Bla Fleck Newsletter. Sign up for Bla's email newsletter to stay informed about upcoming tours, shows, store specials, and new releases. A very pregnant Abigail Washburn points to Bela Fleck at the Tiny Desk and says and just so you know, this is his fault. I won't spoil the video by telling you his response. You can add location information to your Tweets, such as your city or precise location, from the web and via thirdparty applications. Bla Fleck is a sixteentime Grammy Award winner who has taken the instrument across multiple genres, and Abigail Washburn a singersongwriter and clawhammer banjo player who reradicalized it by combining it with Far East culture and sounds. Bla Fleck Abigail Washburn February 9, 2019 7: 30 PM. With one eye on using the banjo to showcase Americas rich heritage and the other pulling the noble instrument from its most familiar arena into new and unique realms, Bla Fleck and Abigail Washburns second album Echo in the Valley is simultaneously familiar and wildly innovative. Fleck appeared on Abigail Washburn's first album, Song of the Traveling Daughter, in 2005. Hidden Land, another album with the Flecktones, appeared on Columbia Records in 2006. The band released its first holiday collection in 2008, appropriately titled Jingle All the Way. Get Abigail Washburn Bla Fleck setlists view them, share them, discuss them with other Abigail Washburn Bla Fleck fans for free on setlist. According to Bla Fleck, he and his wife and fellow banjo player Abigail Washburn began playing together almost upon meeting. They've recorded together before on Washburn 's first album, Song of the Traveling Daughter (he produced it), and with the Sparrow Quartet with Ben Sollee and Casey Driessen, but never before as a duo. Bloomin' Rose Bla Fleck Guitar (Baritone), Vocals Abigail Washburn Banjo, Fretless Banjo, Vocals Though banjoists Bla Fleck and Abigail Washburn have been playing together since well before they married, it took until 2014 for the pair to record a full duet album together. Bla Fleck and Abigail Washburn met at a square dance and began playing music together over a decade ago, marrying shortly thereafter. Fleck had long been interested in the banjo, but Washburns path to a music career was more roundabout: a proffered record deal in the halls of a bluegrass convention in Kentucky changed her trajectory from. All hail Bla Fleck and Abigail Washburn, king and queen of the banjo (Paste Magazine). Fleck is a 15time Grammywinning virtuoso of experimentation and Washburn is a singersongwriter and clawhammer banjo player inspired by Far East culture. If American oldtime music is about taking earlier, simpler ways of life and musicmaking as one's model, Abigail Washburn has proven herself to be a. Bla Fleck and Abigail Washburn is a front porch banjo and vocal album of new music, Appalachian murder ballads, gospel, chamber and blues; the culmination of a yearlong tour as a duo in 2013, following the birth of their son, Juno. TED Fellow Abigail Washburn wanted to be a lawyer improving USChina relations until she picked up a banjo. She tells a moving story of the remarkable connections she's formed touring across the United States and China while playing that banjo and singing in Chinese. Bla Fleck Abigail Washburn Buy Tickets With one eye on using the banjo to showcase Americas rich heritage and the other pulling the noble instrument from its most familiar arena into new and unique realms, Bla Fleck and Abigail Washburns second album Echo in the Valley is simultaneously familiar and wildly innovative. Bla Fleck is a fifteentime Grammy Award winner who has taken the instrument across multiple genres, and Abigail Washburn a singersongwriter and clawhammer banjo player who reradicalized it by combining it with Far East culture and sounds. Bla Fleck and Abigail Washburn is a front porch banjo and vocal album of new music, Appalachian murder ballads, gospel, chamber and blues; the culmination of a yearlong tour as a duo in 2013, following the birth of their son, Juno. Stream Bla Fleck Abigail Washburn's New Album, 'Echo In The Valley' As musicians and as songwriters, Fleck and Washburn are predisposed to embrace the. Bla Fleck is a fteentime Grammy Award winner who has taken the instrument across multiple genres, and Abigail Washburn a singersongwriter and clawhammer banjo player who reradicalized it by combining it with Far East culture and sounds. Abigail Washburn (born November 10, 1977) is an American clawhammer banjo player and singer. She performs and records as a soloist, as well as with the oldtime bands Uncle Earl and Sparrow Quartet, experimental group The Wu Force, [2 and as a duo with her husband Bla Fleck. Bla Fleck and Abigail will continue to support their latest album Echo in the Valley with a number of winter and early spring tour dates, taking the banjo power couple from the West Coast to to. Though banjoists Bla Fleck and Abigail Washburn have been playing together since well before they married, it took until 2014 for the pair to record a full duet album together. That selftitled effort was a wild outing full of originals, updated takes on traditional folk songs, and a few compelling covers by composer Bla Bartk. Interestingly, they narrowed the parameters of their music. Bla Fleck is a sixteentime Grammy Award winner who has taken the instrument across multiple genres, and Abigail Washburn a singersongwriter and clawhammer banjo player who reradicalized it by combining it with Far East culture and sounds. Bla Fleck Abigail Washburn, the king and queen of the banjo (Paste Magazine), have a musical partnership like no other. Bla Fleck is a fifteentime Grammy Award winner who has taken the instrument across multiple genres, and Abigail Washburn a