Mipso - The Unlikely Story Of A Band With A Lot To Like

Posted Jan 12, 2020
The band Mipso never anticipated being as successful as they became. It is a band that mandolin player Jacob Sharp called unlikely, because none of the members studied music when they met at UNC, and none of them thought music was going to be a career -- nothing beyond their initial love of other bands, and of playing together. (WNCW)

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