Larry & Joe - Runnin' From the Weather

“’Runnin’ from the Weather,’ says Joe Troop about the new single from Larry & Joe, “is one I wrote as Larry and I watched mountains being ravished by wildfire all across the US, breathing in the toxic smoke. Our concept is that of the latingrass messenger: speaking truth to power from Appalachia to the hills of Colombia, inviting the Stanley Brothers and Los Corraleros de Majagual into joyous communion.

“The super rich will not be deterred from ruining the world, but they can’t stop us from singing, laughing and dancing as it burns. Sophie Wellington’s fiery feet provided the perfect underpinning for our apocalyptic celebration, and Jason Richmond engineered in just the right amount of galactic pixie dust.”

The first song released off Larry & Joe’s sophomore album, Manos Panamericanos (September 10, 2024 radio add date), “Runnin’ from the Weather,” delivers a mash-up of bluegrass, cumbia, and psychedelic folk, virtuosos Larry Bellorín (Venezuela) and GRAMMY-nominee with Che Apalache Joe Troop (North Carolina) enlist the talent of Appalachian percussive dancer Sophie Wellington (Virginia) to boogey off the end-of-the-world blues. It's bluegrass for today. Really.

Recently featured on PBS’ The Express Way With Dulé Hill and “Here and Now” on NPR, Larry Bellorín and Joe Troop are versatile multi-instrumentalists, singers, and 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. Their debut album, Nuevo South Train, released in May 2023, reached #12 on the NACC Folk Chart and #12 on the FAI Top Folk Albums.