Natives of New York City, the sisters were first exposed to folk music at summer camp. Later they fell in with the Greenwich Village crowd. They made the acquaintance of musicians Ralph Rinzler, John Cohen, and others in Washington Square Park, and even met Woody Guthrie after they appeared in +Bound for Glory. Their musician buddies recommended and lent numerous folk albums to encourage the 17-year-old budding entertainers. By 1959, they performed on the stage of the Newport Folk Festival. After such a promising start on their musical career, however, the Kossoy Sisters ended up following a different life path. Each of them married, and Ellen Kossoy relocated with her husband to St. Louis, while Irene Kossoy kept her hand in the business for a short while by performing with spouse Tony Saletan. More than four decades later, the sisters are together again. At a time when their music is being rediscovered, Irene Kossoy is a divorcee and her sister is a widow, and the women inhabit opposite sides of a twin house. ~ Linda Seida, Rovi
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Wagoner's Lad |
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Gypsy Girl |
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