Keeping folk in the family
The appeal to their label of willowy sisters Jessica, Emily and Camilla is obvious, says Ed Power
WITH The Staves playing Electric Picnic at the weekend, their singer Jessica Staveley-Taylor is a little worried. “The thing about festivals is you aren’t playing to your own audience and that provides a challenge.” Staveley-Taylor says of the all-sister folk trio “in all honesty, it can be difficult. Because we’re a pretty quiet band, it is sometimes an issue for us. You have to work that bit harder to win people over.”
