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Rennie sparks biography for kids

          Rennie Sparks was born in Long Island, New York, USA. She has been married to Brett Sparks since

        1. Rennie played the autoharp and wrote lyrics with literary depth.
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        3. I'm a lifelong book and record collector, former English teacher, and a dedicated picker at estate sales, flea market, library sales, thrift stores.
        4. Albuquerque-based spouses Brett and Rennie Sparks have crafted their idiosyncratic version of Americana for more than two decades, blending his.

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          The Handsome Family is an alternative country and americana band, formed in Chicago, Illinois, and currently based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The band was formed in 1993 by husband-and-wife duo Brett Sparks (vocals, guitar, keyboards) and Rennie Sparks (bass, banjo, vocals), along with drummer Mike Werner.

          The band would later revolve around Rennie, who writes the lyrics, and Brett, who writes the music.

          The Sparks are more drawn to Harry Smith's esoteric vision of folk music than the Seeger/Guthrie/Lomax agitprop line.

          Guest musicians complete the band line-up for recordings and live work.

          Their seventh CD, Last Days of Wonder (June. 2006) was one of Mojo’s top ten American Albums for 2006 and called “an unqualified triumph” by Uncut.

          Of their sixth CD, Singing Bones, The UK’s Independent wrote, “Rarely, even in the fatalistic world of country music, has the precarious mystery of mortality been captured with such poetic grace as on Singing Bones.”

          They have appeared in the movie, I’m Your Man (2005), a tribute to Leonard Cohen as well as Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus (2004).

          In 2004, a