The Maes bring modern folk to life with lush harmonies and acoustic mastery on guitar, mandolin, fiddle and banjo. Born in Victoria Australia, the sisters grew up immersed in a melting pot of music from around the world washed up on stolen land. The Maes are outstanding live, with engaging storytelling and spine-tingling harmonies. The sisters draw their audience in like your sweetest and scariest friend.

With echoes of Gillian Welch and The Waifs, there is a timeless luminescence and simplicity to the songwriting and sound of Maggie and Elsie Rigby.

As well as selling out headline shows around the country and overseas, their international festival appearances include appearances at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival (USA) Edmonton Folk Festival (Canada), Orkney Folk Festival (UK) and Woodford Folk Festival (Aus). The Maes’ signature sound has led them to open for Iconic Australian artists Troy Cassar-Daley and Lisa Mitchell.

The Maes self-titled 2019 album won the Music Victoria Folk/Roots Album of the Year and their song Driving Ali through Mining Towns was a finalist for the Vanda and Young songwriting competition. Their 2017, Nashville-produced album Take Care Take Cover also won the Music Victoria Folk album of the year as well as a five-star review from The Australian.

2025 saw the release of their fourth studio album, Abreast, which they supported it with headline shows around Australia, a UK tour opening for Grace Petrie and appearances at the Shetland and Orkney Folk Festivals. Rhythms Magazine called them “quite simply breathtaking.”