Award winning Minnesota Folksters break out of the North and bring their dark hillbilly music to the masses.

For 15 years Kim & Quillan Roe have made music together, starting at a tribute to the then-recently-deceased Johnny & June Carter Cash. ---

Kim and Quillan were married in the spring of 2003, and soon Kim was asking Quillan if they could start a band together; Quillan said, 'No. Husbands and wives shouldn't be in bands together. It's a terrible idea!' But Kim persisted and kept asking to start a band together, and Quillan kept saying, 'No.' That same year, however, both June Carter and Johnny Cash died, and a local bar, Lee's Liquor Lounge, organized a tribute to them and their music. Quillan wanted to perform at the tribute but his band at the time, Accident Clearinghouse, was on hiatus. So with the tribute's promoter on the phone, Quillan asked Kim if she still wanted to start a band together. Not knowing that Quillan meant right then, she answered enthusiastically, 'Yes!'

'Put us down as the... uh...' Quillan hadn't thought it through that far. 'Put us down as the... Roe Family Singers,' he finally blurted. Their first show was booked and Kim didn't even know it!

Though they both had full-time jobs, the Roes threw themselves into making music as often as they could. They started a weekly residency at the 331 Club which they maintain to this day, and by 2010 they were maintaining a full-time band's workload, while still working full-time day jobs, and raising one baby daughter with a second on the way.

In 2011, they won the prestigious McKnight Fellowship for Performing Musicians, which comes with a substantial monetary award. The Roes talked it over and decided that they would try life as full-time musicians--using the McKnight Fellowship to help fund their first year--and have been making music their full-time work ever since.

Track Listing

• What Did He Say'
• The Rocky Road Blues
• When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbing Along
• Sourwood Mountain
• Don't Worry About the Rich Man
• It Takes a Long, Long Train with a Red Caboose
• My Grandfather's Clock
• While the Band is Playing Dixie
• Hey, Good Lookin'
• Tennessee Stud
• Country Blues
• Daddy Went Walkin'
• The Red River Valley
• The Fox
• The Ram of Darby

Additional Details

Label: Bonfire Recording Company

Genre: Folk

Language: English

Run Time: 45:00 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 05/22/20

UPC: 755757501620