Church gained township status within...

with her husband and son.

Discography

• Bluebird (The Smith Sisters) (1984)
• Mockingbird (The Smith Sisters) (1986)
• Roadrunner (The Smith Sisters) (1989)
• I See the Moon (The Smith Sisters) (1991)
• A Canary's Song (The Smith Sisters) (1993)
• In My Dreams (1994)
• More Than Once (1998)
• Red Bird (2001)
• Cupid (2005)
• The Soprano (2007)

External links

• Official web site