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Uncle Earl live on RN Breakfast

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Mar 5, 2010 Updated Mar 18, 2010

Watch an interview between Fran Kelly and American all-girl string band Uncle Earl, from Radio National's Breakfast program.

Click here to see the interview and hear Uncle Earl play live on RN Breakfast.

Live music in the studio by an all-girl string band called Uncle Earl. They do what is known as 'old time' music, the forerunner of bluegrass. It's the traditional music of the Appalachian Mountains, with its roots in the celtic music of Ireland and Scotland.

Tour dates:

5-8 March - Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
11 March - Brunswick Music Festival, Melbourne, VIC
12-14 March - Blue Mountains Music Festival, NSW
19 March - The Harp, Tempe, NSW
20 March - Tilley's Devine Cafe, Lyneham, ACT

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Uncle Earl is an American old-time music group, formed in 2000 by KC Groves and Jo Serrapere. They are an all-women-band and often they refer to themselves as the g'Earls. Their fans have also been nicknamed as g'Earlfriends. By March of 2007, the release of Waterloo, Tennessee was the fifth record by the band, produced by the famed John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin fame. The number of albums...

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