day after they first sat next to each
other, Doris went home and told
Girlyman has been wowing
audiences for the past 7 years with
her mother, “I met this girl with the
brilliant harmonies, compelling
prettiest smile!”
original material and between-song
silliness. Because the trio’s work
P: And you met them in college?
can’t be adequately described in a

single word or phrase, writers have
to call it things like “harmony-driven
N: At Sarah Lawrence, in 1994. I
alternative folk pop bluegrass.”
saw them at a campus talent show
However you describe it, it’s simply
and really wanted to meet them.
a joy to listen to.
They were a year ahead of me, so I
thought they were the cool kids.
PLAYLIST: You’ve recently all
relocated to Atlanta. It would seem
P: How did you start playing music
that New York City is a great place
together?
for a band. So, why Atlanta?
N: After about six months, we
NATE: New York provided a
finally hung out, and it was great.
wonderful energy for the genesis
We sat in someone’s dorm room
of Girlyman. There is no other city
singing songs all night. But it was
like it, with that amount of energy
still another 4-5 years until the trio
and intensity. ... But over time,
started. ... At that time, I was living
each of us has felt that we wanted to
in Boston [and performing as a
try something different. And every
solo act] but had decided to move
time we’ve come down to Atlanta,
to New York. Ty and Doris had a
I’ve always felt like it was calling
roommate who had just decided to
me. It’s a perfect size city.
move out, so it was perfect. I moved
in with them. I would sometimes
P: Doris and Ty met in 2nd grade.
play bass with them at their shows,
Did they go to each other’s birthday
and then we would do split-bill
parties and all that? When did they
shows. One time we were driving
start singing together?
to a music conference in Atlanta
in a big rental car, and Doris had
N: They pretty much became best
a guitar with her, and started
friends as soon as they met. The
playing Montpelier. We just started
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