Bela Fleck performs Rhapsody in Blue at Carnegie Hall (5/4/24) - photo © Jen Hughes Béla Fleck's Rhythm, Raga, and Rhapsody, May 4 at Carnegie Hall included performances from Bruce Hornsby, Zakir Hussein, Rhapsody in Blue, and My Bluegrass Heart. What a
We shared the news last month that five string banjo maestro Béla Fleck was set to release a new album that explored the music of 20th century American composer George Gershwin, most prominently his masterwork, Rhapsody in Blue. Béla tackles
Photo of Béla Fleck © Jeremy Cowart Banjo maestro Béla Fleck has used his banjo to illuminate music from across the stylistic spectrum, starting with bluegrass, moving on to New Grass, before encompassing jazz and funk, classical, and world music. After
Béla Fleck's Bluegrass Happening in Grand Rapids, MI (6/27/22) - photo © Bryan Bolea Photographer Bryan Bolea was on hand when Béla Fleck brought his Bluegrass Happening Tour to the Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park in Grand Rapid, MI. The tour included
Everybody look what’s going down! Straight off the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Béla Fleck grabbed his all-star My Bluegrass Heart band and teamed up with best buds, Sam Bush and Jerry Douglas, and their bands to create happenings at special spots around
A good many readers enjoyed the video produced last summer by the San Francisco Opera which featured banjoist supreme Béla Fleck and operatic mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton. It was one of several collaboration projects commissioned by SFO for a series they
Earlier this afternoon in Las Vegas The Grammy Premiere Ceremony was held, announcing the bulk of the 86 awards to be distributed during the 2022 Grammys. These are the proverbial "Awards given earlier in the day," which are often referenced
Béla Fleck took the Carnegie stage and brought that hallowed hall to a place I am sure it has never quite been before. Smiley, tie-dyed festivarians joined the bejeweled Manhattan proper to celebrate something undeniably near and dear to America's heart:
Applications are now being accepted to attend the 2022 Blue Ridge Banjo Camp, founded and curated by Béla Fleck. This year's camp will be held August 17-21 in Brevard, NC. Fleck will be teaching during the camp, alongside his hand-picked faculty
For years banjo players have drooled over Béla Fleck's 1937 RB-75 conversion banjo, the one that he has played since 1982. It's a beautiful instrument, and helped cement his sound into every banjo picker's brain through his landmark 1988 release,
