“Monsters of Banjo” (NPR) Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn
Profiled on NPR All Things Considered
US Tour Dates Added
“Husband and wife banjo adventurers” (NPR Music) Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn have expanded their US tour, including November 8th at the CMA Theater in Nashville and December 6th at the Regent Theatre in Los Angeles. On October 29th the duo will perform at Symphony Space in New York City.
Their eponymous debut is streaming now at NPR Music through its release date today (October 7th / Rounder Records).
Béla and Abigail tell their story here on All Things Considered, where they also share a rejected album title that “really revolted a lot of people,” adds Fleck.
A fifteen-time Grammy winner, Béla has devoted time away from his genre-busting ensemble Béla Fleck and the Flecktones to a staggeringly broad array of musical experiments, from writing a concerto for the Nashville Symphony to exploring the banjo’s African roots to jazz duos with Chick Corea, while Washburn, an old-time clawhammer player, has drawn critical acclaim for her solo albums, done fascinating work in folk musical diplomacy in China, presented an original theatrical production, contributed to singular side groups Uncle Earl and The Wu-Force and become quite a live draw in her own right.
Catch Béla and Abigail on tour in 2014 and 2015:
10/12/14 Charleston, SC Southern Ground Music Festival
10/17/14 Mobile, AL Saenger Theatre
10/18/14 Live Oak, FL Magnolia Festival
10/19/14 Black Mountain, NC Lake Eden Arts Festival
10/22/14 Markham, ONT Flato Markham Theatre
10/23/14 Rutland, VT Paramount Theatre
10/24/14 Troy, NY Troy Savings Bank Music Hall
10/25/14 Frederick, MD Weinberg Center for the Arts
10/26/14 NPR Mountain Stage
10/28/14 Kutztown, PA Schaeffer Auditorium
10/29/14 New York, NY Symphony Space
10/30/14 Cambridge, MA Sanders Theatre
10/31/14 Washington, DC Lisner Auditorium (w/ Del McCoury & David Grisman)
11/1/14 Portland, ME Merrill Auditorium (w/ Del McCoury Band)
11/8/14 Nashville, TN CMA Theater
11/28-29/14 San Francisco, CA SF Jazz Center Miner Auditorium
12/6/14 Los Angeles, CA Regent Theatre
1/14/15 Springfield, MO Gillioz Theater
1/15/15 Malze, KS Theater Barn at Prairie Pine
1/16/15 Steamboat Springs, CO Strings Music Festival
1/17/15 Grand Junction, CO Avalon Theatre
1/19/15 Beaver Creek, CO Vilar Performing Arts Center
1/20/15 Durango, CO Community Concert Hall
1/21/15 Albuquerque, NM Kimo Theatre
2/19/15 Kansas City, MO Folk Alliance
2/20/15 Springfield, IL Sangamon Auditorium
2/21/15 Naperville, IL Wentz Concert Hall
2/22/15 Green Bay, WI Weidner Center
2/24/15 Iowa City, IA Englert Theatre
2/25/15 St. Paul, MN O’Shaughnessy Auditorium
2/27/15 Eau Claire, WI State Theater
2/28/15 Chicago, IL Old Town School of Folk
3/1/15 Ann Arbor, MI Power Center-Performing Arts
3/6/15 Orlando, FL The Plaza Live
3/7/15 Boca Raton, FL Festival of the Arts
3/8/15 Clearwater, FL Capitol Theater
4/9/15 WVU Creative Arts Center
4/11/15 Pittsburgh, PA Carnegie Lecture Hall
4/12/15 New Bedford, MA Zeiterion Performing Arts Center
4/24/15 Louisville, KY KCD Theater
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