Artist: Bela Fleck

Earlier this year the first installment of the new GarciaLive live archival series came out (3/1/80) and sounded exceptional. On April Fool's Day, the Garcia Estate unveiled GarciaLive 1.5 (6/26/81), which was available as a digital download that came with one of Jer's trademark black t-shirts. While GarciaLive Volume 2 hasn't been officially announced, thanks to a tip from HT reader Steve R. we can reveal that the next installment will feature JGB's August 5th, 1990 performance from Berkeley's Greek Theatre. At the moment, [...]

Just two months before his tragic death concert promoter Bill Graham's Bill Graham Presents outfit teamed up with the Squaw Valley Ski Corporation to throw a two-day festival at Gold Coast Concert Bowl in Squaw Valley, California on August 24 and 25, 1991 called the Squaw Valley Summer Music Festival. Among the acts on the impressive bill were the Jerry Garcia Band, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, David Grisman, Tower of Power, Booker T. and the MGs, The Neville Brothers and Jimmy Cliff. Garcia performed with the JGB on the 24th and with David Grisman on the 25th. [...]

• 5fingerdis - Jerry Garcia Band w/ Bela Fleck - Harder They Come (8/5/90)

Virtuoso double bass player Edger Meyer is in the country to peform his first ever show in India as part of the Melody Of Rhythm trio comprising Zakir Hussain, Bela Fleck, and himself. We sat down with Meyer a few days ago, and talked to him about his earliest influences, the different roles the double bass can play in music, and what audiences can expect from the trio’s upcoming performance with the Symphony Orchestra Of India at the NCPA, Mumbai. Edgar Meyer’s training in music started early. Citing his late father as his earliest and most definitive influence [...]

The Symphony Orchestra of India has been active for six years now, and they're growing from strength to strength with each season. Every year, 78 musicians from all over the world come together to form a unique collective, focusing on the beauty of classical music. The orchestra plays two seasons a year, and the 14th celebrity season of the SOI kicked off on February 13. The orchestra will play shows at NCPA, Mumbai through February, before going to play shows at the Royal Opera House, Muscat. On the billing for this season are orchestral and chamber music concerts, with a [...]

We’re not the only people who cover the Indian music scene, you know. The Media Capsule is a roundup of some of the stories about Indian music being covered in the press. Chennai ‘poets’ rule the hearts Bangalore Mirror, February 11 Adam and The Fish Eyed Poets' frontman Kishore Krishna speaks to the Bangalore Mirror about how he wrote their third album Songs From An Island Pt. 1 . Bappi Lahiri completes 40 years in industry [...]

As part of the Symphony Orchestra of India's 2013 Concert Season at Mumbai's National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), the acclaimed Melody Of Rhythm trio comprising tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain, master banjoist Bela Fleck, and double bass player Edgar Meyer, will premiere their live concert for the first time in India. Bela Fleck is widely regarded as one of the world's most inventive banjo pluckers, and is renowned for his involvement in Bela Fleck & The Flecktones and New Grass Revival . Both bands have benefited from Fleck's ability to fuse [...]

Recent music tech news highlights include the impending launch of a Europe-specific ReDigi service, an update of SoundTracking's iOS app and Songkick 's news that their signups are now 60% via mobile . In addition, a profile of Bela Fleck focuses on his use of music tech tools . And, in closing, I wonder if there are any music tech developers participating in Google's upcoming Project Glass hackathons . ReDigi to Launch in Europe ReDigi , a resale [...]

XPN welcomes the Old 972s to Union Transfer for a special Too Far to Care 15th anniversary show tonight.  The Texas alt-country pioneers are touring in support of the classic 1997 album, which was re-issued with bonus outtakes and demos earlier this month.  According to the band's website, tonight's event will feature a Rhett Miller ... Continue reading �

With FYF going on down in LA this weekend, we're getting a decent spillover of excellent shows up here in the Bay Area. Though not quite at Fauxchella levels, it's nice to have a Faux Your Festival going on right now. And since your regular host for this column, Dakin Hardwick, will be enjoying himself at [...]

