“Nearly 30 years ago, Jack DiAlesandro and Kevin T. Richards started performing traditional American music. Ray DeForest joined the group a decade ago. Jack is a finger style guitar master and works as a professor of Mathematics at Kent State. Kevin plays mandolin, fiddle, and various guitar styles and directs a non-profit organization called the Roots of American Music. Raymond is an acoustic bass genius who performs and teaches jazz, blues, and nearly any style of music. Sugar Pie Sheela Das is a professional vocalist and instrumentalist of ukulele, penny whistle and washboard who joins the band with her sweet vocals and ukulele finesse.”>