Imagine a modern-day Peter, Paul & Mary – only edgier, and with a quirky sense of humor. Girlyman's harmony-driven style veers from contemporary folk to country rock to pop. Each member switches off songwriting duties, lead vocals, and a range of instruments, including acoustic guitar, djembe, banjo, baritone guitar and mandolin.

Nate Borofsky, Doris Muramatsu, and Ty Greenstein scheduled the group's first rehearsal for September 11, 2001. Doris and Ty, who met in the second grade, had recently abandoned their former project as a duo; their friend Nate had just moved to New York after four solo years on the Boston music scene. When all three suddenly found themselves living in the same Brooklyn apartment, it seemed only natural to combine their talents into a new group. According to Nate, the rehearsal was quickly forgotten, but the events of September 11 helped shape the trio's vision: "It brought us in touch with our own mortality. We realized that we wanted to have fun, to do what felt right to us, and to not take ourselves too seriously. We started out by calling ourselves Girlyman."

In 2004 Girlyman released its debut CD Remember Who I Am on Amy Ray's indie imprint Daemon Records. Since then the band has appeared on internationally syndicated radio shows like Mountain Stage and has performed at major folk festivals, including the Winnipeg Folk Festival, the Philadelphia Folk Festival, the Boston Folk Festival, and the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival. Over the past year the band has toured nationally with the Indigo Girls, and this November they completed a nine-week run with Dar Williams.

In May 2005 Daemon Records released Girlyman's second CD, Little Star. "My favorite albums have always been the ones that feel like a journey," says Ty. "With Little Star the idea was to end up in a different place than where you began." The CD begins with the upbeat "On the Air," the story of a has-been TV host, and ends with "This is Me," which is narrated from the perspective of a war veteran. Co-produced by Girlyman and engineer Bob Harris, Little Star also features Julie Wolf of the Ani DiFranco band on accordion and keyboards, and Joe Dye on pedal steel.