Jonathan Maness

We received a note from Slovak banjo player Richard Cifersky, asking us to share a message about his indiegogo campaign to help him raise the funds necessary to obtain a VISA to live in the United States as a working

A family that sings together, stays together. Isn't that what they say? Well that's how newlyweds Jonathan Maness and Wendy Crowe met and became close - through music. The pair sing and play together as WestWend, and were married earlier this month.

A pair of East Tennessee grassers, Wendy Crowe and Jonathan Maness, have joined forces in a new group called WestWend. The two met by chance at a radio show in 2011, just as Wendy was set to start work on a debut recording.