singersongwriter and clawhammer banjo player who reradicalized it by combining it with Far East culture and sounds. Husbandandwife duo Bla Fleck and Abigail Washburn have released a brand new music video for Take Me To Harlan from their 2017 release, Echo in the Valley. The husbandandwife team of Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn is an excellent combination. I have listened to Bela Fleck, with various other musicians and ensembles, for quite a few years, and this album is more frosting on the cake. has recorded over 40 albums, most famously with The Flecktones and New Grass Revival. His albums include Flight of the Cosmic Hippo, UFO Tofu, Rocket Science, and The Sparrow Quartet EP. His first full album collaboration with Abigail Washburn, Bla Fleck and Abigail Washburn, was awarded the 2016 Grammy for Best Folk Album. Bela Fleck riffs on the banjo while wife Abigail Washburn clogs in the experimental video for Take Me to Harlan. Fleck appeared on Abigail Washburn's first album, Song of the Traveling Daughter, in 2005. Hidden Land, another album with the Flecktones, appeared on Columbia Records in 2006. The band released its first holiday collection in 2008, appropriately titled Jingle All the Way. musicians Bla Fleck and Abigail Washburn are incomparable artists when it comes to the banjo. They demonstrate their distinctive styles for Charles Osgood, and talk about how. Bla Anton Leo Fleck (born July 10, 1958) is an American banjo player. An innovative and technically proficient banjo player, he is best known for his work with the bands New Grass Revival and Bla Fleck and the Flecktones. With one eye on using the banjo to showcase Americas rich heritage and the other pulling the noble instrument from its most familiar arena into new and unique realms, Bla Fleck and Abigail Washburns second album Echo in the Valley is simultaneously familiar and wildly innovative. Bla Fleck is a fifteentime Grammy Award winner who has taken the instrument across multiple genres, and Abigail Washburn a singersongwriter and clawhammer banjo player who reradicalized it by combining it with Far East culture and sounds. Echo in the Valley is the follow up to Bla and Abigails acclaimed, debut album, Bla Fleck Abigail Washburn, that earned the 2016 Grammy for Best Folk Album. Were expressing different emotions through past techniques and going to deeper places, he continued. Bla Fleck is often considered the premier banjo player in the world. A New York City native, he picked up the banjo at age 15 after being awed by the bluegr Bla Fleck is a fifteentime Grammy Award winner who has taken the instrument across multiple genres, and Abigail Washburn a singersongwriter and clawhammer banjo player who reradicalized it by combining it with Far East culture and sounds. Bla Fleck is a fifteentime Grammy Award winner who has taken the instrument across multiple genres, and Abigail Washburn a singersongwriter and clawhammer banjo player who reradicalized it by combining it with Far East culture and sounds. Complete your Bla Fleck record collection. Discover Bla Fleck's full discography. Shop new and used Vinyl and CDs. Bla Fleck and Abigail Washburn Worldwide With one eye on using the banjo to showcase Americas rich heritage and the other pulling the noble instrument from its most familiar arena into new and unique realms, Bla Fleck and Abigail Washburn s second album Echo in the Valley is simultaneously familiar and wildly innovative. Please do a favor for me, Abigail Washburn, and Pilobolus: please share this video with your friends. Come All You Coal MinersTake Me To Harlan are the songs in the video. You can find them on the album Echo In The Valley. Bla Fleck is a fifteentime Grammy Award winner who has taken the instrument across multiple genres, and Abigail Washburn a singersongwriter and clawhammer banjo player who reradicalized it by combining it with Far East culture and sounds. Bla Fleck Abigail Washburn performing Railroad at Music City Roots Live From The Factory on. Bla Fleck, Abigail Washburn and renowned dance troupe Pilobolus have created their own timely ghost story by pairing two songs off their latest album, Echo in the Valley (Rounder), Come All You Coal Miners by Appalachian ballad singer, Sarah Ogan Gunning and the duos own Take Me to. Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn On tour: yes Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn is not playing near you. View all concerts; Seattle, WA, US Change location; 1, 195 fans tracking concert alerts for this artist. Join Songkick to track Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn and get. Bla Fleck Abigail Washburn, the king and queen of the banjo (Paste Magazine), have a musical partnership like no other. Bla Fleck is a fifteentime Grammy Award winner who has taken the instrument across multiple genres, and Abigail Washburn a singersongwriter and clawhammer banjo player who reradicalized it by combining it with. To hear Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn perform Railroad, click on the audio player below. Bla Fleck is considered perhaps the greatest banjo picker alive, with 15 Grammy Awards to his credit. What can I say about my wife Abby, except that the first time I listened to a CD of her music, I started driving so fast that I got pulled over for speeding and was made to walk the line by the men in blue. Banjo pickers Bela Fleck Abigail Washburn return to the road together this December for a series of dates in support of 2017s Echo In The Valley. The husbandwife duo continues the tour into. Fleck is a wry foil to his more effervescent partner but, as he admits, hes a bit of a show off on the banjo and showcases his remarkable threefinger picking (a style honed and perfected by.