Larry & Joe presented by Lotus Blossoms
Larry & Joe were destined to make music together. Larry Bellorín, a legend of Llanera music, hails from Monagas, Venezuela. Joe Troop is a GRAMMY-nominated bluegrass and Old-Time musician. Larry was forced into exile and is an asylum seeker in North Carolina. During the pandemic, when his acclaimed "latingrass" band Che Apalache was forced into hiatus, Joe shifted into action working with asylum seeking migrants. Then Larry met Joe. 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. As a duo, they perform a fusion of Venezuelan and Appalachian folk music on harp, banjo, cuatro, fiddle, maracas, guitar, upright bass, and whatever else they decide to throw in the van.
Larry & Joe, a standout favorite at the 2023 Lotus Festival, are coming back to Bloomington for a couple of Lotus Blossoms school shows and a concert for the Bloomington community.
Lotus is delighted to announce that Larry & Joe will perform at the Waldron Arts Center Auditorium. For those of you who haven’t seen them, you don’t want to miss this show.
Larry & Joe were destined to make music together. Larry Bellorín, a legend of Llanera music, hails from Monagas, Venezuela. Joe Troop is a GRAMMY-nominated bluegrass and Old-Time musician. Larry was forced into exile and is an asylum seeker in North Carolina. During the pandemic, when his acclaimed "latingrass" band Che Apalache was forced into hiatus, Joe shifted into action working with asylum seeking migrants. Then Larry met Joe. 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. As a duo, they perform a fusion of Venezuelan and Appalachian folk music on harp, banjo, cuatro, fiddle, maracas, guitar, upright bass, and whatever else they decide to throw in the van.