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this blues, r&b, soul band includes 4 well-seasoned musicians from england, kitchener-waterloo, and punkydoodles corners, which lies between tavistock & new hamburg, Ontario.
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Marlyce (Martens) Gundy and Sharon (Sawatsky) Schermbrucker began singing classical and folk duets in their teens. After a long hiatus, they reunited to form the chamber group Beauty in the Blends, which has performed across the U.S. and Canada. Meanwhile, Marlyce married Jeff Gundy, and they played and sang folk music as a duo.
As the folk trio Rendezvous, Marlyce, Sharon, and Jeff now bring their close harmonies to tunes by Kate Wolf, the Wailin Jennys, Dave Carter, Old Crow Medicine Show, and others, with all three on vocals and Jeff on 6- and 12-string guitar.
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Mennonite Music-Making Bibliography
Jonathan Dueck has compiled an extensive bibliography of articles and other sources that have been written on the topic of Mennonites making music.
He's also written two papers that deal with issues of Mennonites and music:
Who is the Voice Coming From? Mennonites, First Nations People and Appropriation of Voice
Worship Wars, World Music, and Menno-Nots: Recent Studies in Mennonite Music
Other Papers
4 papers from the book "Sound in the Land". Reprinted by permission of Pandora Press.
Klassen, Judith. "Rebel With a Cause: Innovation and Grace in the Music of a Reinfeld Boy."
Dueck, Jonathan. "Encountering (Mennonite) Singer-Songwriters: J.D. Martin and Cate Friesen."