THERE’S a double delight in store at Malton's Milton Rooms Studio when the Carrivick Sisters, playing five musical instruments and singing in beautiful harmony from their own songbook of folk and bluegrass music, take to the stage on Friday.

Twins Laura and Charlotte are one of the UK's most talented duos. They have also earned a strong international reputation for engaging live performances, multi-instrumental skill - fiddle, banjo, mandolin, guitar and dobro - tight harmonies and finely-crafted original songs.

The Carrivick Sisters began by busking and playing various local gigs, before turning professional the year they left school in 2007. They won the South West Buskers and Street Entertainers’ Competition, which earned them a spot at Glastonbury. In 2010 they were finalists in the prestigious BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Awards. DJ Mike Harding described them as “A superbly talented pair o’ lasses”.

With comparison to Alison Krauss and Union Station, their individual sound comes from a musical background of American bluegrass and old-time, but also bears influence of English folk music and growing up in the West Country.

Charlotte started out on classical guitar when she was nine, with help from her dad. She then picked up the mandolin, and soon after, she started to flat-pick the guitar. If that wasn’t enough, she then went on the master the clawhammer banjo and the fiddle.

Laura got her first fiddle at about the same age. Starting with strict classical training, she soon tired of this and started learning folk fiddle by playing along to Chieftains CDs. Several years later she found bluegrass which was even more fun. Laura then heard the dobro and was soon mastering that too.

The up-close and personal Milton Rooms Studio is an ideal venue for the Carrivicks. Their songs connect with the audience through the typical folk themes of loss, love, animals and country delivered in impressive sibling harmonies.

Tickets, priced £10, are available from the box office or by phoning 01653 696240.