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- ↑ English dance and song n56-58 p22 English Folk Dance and Song Society - 1994 "Custer LaRue is a soprano with an interest in both early music and the ballad tradition of her native mountains of Virginia."
- 1 2 "Peabody Institute - Alumni Association: Custer LaRue". Archived from the original on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
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