With a a voice that bears the ghosts of Nico or Patti Smith, and lyrics that touch on her extensive poetry background, Pepi Ginsberg is an otherworldly figure in the New York music scene. The singer and current frontwoman of Companion hails from Philadelphia with an Ivy League education from the University of Pennsylvania, and crafts songs that are as intelligent as they are inspired. Since making the transition from poet/storyteller, to singer/songwriter in 2006, Ginsberg has amassed body of work that includes four albums and collaborations across the spectrum, including an album with Scott McMicken of Dr. Dog and forming the Brooklyn Ladies Choir. In 2010, Ginsberg enlisted some of her choir singers for Companion, a band of rhythm-minded friends from New York which just released the self-titled debut album. – Read Devon Antonetti’s interview with Pepi here.