Tuesday, June 21 2011
Desitively Bonnaroo: Reporting from the Land of Dust and Music (Part 2)
You are at Bonnaroo. You do not sleep. You are not a wimp.
Thursday, June 24 2010
Ben Sollee & Daniel Martin Moore: Dear Companion
Two young Kentucky natives collaborate with producer Yim Yames to protest mountaintop removal coal mining. Don't worry--it's much prettier than that sounds.
Thursday, April 30 2009
Bela Fleck: 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.
Monday, April 20 2009
Full Circle: Béla Fleck, Paul Simon & America’s Return to the World Community
Béla Fleck didn't ask to be the Avatar of the New American Culture (avatars never do). He happened to be in the right place at the right time with a banjo and a digital recorder. The remaining dots are ours to connect, and we've begun to connect them.
Monday, January 12 2009
Happy-Go-Plucking
Steve Martin, Sufjan Stevens, and Kermit the Frog all know it and you should, too: the banjo is hands-down the coolest instrument out there.
Thursday, October 30 2008
McCoy Tyner: Guitars
An overpolite meeting between a great jazz trio and batch of six-string slingers.
