Delta Rae is an American folk rock band formed in Durham, North Carolina. The band consists of three siblings Ian Hölljes (vocals and guitar), Eric Hölljes (vocals, guitar, piano and keys) and Brittany Hölljes (vocals), as well as Elizabeth Hopkins (vocals), Mike McKee (percussion) and Grant Emerson (bass guitar). They began as a four-piece ensemble and added McKee and Emerson to the dynamic in 2010. Their name hails from a fictional story the Hölljes’ mother intended to write about a Southern girl named Delta Rae who summons the Greek gods to earth. The band feels that they do not fit into a single musical genre, but have described their sound as “gospel-tinged country-rock, sensual blue-eyed soul and harmony-laden Americana.”
