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  • Seasonal Hire from the Twigs in February

    December 2, 2014 | by John Lawless

    The growth of popularity for old time string band music has been one of the most encouraging signs in the music business this past few years. Is there anything more lonesome than the sound of old time banjo and fiddle,

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