On The Fringe

Bands Blurring the Lines of Bluegrass “What I really appreciate about this band is that there are not a lot of no’s creatively,” explains Geraldine’s multi-instrumentalist Jonathan Vocke. We are eating dinner, along with the rest of Geraldine, Josh Anderson (fiddle), John Bolten (guitar/ vocals), Cory Chubb (mandolin), and Sarah Larsen (bass), in Bolten’s dining room, while Geraldine has been talking about their approach to making music. There is an easygoing, familiar camaraderie among the band. Throughout dinner, as they talk, there are just as many supportive comments and gushing platitudes of each other as there are good natured barbs. The rest of the band all readily agree with Vocke that the freedom from the limiting idea of no is important to the identity of Geraldine. “I feel there should be no limitations placed on creative choices around music,” continues Vocke, “good music is just good music. We all have influences we bring into the picture, and that is