That’s one of the sonic surprises that’s likely to greet audiences this weekend when forward-gazing banjo player Béla Fleck brings his band, the Flecktones through Southern California on a ...

Bela Fleck: Originally, the band was put together to play for 30 minutes on a one-hour PBS show that I was fortunate enough to land. When we hit the stage the magic was palpable, and it gave all ...

TOUR STARTS MARCH 1 AT UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN Bela Fleck and the Flecktones have announced plans for a Spring tour in 2012. The run starts on March 1 at University of Wisconsin and will take the band ...

(SOUNDBITE OF BELA FLECK AND THE FLECKTONES' "SPANISH POINT") FLECK: He could drive a bluegrass band from the guitar. And very few people know how to do that. (SOUNDBITE OF BELA FLECK AND THE ...

“It all starts with the Flecktones,” Fleck said on a recent phone call, referring to the long-running band that transformed him from a bluegrass icon into an uncategorizable explorer keeping ...

Bela Fleck: Our approach has certainly evolved over the years. For a long time we were full-time, all the time. In 2005, we took our first year off from the band, after 15 years of intense touring.

"Slacker" was emblazoned across Bela Fleck's shirt on Sunday night ... As always, there was plenty of room for Fleck's band mates -- bassist Victor Wooten, percussionist Roy "Future Man" Wooten ...

Fleck has brought plenty to the party in the more than four decades since his 1979 debut, Crossing the Tracks. From his progressive ’80s bluegrass band New Grass Revival to the frenetic fusion of Béla ...

Dave Matthews Band has outlined support for their annual ... with the arrival of acoustic groups Béla Fleck and the Flecktones and the husband-and-wife duo Oskar & Julia performing separately.

Bela Fleck might have had a perfectly wonderful career ... t content simply to recycle Earl Scruggs licks in a five-piece band, and he was already working out bebop arrangements for banjo while ...

Many people would argue Fleck accomplished that mission long ago. He got his start as many banjo players do, playing bluegrass. He drew inspiration from Earl Scruggs and was in a hot band of ...