Béla Fleck

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Béla Fleck Interprets 'Rhapsody In Blue' on Composition's 100th Anniversary

Monday, February 12, 2024

Béla Fleck has a new album commemorating the one hundredth anniversary of George Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue."

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Béla Fleck And Brooklyn Rider: An Adventurous Collaboration

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Hear banjo master Bela Fleck and the adventurous string quartet Brooklyn Rider perform songs from their new collaborative album in the Soundcheck studio.

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Guest Picks: Béla Fleck

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Grammy Award-winning banjo player Béla Fleck performed live on the Leonard Lopate Show recently. He also revealed that he's a Barbra Streisand fan. Find out what else Béla Fleck's a fan of!

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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 ...

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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: ...