Festivals often seem intended to test one’s endurance. Multiple stages demand that choices be made, oftentimes at the expense of missing one artist in order to see another. Dragging yourself the distance between far-flung venues drains both time and energy […]
This week we’ve got new releases from some No Depression favorites. Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn are back with banjos a-blazing, and Dori Freeman, who made us swoon with her debut last year, offers a follow-up that shows no signs […]
Bela Fleck is an astronaut, his vehicle a banjo tuned to frequencies not readily available on most mortals’ receivers. Fleck’s mastery of space and timing puts him outside the canon of most string pluckers, even when what he’s doing sounds […]
Like the Oscars, the Grammys have a tortured history. Each began not so much to reward outstanding efforts in their respective areas, but rather as a self-congratulatory promotional event that somewhat cynically purports to reward art. Sometimes they do reward the […]
Abigail Washburn and Bela Fleck performing at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, San Francisco, 5 October 2014.
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