Béla Fleck
Béla Fleck appears in the following:
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
Friday, December 19, 2008
Sick of holiday music? Not if Béla Fleck can help it. On the new CD "Jingle All the Way," the world's premier banjo player freshens up "Jingle Bells" with Tuvan throat singers, bends "Silent Night" around 5/4 time, and lets longtime bassist Victor Wooten solo on Mel Torme's classic "The ...
Critics Week: The Worst of 2008
Friday, December 19, 2008
Soundcheck has spent all week honoring the best music of 2008 - now, we call out the worst. Chicago Sun-Times music critic Jim DeRogatis dishes on the most unlistenable and overrated albums of the year. Also, Eliot Van Buskirk of Wired.com talks about the big stories in online music. Later: ...