The Stray Birds

An accomplished country, folk, and Americana trio out of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Stray Birds featured multi-instrumentalists and vocalists Maya de Vitry, Oliver Craven, and Charlie Muench, all three of whom had classical training (de Vitry and Muench actually first met in high-school orchestra), but were also exposed to and influenced by the music of the Carter Family and Bill Monroe, as well as the classic melodic pop of the Beatles and the re-imagined traditional Americana of the Band. The group released its well-received eponymous debut in 2012, and issued three more full-...