Mipso

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Founding member of the beloved North Carolina bluegrass-ish band Mipso, Jacob Sharp, has always loved a team.

He attributes this to being a middle child, which is the basis for his debut solo album, Middle Kid.

Born and raised in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Jacob was not only loving being on a team, but radiated towards musical collaboration on guitar and mandolin.

He ended up moving to Brooklyn after school, where he fell into a musical community with folks like Courtney Hartman, the Brother Brothers, and Sarah Gerose.

From there, he and his wife moved to Los Angeles, to Altadena, until the tragic wildfires of 2025.

They eventually made their way back east and now reside once again in North Carolina, along with their young daughter, named after Jacob's mother, who died when he was 21 years old, just weeks before Mipso's first concert.

Jacob is such an interesting and gentle person to be in conversation with in ways that make you want to know his whole story, which is vast.

All right.

Uh, I actually do know the band, um, I don't know if you know Mipso?

Oh, yeah.

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