Third Man Records is proud to present the debut album from The Haden Triplets. These are songs steeped in history and sung in a close harmony that could only be achieved from sharing a lifetime of sisterly togetherness and a near psychic vocal interplay that can only come from being born mere seconds apart from each other. It’s been rendered and produced beautifully by American music legend Ry Cooder.

This is an album expanding on an American musical tradition. It is not pastiche or a tribute, but rather a direct antecedent and extension of the original folk legacy that is being exhibited within these songs.

Here’s a little more about it in the Haden’s own words.

During our early life, we were surrounded by music on both sides of our family.

We visited our dad’s family in Missouri, where they taught us old country songs they used to perform on the radio as The Haden Family. Our grandparents on our mother’s side used to sing us to sleep with old Yiddish songs. Growing up, we often had music playing in the house, whether it be our mom playing Billie Holiday and Nina Simone records, or our dad playing Keith Jarrett and Ornette Coleman in the living room.

We met Ry when we played with his son Joachim, and Joachim asked him if he’d sit in for our show. Once Ry heard we were singing “Voice From On High” by Bill Monroe, he was in right away. The next day we got a call from Ry suggesting we record an album. We wrote down a collection of songs we all liked, then narrowed it down to the music that became the Haden Triplets album. These songs are rich in history, and by recording them we hope to help keep them alive. – Tanya, Rachel & Petra Haden

The sisters have performed and recorded together before, but it is at least as notable the myriad of music they have contributed to individually. Tanya Haden, who is married to actor, comedian, and musician Jack Black, among other things was recorded playing cello on the Silversun Pickups album Pikul. Rachel Haden brings a resume a mile long which includes musical work with Jimmy Eat World, Beck, and members of Weezer among others. Petra Haden also has a long list of accomplishments, including being a member of The Decemberists and also contributing to albums for artists like Beck, Luscious Jackson, Foo Fighters, Green Day, Queens of the Stone Age, and Weezer among others.