Meet the other sisters:

Ann Savoy

Jane Vidrine

Lisa Reed



Mr. Sister
Kenny Alleman

Anya Burgess

Guitar - Fiddle - Vocals

Anya has been playing traditional music on guitar and fiddle for many years. She began performing folk and traditional songs in a female duo in college and the two were invited to spend a summer playing in a pub in Dingle, Ireland.

Her interest in old-time fiddle music and square dancing was cultivated while in the Appalachian mountains at the John C. Campbell Folk School. A few years in Bloomington, Indiana intensified this interest as she played guitar with an old-time string band there (The Monks) and performed school shows for elementary students introducing them to traditional music and dance.

While at Indiana University, she also pursued the studies of folklore and music and completed a program in violin making and repair work. Several summers she spent in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia working under the guidance of a violin maker there and playing tunes with friends.

She currently lives in South Louisiana with her husband Richard and new baby Reuben, and besides building violins keeps busy with violin repair work when she isn't playing music with The Magnolia Sisters or Bonsoir Catin.