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We called up Tim Carbone of the New Jersey-based jam/folk/bluegrass band Railroad Earth before their upcoming show at The Kent Stage. Tim is one of the band’s founding members and their resident violinist; he chatted with us about his early start in music, the band’s roots and how Railroad Earth got its Jack Kerouac-inspired name. Buzzbin: What initiated your love for music? Tim Carbone: I was lucky because my parents were music lovers. My mom was a trombone player back in the late ‘30s and ‘40s. My dad was a dance instructor at the Brooklyn in New York City and that’s how they...