The Sisterhood Band is an American country music duo made up of

Alyssa Bonagura Alyssa Bonagura (born April 1, 1988) is an American singer-songwriter. Early life and career Alyssa Bonagura is from Franklin, Tennessee. She is the daughter of singers Michael Bonagura and Kathie Baillie of Baillie & the Boys. She has been sin ...

and

Ruby Stewart Ruby Stewart (born June 17, 1987) is an American fashion model and singer, who is the daughter of rock singer Rod Stewart and former model Kelly Emberg. Biography Ruby Stewart was born in Los Angeles, California, and grew up there. She was the ...

. Alyssa is the daughter of Kathie Baillie and Michael Bonagura of

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, while Ruby is the daughter of singer

Rod Stewart Sir Roderick David Stewart (born 10 January 1945) is a British rock and pop singer and songwriter. Born and raised in London, he is of Scottish and English ancestry. With his distinctive raspy singing voice, Stewart is among the best-selling ...

Origin

Alyssa Bonagura has been performing from the age of three, when she sang

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's "It's My Party" on Ralph Emery's

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TV show. She also recorded a duet with Kenny Rogers at age 10, and by 16 went on her first tour opening for

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. Bonagura also graduated from

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in 2009. In 2016 she released her solo album Road Less Travelled and it reached no. 11 on the iTunes country chart. Her song "I Make My Own Sunshine" was used in a Lowes commercial. Ruby Stewart is Rod Stewart's third daughter of four daughters. Her mother is

Kelly Emberg Kelly Kay Emberg (born July 2, 1959) is an American former model who appeared in the ''Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue'' and in advertisements for Cover Girl cosmetics, Napier Jewelry, and Calvin Klein. Career Emberg was born in Houston, Texa ...

. Ruby has been touring with her dad since she was 15. From the age of 18 she began modeling for

Laura Ashley Laura Ashley (née Mountney; 7 September 1925 – 17 September 1985) was a Welsh fashion designer and businesswoman. She originally made furnishing materials in the 1950s, expanding the business into clothing design and manufacture in the 1960s ...

, Vanity Fair, Italia Vogue, Glamour and Elle. Her first performance was with her dad when she was 7; they sang "Sweet Little Rock and Roller". At the age of 13 Donnie Ienner of Columbia Records heard Ruby's demo and signed her to a development deal, but her mother and father decided it was to early for her to enter the music business. Ruby formed a rock band called Revoltaire which released one album titled Painted Hour Glass. Ruby Stewart's cover of the song "Whatever Lola Wants" was featured in a Pepsi commercial. Ruby and Alyssa formed The Sisterhood Band in 2015. Within that first year, they recorded their first EP. They describe their music as 'an organic blend of the open melodies of classic West Coast folk and the magnetic swagger of timeless rock n'roll.'

Career

After the duo performed one of Rod Stewart's classics "Gasoline Alley" in front of him, which moved him to tears, they began working on their new six-song EP in Nashville. The EP includes a cover of "Gasoline Alley." The duo have since performed as the opening act for Ruby's dad Rod Stewart on his UK tour. On June 17, 2017, The Sisterhood signed a deal with Sony Music Nashville and released the ''Summer Setlist'' EP on June 8, 2018. They made their debut on the

Grand Ole Opry The ''Grand Ole Opry'' is a weekly American country music stage concert in Nashville, Tennessee, founded on November 28, 1925, by George D. Hay as a one-hour radio "barn dance" on WSM. Currently owned and operated by Opry Entertainment (a divis ...

on August 20, 2017, playing alongside Darius Rucker, Wynonna Judd and Little Big Town.

Discography

*''The Sisterhood EP'' (June 3, 2016) *''Summer Setlist EP'' (June 8, 2018)

References

External links

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