Bio
The Duo
Home Remedy is Lydia with Rosie Newton. They are a powerhouse duo fusing Old Time, Americana songwriter, and Cajun and Zydeco flavors. They are both multi-instrumentalists and singers, and Lydia is the main songwriter for the group. They're tight, they're potent, they're deep, they're joyful! They're sisters in music.
Rosie & Lydia share an upbringing steeped in Old Time, Cajun and Zydeco music, as well as regional New York state thriving local music culture. For Lydia, this centered around the Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance; for Rosie the Woodstock, NY music scene.
Both their mothers were musicians, and started them in their respective musical styles: Celtic and Classical for Rosie; Cajun for Lydia.
In Home Remedy, Lydia and Rosie play fiddles, accordions, guitars, banjo and some percussion.