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Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Fest - 12/12 - Featuring Bela Fleck, Dr Dog, Emmitt-Nershi Band and Many More
about 1 month ago

The Congress Theater, in conjunction with Chicago independents Kingtello Presents, is proud to announce the second coming of the Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Festival. While rooted in the foot-stomping influences of bluegrass and blues, the festival will transport the concertgoer through the genre-defying evolution of music today. The all-ages one-day event, held on Saturday, December 12 from 11 a...

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Quick Q&A with Bela Fleck
3 months ago

Grammy Award-winning banjo master Bela Fleck shares some brief reflections on his recent musical projects as well as his thoughts on "the awesome power of music."

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FREE Tickets to See Béla Fleck; Performance + Q&A + ‘Throw Down Your Heart’ Documentary
4 months ago

Coolidge Theatre is like my middle school girlfriends. I go over to see her, we sit in the dark for a couple hours watching a flick and by the end my legs and arms are sore and tired because I was too nervous to invade her personal space.Coolidge Theatre is not like my middle school [...]

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Bela Fleck: Throw Down Your Heart/Tales From the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3: Africa Sessions (Review)
6 months ago
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    Throw Down Your Heart/Tales From the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3: Africa Sessions

Like a prodigal son, the banjo returns to Africa. Celebration -- in the form of kickass music -- ensues.

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snug as a bug in a rug
10 months ago
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Hoping everybody is staying warm and dry tonight, this little diddy by Bela and his Flecktones might help you pass the time and infuse a little more spirit if you're lacking. I finished painting the living room and things around here are decorating up real nice. This is the first Christmas I've spent at home in over twenty years and God how I miss being in the sunny southland for the Holidays b...

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I see your Button Accordian and Raise you a Banjo
about 1 year ago
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Here it is Under the Covers Sunday and I have just finished an "enlightening post":http://mog.com/Carolyn_O%27Brien/blog_post/125198 on Counterpoint with a really fun example of a Bach Fugue done on a button accordian. Well I just couldn't resist this. Bela Fleck is certainly a master of his instrument, and what really gets me is that he does not read music well, only tablature. There's hope ...

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Throw Down Your Heart
8 months ago

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Celtic Connections 2009 Will Present the Most international Edition to Date
10 months ago

Europe's premier winter music festival, Celtic Connections enters into its 16th year in 2009. The most international Celtic Connections festival to date will see artists from Africa, India, Russia, Jamaica, Canada, Spain, Portugal, Norway, France, the USA, as well as the cream of home-grown talent, perform in Glasgow in a week's time. Taking place over 18 days (January 15th to February...

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Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Fest - 12/12 - Featuring Bela Fleck, Dr Dog, Emmitt-Nershi Band and Many More
about 1 month ago

The Congress Theater, in conjunction with Chicago independents Kingtello Presents, is proud to announce the second coming of the Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Festival. While rooted in the foot-stomping influences of bluegrass and blues, the festival will transport the concertgoer through the genre-defying evolution of music today. The all-ages one-day event, held on Saturday, December 12 from 11 a...

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