Aidan Vansuetendael ‘18 has joined Bluegrass band “Bill and the Belles.”
Vansuetendael, an English major while at Denison, grew up in South Florida where she first cultivated her interest in traditional American music.
According to an article in Bluegrass Today:
“That interest deepened during her time at Denison University in Ohio, and carried her to Nashville where she currently resides.”
Bill and the Belles is an “east Tennessee-based group plays an interesting mix of old time, bluegrass, and swing, primarily focused on the sounds of American music in the period prior to WWII. They have come to prominence in the past few years both for their clever stage show, and for serving as hosts of the revived Farm and Fun Time radio/television show aired on Radio Bristol.