Venezuelan joropo maestro Larry Bellorín and GRAMMY-nominated bluegrass and
oldtime star Joe Troop from North Carolina are two virtuosic multi-instrumentalists
who fuse their respective Venezuelan and Appalachian folk traditions on the harp,
banjo, cuatro, fiddle, upright bass, guitar, and maracas to prove that music has
no borders. Their bilingual program in English and Spanish includes storytelling,
humor, and singalongs for a unique evening you won’t soon forget.

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Larry & Joe

The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center

Larry & Joe were destined to make music together. Larry Bellorín hails from Monagas, Venezuela and is a legend of Llanera music. Joe Troop is from North Carolina and is a GRAMMY-nominated bluegrass and oldtime musician. Larry was forced into exile and is an asylum seeker in North Carolina. Joe, after a decade in South America, got stranded back in his stomping grounds during the pandemic. Larry works construction to make ends meet. Joe’s GRAMMY-nominated “latingrass” stringband Che Apalache was forced into hiatus, and he shifted into action working with asylum seeking migrants. Currently based in the Triangle of North Carolina, both men are versatile multi-instrumentalists and singer-songwriters on a mission to show that music has no borders.

Larry & Joe

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Larry and Joe

Larry & Joe