![]() We just feel honored because we know we’re not typical of what other artists represent in those genres.” ![]() But fortunately, they’re still including us in some of those categories like the Dove Awards and stuff. We’re a little bit contemporary for the bluegrass people, we’re a little bit too secular for the gospel people. “We’re kind of a square peg trying to fit into round holes and we don’t really fit into any of those exactly. “It’s been challenging to come up with a definition of ‘What are The Isaacs?’” Sonya explains. They’ve always had a combination of all of the above, and that kind of developed the style that we are.” So when we got married and my kids were born, they got both worlds. ![]() We met in Greenwich Village in New York in 1969. “My ex-husband, their father, was a bluegrass musician. “My three babies grew up with very diverse musical backgrounds,” Lily says with pride while her children roll their eyes just a bit. So when I’m producing an act somebody comes into the studio and says, ‘Make it Isaacs-style,’ I know it’s just a mishmash of everything.” We’re not really country, we’re not really bluegrass, we’re not really Southern gospel. “I’ve heard it a lot of times that it’s easier to say what we’re not than what we are. “They call it Isaacs-style,” Ben says as part of an interview American Songwriter conducted with the quartet over Zoom. ![]()
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