Article: UNCLE EARL ADDS MODERN SASS TO OLD-TIME MUSIC STRING BAND BRINGS GIRL POWER TO SOUTHERN MOUNTAIN FOLK

The first thing to know about the young string band Uncle Earl is that there are no Earls in it, nor any uncles. The female quintet plays the Southern mountain folk music called "old time" with a brilliant, bewitching blend of hillbilly drive and modern sass.

No, they did not choose their name as an homage to bluegrass banjo legend Earl Scruggs. Instead, what drew them to it, according to founder KC Groves, was the sheer impertinence of giving a group of sophisticated women such a hick, masculine label.

"We just thought it would be a funny name for an all-women's group," she says. "But we are fans of Earl Scruggs, Steve Earle, and Uncle Tupelo. It did come up in our discussion that there's ...

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