At that moment, we were all one big, happy family, united by music.
Bela Fleck
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SMF: Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn
“Abby is the Mother of the Year, as far as I can tell.”
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Savannah Music Festival: 2014!
March 22, Ships of the Sea Museum: “Southern Soul Assembly” brings together the great electric blues guitarists Luther Dickinson and Anders Osbourne, with J.J. Grey (of Florida’s Mofro fame) and Louisiana’s Marc Broussard.
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Review: Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer and Zakir Hussain
What a treat to see and hear three master musicians, each at the top of his game, playing together as one. Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer and Zakir Hussain – on […]
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SMF: Bela Fleck
In 30–plus years of interviewing musicians, I can name a half–dozen who are always a pleasure to speak with – they’re forthcoming, funny, thoughtful and seem to truly enjoy exposition […]
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Savannah Music Festival Lineup Announcement Interviews
In anticipation of this week’s public unveiling of the lineup for the 2009 Savannah Music Festival, Connect spoke briefly with the SMF’s Communications Manager and Director of Marketing and Public […]
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The SMF drops it like it’s hot
Much to the delight of all manner of folks throughout our community —and elsewhere— 2009 will mark the seventh installment of the Savannah Music Festival. Initially known as the Savannah […]
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From Bonnaroo to Beijing: Abigail Washburn, Béla Fleck & The Sparrow Quartet break the acoustic string-band mold
IN JUST A FEW SHORT WEEKS, The Sparrow Quartet will release their second album. Led by multicultural tunesmith and banjoist Abigail Washburn, the scandalously talented group —featuring cellist Ben Sollee, […]
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A living legend of Newgrass
WHEN SUPERSTAR MANDOLINIST SAM BUSH helped form the trendsetting acoustic string quartet New Grass Revival in 1971, the progressive attitude of its members and the bluegrass-inspired music they made (which […]