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The Twigs are an alternative pop band, created by twin sisters Laura Good and Linda Good. Both sisters share the songwriting and lead vocal roles, and started the band in Chicago in the 1990's. They are currently based out of Los Angeles, CA and Nashville, TN. They have released three CDs (see Discography), and won the Shure Musical Roots Contest in 2001 with their cover version of The Kinks' "All Day and All of the Night." They co-produced their first two albums with Grammy-nominated producer Johnny K. They also work with other artists as songwriters and producers, and Linda Good is also a well-known keyboardist who has toured with Jane's Addiction, The Mars Volta, Lisa Marie Presley and others.

Born in Ohio as the youngest of a family of five girls, Laura and Linda spent the first four years of their life living in Mexico City, where their early musical memories were of Mariachi street music and 1970's folk bands like Bread. After moving to Chicago, the twins were heavily influenced by their older sisters' record collection, which included The Beatles, Todd Rundgren, Sergio Mendes, and Pink Floyd. They taught themselves piano and guitar by ear, could play almost any instrument put in front of them, and used to physically fight over who got to play the piano. College separated the sisters, where Linda attended school in the UK at University College Cardiff, and where she'd send Laura songs ideas on tape across the Atlantic. Post-college, they started singing their songs in Chicago clubs as The Twigs (which was their nickname in grade school.)

Popular on the Midwest college circuit, The Twigs relocated to California in 2000. Laura went on to live in Sydney, Australia, for a year, while Linda was on the road touring as a keyboardist with other bands. They still wrote songs and created music together over the internet via their laptop computers, which resulted in the CD You Say Ah (2005). The electronica-tinged elements were a departure from their original acoustic pop-rock style, and morphed in their current modern rock sound today. Their songs have been heard on many television shows and film soundtracks, including "Love, Love, Love" on Cruel Intentions 3, "Oh Mary" on Men in Trees (ABC), and "It's Alright" on Emily's Reasons Why Not (ABC).

In 2009 Linda Good released a solo CD, Love is a Curious Thing and the advance EP for the CD (entitled A Dog is a Dog) reached Top 5 requested albums on KCRW in June 2008.

DISCOGRAPHY

Bring Me the Head of Eternity (1996) The Universe Tonight (2002) You Say Ah (2005)