Daily entertainment news covering Bela Fleck en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/04/14/dave_matthews_band_release_free_download_1 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:39:49 EST Entertainment News 118274@http://www.starpulse.com/news Through a "tweet" on Twitter today, Dave Matthews Band have announced that they are giving away their new single, "Funny the Way It Is," as a free download for one week.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/02/01/initial_2006_bonnaroo_music_festival_lin Wed, 01 Feb 2006 10:59:14 EST Entertainment News 2544@http://www.starpulse.com/news Superfly Productions and A.C. Entertainment are proud to announce the initial lineup for the 2006 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. The fifth annual three-day camping and music festival will be held on June 16-18, 2006, on the same 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee, 60 miles south of Nashville. Major acts this year include Radiohead, Beck, Tom Petty and Phil Lesh. A list of confirmed acts follows, with more to be announced in the weeks ahead to round out the festival's 80-plus acts.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/01/12/bela_fleck_aamp_the_flecktones_to_kick_o Thu, 12 Jan 2006 11:43:50 EST Entertainment News 1803@http://www.starpulse.com/news Béla Fleck & The Flecktones will kick off a 34-date US tour this Friday, January 13 with a performance in Fleck's hometown of Nashville. The tour will include three New York stops -- April 20 at The Jammy Awards (Madison Square Garden), April 21 at BB King's Blues Club and April 22 at Irving Plaza. Fresh from a touring hiatus the Flecktones will reclaim their status as a touring phenomenon (the band sold over 500,000 concert tickets in 2004 alone), and will be performing songs from their upcoming album 'The Hidden Land' (February 14, Columbia Records).

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2005/11/15/star_studded_benefit_cd_for_hurricane_re_22 Tue, 15 Nov 2005 14:21:20 EST Entertainment News 628@http://www.starpulse.com/news Responding to the overwhelming outpouring of support from musicians, writers and producers, EMI Group, SONY BMG, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group and Concord Music Group along with the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) today announced the addition of new artists and songs to complete the double CD multi-artist benefit album Hurricane Relief: Come Together Now.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2005/11/04/new_bela_fleck_album_the_hidden_land Fri, 04 Nov 2005 08:07:19 EST Entertainment News 415@http://www.starpulse.com/news It's been fifteen years since Béla Fleck and the Flecktones first wowed audiences and pioneered a genre all their own, mixing virtuosic musicianship with experimental, bluegrass, jazz, and pop influences, but in 2005 the Flecktones did something they've never done before: they took a break. On January 31, the reunited core group of banjoist Fleck, bassist Victor Wooten, percussionist Future Man, and saxophonist Jeff Coffin mark a stripped down and explosive return to roots, and new creative peak, with the release of 'The Hidden Land' (click for review).

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