AltWeeklies Wire
Laurelyn Dossett’s Gathering
From the Green Room in the basement of Meymandi Concert Hall in Raleigh, a cascade of banjo notes can be heard trailing down the hallway from the dressing room shared by Joe Newberry and Mike Compton. Soon, the virtuosic voice of Rhiannon Giddens Laffan — classically trained but steeped in traditional music practices — fills the air with operatic scales.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
12-03-2011 |
Music
Tags: Banjo, Laurelyn Dossett
'Throw Down Your Heart' Would Make a Better Soundtrack than a Movienew
The premise here is simple: Despite its toothless-white-guy connotations, the banjo comes from Africa -- and Grammy-winning banjo genius Bela Fleck is bringing it home. But really, that mission is mostly just an excuse for Fleck to jam with musicians across the continent.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Chris Potter |
09-21-2009 |
Reviews
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
Rec-Room Rambler
Hobart Smith knew that these sessions proved one thing: He shouldn't have waited so long to commit that banjo to tape.
Washington City Paper |
Jason Cherkis |
11-10-2005 |
Reviews
