The Student Loan is an eclectic four-piece bluegrass/newgrass band from Bowling Green, Ohio. Mixing elements of traditional bluegrass and folk music with elements of rock, jazz, and blues, The Student Loan has a sound that defies genre and is both familiar and new. With original songs and a vast 
library of covers from groups as diverse as Bill Monroe and Sublime, The Student Loan will please just about any audience.
The Student Loan regularly play shows and festivals throughout Northwest Ohio and beyond. Notable appearances include a performances at Appalachian Uprising, Black Swamp Arts Festival, Sledgefest, Tunafest, and in April of 2008 they headlined The Quarry Breakdown music festival in Bowling Green, Ohio. In concerts and festivals they have performed with such national and regional acts as Sam Bush, Larry Keel, County Line II, eKoostik Hookah, The Sierra Leone Refugee All-Stars, Alejandro Escovedo, The Ragbirds, Back Forty, The MacPodz, and The Blind Corn 
Liquor Pickers. They have also been featured in Larry Keel's All-Star Band at Appalachian Uprising 2008. They had an episode of a live show on "Live from Coffee Amici" on WBGU-television, a segment of "Toledo Idol" onFOX Toledo, and have been featured live several times on 88.1 WBGU-FM radio in Bowling Green. Their first album, "Wake Up to The Student Loan", was released in December of 2006 to critical acclaim and their sophomore effort, "A New and Different Life" is scheduled for release on June 27 of this year.
Formed in the spring of 2005, The Student Loan synthesizes a wide array of musical styles and backgrounds. A formally trained composer, percussionist, and violinist, West Virginian mandolinist Chad Kimbler blazes a trail of furious picking, and guitarist and fiddler Liz Chibucos, a Bowling Green, Ohio native and avid songwriter, brings to the table a wealth of jazz, classical, and rock influences. Banjo player and guitarist Mark Gerolami of upstate New York draws upon a rich background of folk, western, and world music, and seasoned rock, gospel, and jazz bassist and Tacoma, Washington native Julio Appling lays down a solid foundation and more than holds his own as a soloist.
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