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On the Road with Bela Flecknew
Fleck, Zakir Hussain and Edgar Meyer create a whole new sound combining banjo, tabla percussion and stand-up bass, respectively.
Chico News & Review |
Ken Smith |
04-14-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bela Fleck
Bela Fleck Honors the Banjo's African Originsnew
Ever since banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck discovered many years ago that his instrument has origins in Africa, he has longed to make an album of traditional African folk music.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
06-11-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Bela Fleck and Steve Earle Collaborator Casey Driessen Takes His Trio on the Roadnew
Driessen's influences are all over the map. And some of them -- like, say, British electronicist Squarepusher and seminal jazz violinist Stuff Smith -- barely seem from the same universe.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
01-05-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Further Explorations
Banjo innovator Bela Fleck -- an eight-time Grammy winner and 21-time nominee in many different categories -- is still crankin' out tunes.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
03-08-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
