Uncle Earl began six years ago (1993), primarily as
a casual musical collaboration between two friends -
founding member KC Groves and Detroit-area songwriter,
Jo Serrapere - playing traditional music together. After
a few gigs to promote their CD project, Jo decided to
take her musical energy in a different direction, and
KC continued with the Uncle Earl project. Today, after
a couple personnel changes, Uncle Earl has emerged as
one of the most exciting and talented young old-timey
string bands, and a folk & bluegrass festival favorite.
The band includes founding member, KC Groves (mandolin,
bass, guitar, vocals, ), Rayna Gellert (fiddle, vocals),
Kristin Andreassen (guitar, feet, fiddle vocals), Abigail
Washburn (banjo, vocals), and Sharon Gilchrist (bass,
mandolin, octave mandolin, vocals). This summer Uncle
Earl released their debut CD for Rounder Records called
She Waits for Night. In addition, Abigail Washburn has
released her first solo CD on Nettwerk Records called
Song of the Traveling Daughter.
Listen here to Jim Blum's backstage interview
with KC Groves and Abigail Washburn as they discuss
Uncle Earl's evolution since its start, what it's like
being an all-woman band in a genre traditionally dominated
by men, and their new CD projects:
(14:57)
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