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Bela Fleck & The Flecktones
The Flecktones - Recording with Bela Fleck (Rocket Science)
Bela Fleck & the Flecktones - Bottle Rocket
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones - A Celtic Medley (Live)

Tour Dates

03/22/2020 - Jefferson Center / Roanoke, VA
03/24/2020 - Community Arts Center / Williamsport, PA
03/25/2020 - The State Theatre of Ithaca / Ithaca, NY
03/26/2020 - Capitol Center for the Arts / Concord, NH
03/27/2020 - Berklee Performance Center / Boston, MA
03/28/2020 - Staller Center for the Arts / Stony Brook, NY
04/05/2020 - Belk Theatre / Charlotte, NC
05/21/2020 - DelFest / Cumberland, MD
05/27/2020 - Thomas Wolfe Auditorium / Asheville, NC
05/30/2020 - Harrison Opera House / Norfolk, VA
1 Gravity Lane  
2 Prickly Pear  
3 Joyful Spring  
4 Life in Eleven  
5 Falling Forward  
6 Storm Warning  
7 Like Water  
8 Earthling Parade  
9 The Secret Drawer  
10 Sweet Pomegranates  
11 Falani  
12 Bottle Rocket  
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Groundbreaking banjoist/composer/bandleader Bela Fleck has reconvened the original 'Bela Fleck & The Flecktones', the extraordinary initial line-up of his incredible combo. Rocket Science marks the first recording by the first fab four Flecktones in almost two decades, with pianist/harmonica player Howard Levy back in the fold alongside Fleck, bassist Victor Wooten, and percussionist/ Drumitarist Roy "Futureman" Wooten. Far from being a wistful trip back in time, the album sees the Grammy Award-winning quartet creating some of the most forward thinking music of their long, storied career. While all manners of genres come into play from classical and jazz to bluegrass and African music to electric blues and Eastern European folk dances the result is an impossible to pigeonhole sound all their own, a meeting of musical minds that remains, as ever, utterly indescribable. Simply put, it is The Flecktones, the music made only when these four individuals come together.

  • Bela Fleck & the Flecktones set to perform at the Egg / News10 - Albany
    Posted At: January 7, 2020 12:00 AM

    Béla Fleck & the Flecktones will take the Egg stage in Albany on June 3. Known for over thirty years of genre-defying, forward-thinking music, the iconic folk band blends American jazz, bluegrass, and funk sounds with classical, African, and Eastern European influences. The Flecktones-comprised of Fleck on banjo, Victor Wooten on bass, Roy "Future Man" Wooten on percussion, and Howard Levy on ...
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  • Victor Wooten makes IDOLATOR 'musicians who sure know how to slap the bass'
    Posted At: June 11, 2019 12:00 AM

    Every member of a band has a role to play that makes the group sound like one fluid system. Whether its the drums keeping the beat, the singer belting out lyrics, or the guitarist playing the melody, every piece is crucial. One of these necessary elements is the bass. Either electric or acoustic, the bass helps the song sound full-bodied and can either make or break a track. Unfortunately, not all bass p...
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  • Bela Fleck & The Flecktones announce 30th anniversary north american tour that includes; Howard Levy and Jeff Coffin / LIVE
    Posted At: May 29, 2019 12:00 AM

    Béla Fleck & The Flecktones have announced North American tour dates for their 30th anniversary along with a very special performance Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado on May 30th. This performance will mark the first time that pianist Howard Levy and horn player Jeff Coffin – former Flecktones member, currently part of the Dave Matthews Band – will be performing togethe...
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  • Win tickets on 91.7KOSU to see Bela Fleck and the Flecktones In OKC
    Posted At: May 28, 2019 12:00 AM

    Several years ago groundbreaking banjoist/composer/bandleader Béla Fleck reconvened the original ‘Béla Fleck & The Flecktones', for their album Rocket Science, the first recording by the first fab four Flecktones in almost two decades. The extraordinary initial line-up of his incredible combo, pianist/harmonica player Howard Levy, bassist Victor Wooten, and percussionist/ Dru...
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  • Original Bela Fleck & The Flecktones set for Santa Fe after 20 year hiatus / SALINA JOURNAL
    Posted At: January 15, 2019 12:00 AM

    Groundbreaking banjo virtuoso and composer Bela Fleck has reconvened the original line-up of his legendary ensemble Bela Fleck & The Flecktones for an 8 p.m. concert June 23 at the Stiefel Theatre for the Performing Arts IN Santa Fe. This is the first time the original line-up of the band has performed together in more than 20 years. The band also includes innovative bassist Victor Wooten, percussion...
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  • An idyllic setting for a bluegrass show at the Oregon Zoo / glide MAGAZINE
    Posted At: July 17, 2018 12:00 AM

