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Curtis Eller

Curtis Eller is an American musician. Eller and his band, The American Circus, perform and record in New York City. Eller is a noted banjo player. His music is diverse; he sings about pigeon racing, performing elephants and Jesus. He started his show-business career at the age of seven as a juggler and acrobat in the Hiller Olde Tyme Circus in Detroit, but has since turned to the banjo. According to the bio posted on his website, Eller's band has appeared at funerals, horse races, burlesque shows and vaudeville revues.

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Sweet Honey In The Rock

Sweet Honey in the Rock is an all-woman, African-American a cappella ensemble that has been producing music for more than thirty years. Although the members of the group have changed over time, the music of Sweet Honey in the Rock has consistently combined contemporary rhythms and narratives with a musical style rooted in the gospel music, spirituals and hymns of the Black church. Sweet Honey in the Rock was founded in 1973 by Bernice Johnson Reagon who formed the group out of the strongest singers from a vocal workshop she was teaching with the D.

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