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Jack Herranen
& the 9th Ward Conspiracy

The 9th Ward Conspiracy began in 2004 in the 9th Ward of New Orleans in the studio "9th Ward Pickin' Parlor". Members of this ongoing collaboration include:

Jack Herranen. [Read more]

Jake Wagner (mandolin) and Kate Lester-Wagner (vocals) currently reside in Kansas City where they are parents and teachers.

Mike West (banjo) is a musician, recording engineer, and producer based in Lawrence, Kansas. He and Katie Euliss (stand-up and washtub bass, vocals) are parents and founders of the musical group Truckstop Honeymoon. In her spare time, Katie makes homemade soap from squirrel fat and other fine ingredients.

T.J. Jones is an ecologist, multi-instrumentalist, and recording engineer based in Johnson City, Tennessee. When he’s not making music, T.J keeps an eye on the evolutionary activities of matriarchal spider colonies.

Tom Marron is New Orleans’ hardest working acoustic musician, harmonica player, fiddler, vocalist, and sideman extraordinaire.

Sinead Rudden and Anne (Nelson) Robinson are musicians, songwriters, and vocalists who have been harmonizing since their college days in Dublin.

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