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鈥楥he Apalache鈥� Strums Bluegrass From Buenos Aires

瓜神app | By Anita Rao,
Frank Stasio
Published July 21, 2017 at 11:24 AM EDT
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Che Apalache began as a traditional Appalachian string band but eventually incorporated Latin American styles into their repetoire. The result is an authentic South-Americana cambalache (mishmash) reminiscent of the Port City melting pot it came out of.
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Che Apalache is Joe Troop (fiddle, vocals), Pau Andr茅s Barjau Mateu (banjo, vocals), Franco Martino (guitar, vocals), Martin Bobrik (mandolin, vocals)."
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The word 鈥榗he鈥� is ubiquitous on the streets of Argentina. It is a term of endearment that people use often in casual conversation 鈥� similar to a word like buddy in American slang. So when North Carolina native Joe Troop decided to form a band in Buenos Aires with a group of his students, he found it fitting to characterize themselves using the term 鈥榗he.鈥� The band is comprised of four musicians from three countries who fuse Appalachian folk with Latin American music. 

Host Frank Stasio talks with Che Apalache about their origin story and sound. Che Apalache is Joe Troop on fiddle and lead vocals, Pau Andr茅s Barjau Mateu on banjo and vocals, Franco Martino on guitar and vocals, Martin Bobrik on mandolin and vocals. The band will be playing shows at venues throughout North Carolina for the next few weeks.

  • Friday, July 21 - 7:30pm -
  • Sunday, July 23 -
  • Wednesday, July 26 - 7:00pm -
  • Thursday, July 27 - 7:00pm - 
  • Friday, July 28 - 7:00pm -
  • Tuesday, August 15 - 6:00pm -
  • Sunday, August 20 - 2:00pm -
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Arts & Culture The State of ThingsChe ApalacheJoe TroopPau Andres Barjau MateuFranco MartinoMartin BobrikArgentinaBuenos AiresAppalachian folkLatin American
Anita Rao
Anita Rao is an award-winning journalist, host, creator, and executive editor of "Embodied," a weekly radio show and podcast about sex, relationships & health.
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Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's 瓜神app Director.
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