Posts Tagged ‘Béla Fleck’
Season’s Greetings from Live Music Blog
Here's a stocking full of holiday songs we've hand picked from the past few years to keep your playlists a little more current than the same ole' offering of Bing Crosby and Nat King Cole. Our seasonal selections range from songs by LCD Soundsystem, My Morning Jacket, Woods, Sufjan... more
40th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival Lineup
Sam Bush Band, Jackson Browne, Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell, Yonder Mountain String Band, Telluride House Band (Sam Bush, Bela Fleck, Jerry Douglas, Edgar Meyer, Bryan Sutton and Stuart Duncan), Feist, Punch Brothers, Trampled by Turtles, Leftover Salmon and more will play the 40th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival in Telluride,... more
PHISH FRIDAY: A November (’95) to Remember
Last week we dedicated our Phish Friday to November '94. This week, we promised November '97 but contributor @PeteLikesMusic had other ideas and rightfully so. Before he scolded me for not including the acoustic version of "Foreplay -> Longtime" and the 11/16/94 "Simple" last week, he then listed... more
CONCERT RECAP: HeadCount Sandy Benefit @ Highline Ballroom 11/5/12
Photo Credit: Shirzad Khusrokhan Half way through shaking my money maker on stage with Dumpstaphunk last night, I had two epiphanies. The first was that I should really hit the gym more, because dancing that hard for more than two minutes is a workout. The second was that these dudes rock.... more
LMB NYC: Concert Calendar (May 28-June 3) – Bela Fleck, Galactic, Radiohead and more
Happy Memorial Day, concert freaks! Since you're all probably heading out to enjoy the last day of a nice long weekend, let's get right down to business with this week's NYC shows listings. Galactic are back in NYC for a four-night NOLA funk throwdown at Brooklyn Bowl with Corey Henry... more
LMB NYC: This Week’s Concert Calendar (Nov. 14-20)
The NYC concert calendar chills out a bit this week. But there's still plenty of action, including a jam-packed weekend of shows that's going to set up some tough decisions. Here's the week's highlight reel... Wednesday night, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones make their NYC return -- w/ original member Howard... more
Warren Haynes X-Mas Jam Lineup Announced
I caught this late yesterday but just not getting around to posting the news update from the 23rd Annual Warren Haynes Christmas Jam. The lineup hit the wires yesterday with Phil & Friends, Gov't Mule, Los Lobos and Bela Fleck all sitting at the top with plenty more yet... more
VIDEO: Bela Fleck & the Flecktones @ House of Blues 10/11/11
Last night Bela Fleck & the Flecktones returned to New Orleans to play House of Blues with a full-on “reunited” original band now featuring Howard Levy in the place that Jeff Coffin had most recently been filling. Here’s a video that just surfaced from the show...
PREVIEW: Bela Fleck and the Flecktones @ House of Blues, NOLA 10/11/11
WHY: The Original lineup of the Flecktones reformed recently for the first time in nearly two decades, putting out the band’s first album of new material in six years with Rocket Science. Piano/harmonica virtuoso Howard Levy (aka “The Man With Two Brains”) steps back into the band, filling the void... more
Béla Fleck: Concerto for Banjo and Orchestra, Flecktones Tour Dates
Béla Fleck has released more details surrounding his Concerto for Banjo and Orchestra planned for September 22-24 with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra. Very cool. Béla Fleck will present the world premiere of his Concerto for Banjo and Orchestra — one of the first ever written for the instrument — with... more
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival 2011 Lineup
The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival has announced its 2011 lineup, featuring HSB mainstays like Bela Fleck, Emmylou Harris, Kris Kristofferson, and Robert Plant, alongside less bluegrass-ey artists like Bright Eyes, Broken Social Scene, Buckethead, Fitz & the Tantrums, Kurt Vile & the Violators, and MC Hammer (no, seriously; he's... more
Watch This: NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert with Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain and Edgar Meyer
You may remember me gushing recently about how much I enjoyed the Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer and Zakir Hussain set while I was at High Sierra; easily some of the best music I heard all weekend. The trio just stopped by NPR and proceeded to blow their minds as well. "Beyond category."... more
High Sierra 2010: Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain and Edgar Meyer
By 3pm on the second day of High Sierra, I felt like I had already seen a few living legends in the flesh with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band set and Nels Cline's jazz-fusion set to start the day. But I was not prepared at all to see Bela... more
High Sierra Music Festival 2010 Lineup
The High Sierra Music Festival has announced its initial 2010 lineup, including the likes of the Avett Brothers, Ozomatli, Femi Kuti, Bela Fleck, and Dr. Dog among many others. The Northern Cali fest is now in its 20th year and will once again take place over the 4th of... more
Telluride Bluegrass Festival Initial 2010 Lineup
The 37th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival just announced its initial lineup for 2010, which is slated for the weekend of June 17-20, 2010 in Telluride, CO. Tickets are on sale now. Sam Bush Band Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain & Edgar Meyer Yonder Mountain String Band Telluride House Band featuring Sam, Béla, Jerry, Edgar,... more
