Matt Turino grew up playing old-time and Cajun fiddle tunes with his father Tom, a clawhammer banjo player and button accordionist. Tom has also studied music in, and has played the music of: India on vina, of Peru on kena and charango, of Mexico on guitar and vihuela, and of Zimbabwe on mbira. These and other influences come together in unique ways in the tunes which the Turinos perform on fiddle, five-string banjo, guitar, and percussion, often accompanied by the powerful bass playing of J.B. Faires.