Regressado a Lisboa para uma breve escala antes de mais uma semana de férias, deixo aqui algumas das memórias a reter em mais um FMM que terminou. Talvez por desígnio do circuito de digressões dos grupos, este foi um FMM com lanças apontadas especialmente a África: A Oumou e o Béla Béla Fleck toca no banjo, acústico ou elétrico, como mais ninguém, aqui intrometendo-se na música do Mali e

Telluride Festival favorite Sam Bush does an all-star, all-bass cover of Spinal Tap's 'Big Bottom'.

Anyone who's spent very much time in Kentucky has probably heard their fair share of banjo, but how many of us can say we've heard a banjoist who draws much of her inspiration from Chinese culture? That's exactly what you get with Abigail Washburn , a 34-year-old veteran of the bluegrass scene who, in 1996, spent time living in China with hopes of studying law in Beijing. Out of a desire to have something distinctly American with her as she traveled abroad, Washburn took a banjo with her to the Far East. When she returned, she brought home a [...]

• Abigail Washburn - City Of Refuge

While in the midst of a tour with The Marcus Roberts Trio, banjoist extraordinaire Béla Fleck ( @belafleckbanjo ) will appear solo at Clearwater’s Great Hudson River Revival at Croton Point Park in Croton-on-Hudson, New York. Fleck will play an hour long solo set Saturday at the festival’s Rainbow Stage starting at 6:30 PM. Other acts performing at the fest include Ani Difranco, Martin Sexton, Dawes, Punch Brothers Featuring Chris Thile, Deer Tick, Donna The Buffalo and many others. Fleck is in New York City coming off a run of shows with The Marcus Roberts Trio at Blue [...]

Sometimes music is about hearing two masters of their craft jam together, amazing listeners with their sheer artistry. That summarizes Across The Imaginary Divide, a collaboration with banjo maestro Béla Fleck and the Marcus Roberts Trio. Also featuring bassist Rodney Jordan and drummer Jason Marsalis (youngest of the Marsalis jazz dynasty), the album dazzles with Fleck and Roberts' lightning-fast playing. [...]

Ben Sollee, from press kit One of my favorite musicians, Ben Sollee , will be coming by the station on May 10  at 1 p.m. for an in-studio performance and interview before his show at Kings Barcade  (Cat's Cradle Presents). Sollee's music is inspired by his Kentucky roots, but spans genres from folk to jazz, carried by his syncopated rhythms and smooth voice. You may recognize Ben Sollee from his work with Daniel Martin Moore on Dear Companion , an album [...]

The notoriously impressive live band wowed the audience with a musical master class // Follow Owl and Bear on Facebook and Twitter for contests, MP3s, and links that don't make it onto the blog.

For the first time in almost 20 years, the original line-up for Bela Fleck and The Flecktones reunited and made their instruments sing.

Bela Fleck - Spain Chick Corea gets the Bela Anton Leos Fleck treatment here. That's right - Bela Anton Leos. As in Bartok, Webern, Janacek. Even middle school bullies wouldn't know what to do with this.

• Bela Fleck - Spain

The 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards ceremony is taking place tonight in Los Angeles, where a number of HT faves have taken home awards from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Foo Fighters, Levon Helm, Bela Fleck, the Tedeschi Trucks Band, Pat Metheny, Allison Krauss & Union Station, Bon Iver and Rebirth Brass Band were among the winners at "music's biggest night." The Tedeschi Trucks Band took home the Best Blues Album award for Revelator, beating Derek's band mates Gregg Allman (Low Country Blues) and Warren Haynes (Man In Motion). Booker [...]

Primeiro, uma pequena historieta. Andava eu, aqui há meses, pelas ruas frias de Riga, quando vejo cartazes para um espetáculo a acontecer em breve com o mítico trompetista sul-africano Hugh Masekela, sucesso nos meios do jazz norte-americano, músico de Bob Marley nos seus primeiros discos, figura incontornável do afrobeat ao lado de Fela Kuti, companheiro de estrada de Paul Simon durante a