Béla Fleck and the Flecktones is an American band that combines jazz and bluegrass music. The band's name is a play on 1960s rock band Dick Dale and the Del-Tones.
Charles Samuel Bush is an American mandolinist who is considered an originator of progressive bluegrass music.
New Grass Revival was an American progressive bluegrass band founded in 1971, and composed of Sam Bush, Courtney Johnson, Ebo Walker, Curtis Burch, Butch Robins, John Cowan, Béla Fleck and Pat Flynn. They were active between 1971 and 1989, releasing more than twenty albums as well as six singles. Their highest-charting single is "Callin' Baton Rouge", which peaked at No. 37 on the U.S. country charts in 1989 and was a Top 5 country hit for Garth Brooks five years later.
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones is the first album by the band of the same name, released in 1990. It reached number 17 on the Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart. At the Grammy Awards of 1997, a live version of "The Sinister Minister", a track from the album, won the Best Pop Instrumental Performance award.
Little Worlds is the tenth album by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, released in 2003. The album was released as a 3-disc set. Ten tracks from the set were also released on a single disc called Ten from Little Worlds.
The Hidden Land is the eighth studio album and twelfth album overall released by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, released in 2006. It was recorded before the band's year-long hiatus during 2005 and released afterward. The Hidden Land won the 2007 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album.
Casey Christopher Driessen is an American bluegrass fiddler and singer. He plays acoustic and electric five-string violins, each of which has an additional low C string.
The Sparrow Quartet is an American acoustic music group that formed in 2005. Its members include Abigail Washburn, Béla Fleck (banjo), Casey Driessen (violin), and Ben Sollee (cello). The group is known for its mixture of old-time music with Chinese lyrics and melodies, owing to Washburn's long-standing interest in Chinese culture.
Deviation is an album by American banjoist Béla Fleck, released in 1984. It was recorded with the second classic line-up of the New Grass Revival, consisting of Béla Fleck, Sam Bush, John Cowan and Pat Flynn.
The Enchantment is a 2007 album released on the Concord label by pianist Chick Corea and banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck.
Rocket Science is a studio album by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, released in 2011. It reached number 1 on the Billboard Jazz chart and number 36 on the Top Independent Albums chart. The song "Life in Eleven" won Best Instrumental Composition at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards.
Matuto is a blues band based in New York City, United States. They are an international touring band. They are signed with Ropeadope Records.
Mason Jar Music is an audio/visual production company and creative collective based in Brooklyn, New York co-founded by Dan Knobler and Jon Seale.
"What Are They Doing in Heaven?" is a Christian hymn written in 1901 by American Methodist minister Charles Albert Tindley. As of 2015, it has become popular enough to have been included in 16 hymnals.
Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival is an annual music festival held in mid-July in Oak Hill, Greene County, New York. The festival features a variety of acoustic music including traditional and contemporary bluegrass, jam bands, old-time, swing and Cajun. The festival presents nationally and internationally touring bluegrass bands and showcases emerging artists from around the country. The event runs Thursday through Sunday the third weekend of July. and attendance averages about 6,000 patrons per day.
Weighted Mind is a country and bluegrass album by Sierra Hull. It earned her a Grammy Award nomination for Best Folk Album in December 2016. The spartan arrangements center on Hull's vocals and mandolin accompanied by Ethan Jodziewicz on double bass, with occasional backing vocals by Alison Krauss, Abigail Washburn, and Rhiannon Giddens. The album was produced by Béla Fleck.
Kevin Dailey is a Grammy Award winning engineer, producer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist based in Nashville, Tennessee. As an engineer, producer, or mixer, he has worked with Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, Mikky Ekko, Rome Fortune, MYZICA, Skyway Man, SHEL, and Abigail Washburn. He is a member of the band Civil Twilight. He recently composed original score for Travis Rice's recent film, Depth Perception and Season 1 of Queen America starring Catherine Zeta-Jones.
