Born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Soraya and Luciya Sullivan developed their love for bluegrass music at a young age, when they began guitar and banjo lessons at ages eight and six. Now teens living in the Chicago area, The Sullivan Sisters have performed at national venues such as MerleFest, FallGrass by Planet Bluegrass, and The Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and Museum ROMPtober festival. They have performed at numerous Chicago area venues, including a sold-out show headlining at Evanston SPACE, Park West, and kicking off the inaugural Evanston Folk Fest in 2024. Luciya is the 2023 Rockygrass Banjo Competition winner, second place winner in the 2024 Galax Fiddlers Convention Banjo Contest, and is a Deering sponsored artist. Soraya won third place in the Flatpicking Guitar Contest at Rockygrass 2023, and is currently studying American Roots Music at Berklee College of Music.