Kossoy Sisters

O Kossoy Sisters, where art thou been? (Jan 2003)

For Ellen and Irene Kossoy, the phrase "identical twins" is no exaggeration. They wear their hair the same, wear identical glasses, have the same big, Kennedy-esque smiles, and their speaking voices are hard to distinguish. They even live on opposite sides of a twin house in the Boston suburb of Somerville, Mass. And even while sitting across a table from them at a Harvard Square coffee shop, it's difficult to keep track of which one is which. Until "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" came out two years ago with their version of "I'll Fly Away," most music fans didn't keep track of either one.  ...