Marin Independent Journal 

Paul Liberatore, Music Editor

September 4, 1998  

The Marin bluegrass duo of Larry Carlin and Claudia Hampe bill themselves as Keystone Crossing and call their debut CD Crossing Paths. For good reason. Larry and Claudia met for the first time that they know of at a Peter Rowan show in 1995 at Sweetwater in Mill Valley. When they got to talking, they were amazed to discover that their paths had crossed before. They both came from Pennsylvania (the Keystone State) and actually attended the same elementary school in 1959. They also followed the same path in music. Both play guitar and sing and are big bluegrass fans. Soon after they finally met they were performing as a duo in Marin clubs and harmonizing in an off-stage relationship as well. They even look alike. On Crossing Paths, they cover songs by the great brother duos of the past, the Louvin, Delmore and Everly Brothers, and the contemporary duos of Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, and Laurie Lewis and Tom Rozum. Appropriately enough the final cut on Crossing Paths is a song they learned from Emmylou Harris. It's called "We Believe In Happy Endings."