Rooted in the music of North Carolina's mountains and Piedmont, Chapel Hill-based Mipso gives these traditional influences a distinctly modern twist. With an old-school combination of fiddle, mandolin, bass, guitar, and four voices in close harmony, Mipso's Jacob, Wood, Joseph, and Libby mix bluegrass ingredients with a healthy dose of 21st century energy. Over the past two years Mipso has released an EP and a full-length album titled "Long, Long Gone" and performed to enthusiastic crowds across North Carolina, from Asheville to Greenville and many places in between. This year alone they've performed sold out concerts at Carrboro's historic Cat's Cradle three times, solidifying their place as the most promising young band to come out of Chapel Hill in a long, long time. The group will graduate from the University of North Carolina in May of 2013 with plans to take Mipso on the road far beyond their home state.