The Austin Family Jewels, like delinquent diamonds, are perfectly poised to break your heart, make you laugh, and enhance your sensibilities.” This description of the multi-faceted sextet is just as fitting for their eclectic, original music which runs the gamut from energetic Americana and bluegrass numbers to poignant gypsy ballads, poetic folk songs, and even forays into jazz and blues. No genre seems off limit to these acoustic explorers and they transform each expression with their “incredibly tight harmonies and an instrumental expertise far beyond their years.” Their style has been likened to the Greencards, the Be Good Tanyas and the Roches, yet remains distinctly their own.
