Hailing from North Carolina, four-piece Americana act Mipso traffics in expressive vocal harmonies, stellar string-playing, and the musical traditions of its home state. Featuring fiddle player Libby Rodenbough, mandolinist Jacob Sharp, guitarist Joseph Terrell, and bassist Wood Robinson, the band is known for pushing acoustic instruments to the limit in service of creating spacious arrangements […]
Hailing from North Carolina, four-piece Americana act Mipso traffics in expressive vocal harmonies, stellar string-playing, and the musical traditions of its home state. Featuring fiddle player Libby Rodenbough, mandolinist Jacob Sharp, guitarist Joseph Terrell, and bassist Wood Robinson, the band is known for pushing acoustic instruments to the limit in service of creating spacious arrangements […]
Fest in place: With the announcement of its 2021 season, Festy takes a big leap forward by staying seated. Instead of the multi-day jam-out camp-out that’s fueled past Festys, this year’s event sticks with its COVID-inspired model of single shows (in Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina) and VIP-style pod seating. Well suited to the […]
Off the grass: They got their start as a folk duo playing campus events, but today, Mipso’s blend of Americana, bluegrass, and indie pop is filling music halls rather than lecture halls. Since graduating from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2013, the band has grown, and toured in Japan, played with the former chancellor of their alma […]