Bela Fleck releases "The Hidden Land". From the Gazette: The music of banjo player Bela Fleck has always been about so muchmore than just the banjo. With his group, the Flecktones, Fleck has pushed musical boundaries and expectations for 15 years, and that continues with a vengenance on the group's latest release...Musically complex, the Flecktones--featuring a banjo, percussion, horns and a bass guitar--continue to mix bluegrass, jazz, pop, country and even classical music into a gumbo utterly beyond definition but captivating. The Hidden Lake starts off with a Bach fugue. The Flecktones start from a recognizable home base with the song,then take it to the extreme of improvisation and back, but it all makes sense within the framework they have created over the years that pulls listeners in with an endearing unpredictability.
The four Flecktones are musicians of the highest order. The fact that they can continue to produce interesting music that doesn't kowtow to any categorization or neatly defined boundaries only increases thier allure. The Gazette goes on to say that the DVD version of the cd has a fun off the wall surprise visit from one of the nation's founding fathers. Let me know if you hear / see this. Bela Fleck and the Flecktones will perform at The Egg in Albany 4/18.

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