Larry & Joe Blend Venezuelan and Appalachian Folk Music, From Big Ears 2023
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Venezuelan legend of Llanera music Larry Bellor\\xedn and GRAMMY-nominated bluegrass and oldtime musician Joe Troop play as Larry & Joe. \\xa0Larry was forced into exile and is an asylum seeker in North Carolina, and worked construction to make ends meet, although he has been a musician and educator all his life. Troop, a socially conscious \\u201cLatingrass\\u201d musician with Che Apalache, has written songs about migration, and works with asylum seekers; he relocated to North Carolina to be in this duo with Larry.
\\nVenezuelan and Appalachian folk music come together on Larry\\u2019s custom-built Joropo folk harp and Joe\\u2019s fiddle and banjo, as they blend their musical inheritances and traditions as well as storytelling on their record,\\xa0Nuevo South Train. The duo performs remotely from the 2023 Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, TN. The duo plays at 6PM on June 15 at Rockwood Music Hall.\\xa0
\\nSet list: \\u201cGabanjo\\u201d, \\u201cCaballo Viejo\\u201d
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