Lily Chapin

Lily Chapin was born in Brooklyn, New York City. She's the daughter of Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Tom Chapin, the sister of Abigail Chapin, and the half-sister of Jessica Craven and Jonathan Craven. Moreover, her grandfather was jazz drummer James Chapin and her uncle was noted singer/songwriter Harry Chapin of "Cats in the Cradle" fame. Lily attended a Waldorf school in New York's Hudson Valley, whose arts-based education included training in orchestral music and studying the complicated harmonies of Shape-note songs and old English folk ballads. Chapin sang on over a dozen studio albums throughout both elementary school and high school. After finishing college, Lily and Abigail relocated to Los Angeles, California and formed the folk-pop group, "The Chapin Sisters", in 2004 with Jessica Craven. The Chapin Sisters have not only sung vocals on albums, by such artists as Vetiver, Lavender Diamond, Gary Louvis, Ann Magnuson, Will Oldham and Marie Sioux, but have also performed at tribute concerts for Harry Chapin and toured nationally on their own. The Chapin Sisters released their well-received debut album, "Lake Bottom LP", in 2008. Although Jessica Craven has taken a leave of absence to take care of her newborn baby, Lily and Abigail continue to perform as a duo. Lily and Abigail play two of the title characters in the 2009 short feature, The Sirens (2009). The Chapin Sisters toured with the indie folk band, She & Him, both as members of the group and as an opening act in the spring of 2010. The Chapin Sisters also released their second full-length album, "Two", in August of that same year.