Trails End String Band

Art in the cafe...

Dottie and Josie Brand (Two Peas in a Pod)


"Summer Magic"


June 2026



We are self-taught artists who create work inspired by healing, nature, travel, and personal experiences. Growing up, art became a way for us to process emotions, express ourselves, and create spaces that felt meaningful and comforting. Our first “gallery” was our college apartment, which we transformed with our own artwork and nature-inspired design and the power of the feminine. Sharing our space and work with others encouraged us to continue creating and exploring art more seriously. Inspired by our Latin culture, color, emotion, and everyday moments, our work reflects themes of connection, growth,...
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Saturday, April 22, 2006

Trails End String Band formed in 2004 from a casual picking session in a back room of the now defunct Paul's Speedway Bar in Madison, WI. It was during a weekly Monday bluegrass jam, and a guitar player and bass player who had played together before met up with a fiddle player and mandolin player who had played together before. We started picking some familiar tunes and by the third song had attracted a small crowd of onlookers. It was around that time we thought it would be a good idea to introduce ourselves to each other. We exchanged numbers and met up to do some weekly porch picking. Once we started to meet regularly, we realized that just doing bluegrass was not enough to satisfy our musical tastes. We added a few jazz standards to the set list, and then a few Dawg tunes. A few klezmer songs joined the list soon after that, as did many old-time and fiddle tunes.

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