    The scene was set for a perfect night. Crowds soaked up the sun and the fragrant air that comes with a hot summer night in Oregon, while nearby elephants and cheetahs lounged in the shade. Oddly enough, the Oregon Zoo in Portland made an idyllic setting for a bluegrass show. And not just any bluegrass show, but one featuring three bands with some of the best musicians in the world. Yes, few in attendance...
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  • Flecktones & Cory Henry will lead 2018 edition of the Ottawa Jazz Festival / CBC News
    Posted At: March 11, 2018 12:00 AM

    Jazz heavyweights and emerging artists will rub shoulders at the 2018 edition of the Ottawa Jazz Festival. Festival director Petr Cancura announced highlights of the lineup on CBC's All in a Day Friday afternoon. The festival runs from June 21 to July 1, andthe big names among festival highlights includes - Béla Fleck and the Flecktones & Cory Henry. Cancura comments; "B&ea...
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  • The Flecktones find a dream in Miami Beach / SouthFlorida.com
    Posted At: February 6, 2018 12:00 AM

    When the GroundUP Music Festival debuted last year at the North Beach Bandshell, it created a scene that defied easy description, a synchronicity of sound by a vanguard of intrepid jazz and world-music experimenters and an intimate oceanfront setting of memorable beauty. Organized by young Grammy-winning jazzniks Snarky Puppy, the three-day, all-ages event drew from a broad demographic of South Florida c...
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  • Bela Fleck and the Flecktones announce February 2018 dates / JamBase
    Posted At: December 12, 2017 12:00 AM

    In 2016, iconic quartet Bela Fleck and the Flecktones reunited for a tour that ended a four-year hiatus. Earlier this year, the foursome toured once more including a handful of dates with Chick Corea. While a trio version of the Flecktones previously announced a series of February 2018 dates, the full band will embark on an early summer tour next year. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 1...
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  • The Flecktones set for Geneva's Smith Opera House / ithacajournal
    Posted At: August 9, 2017 12:00 AM

    Béla Fleck and the Flecktones will perform at the Smith Opera House in Geneva on Thursday August 10. Fleck is looking forward to returning to the Smith. "I have played that venue for many years and I love it," he said. "Flecktones have had many-a-mighty show in that room. I enjoy the old feel and the sound in that room. And New York state, well - that's my home state - so I love playing there...
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  • Flecktones back on the road with 16 shows this August / JamBase
    Posted At: May 3, 2017 12:00 AM

    This August, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones are back on the road with 16 shows over the course of the three-week tour including a number of co-headlining concerts with Chick Corea Elektric Band. The Flecktones will begin the tour at Carnegie Of Homestead Music Hall in Pittsburgh on August 2. From there, Béla will finally bring the Flecktones back to the city where he was born for a free show at Bro...
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  • Flecktones start rolling out August tour dates / JamBase
    Posted At: March 16, 2017 12:00 AM

    Late last year, legendary performer Bela Fleck revealed he would hit road to lead Bela Fleck and the Flecktones on a co-headlining tour with Chick Corea Elektric Band this August. Six Flecktones dates have been announced thus far including three with Corea's band. As currently laid out, Béla Fleck & The Flecktones will begin the tour with an appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival in Newpo...
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  • Bela Fleck & The Flecktones to tour with Chick Corea Elektric Band / JamBase
    Posted At: November 29, 2016 12:00 AM

    In August friends and musical collaborators Béla Fleck and Chick Corea will hit the road together for a co-headlining tour. While Béla and Chick have toured together in the past, this time around they will bring their full bands as reported by Jambands.com. A recent e-mail from Fleck's camp announced the tour, which is set for August 5 – 21 at locations to be revealed in the coming we...
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  • Flecktones reunion makes '7 best things RollingStone saw' at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival
    Posted At: June 20, 2016 12:00 AM

    The Telluride Bluegrass and Country Festival is defined by its Colorado location, nestled in a box canyon in the San Juan Mountains with only one road in. People have been traveling to the four-day festival for 43 years, drawn by campground picks, a family reunion vibe and a lineup that is never exclusively country or bluegrass. String music dominates, but genre outliers ensure creativity runs high throu...
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  • After 4 years, the original Flecktones reunite to experiment with Rocket Science / relix
    Posted At: June 18, 2016 12:00 AM

    After a four-year hiatus, Bela Fleck reconvened the original 'Flecktones' for this 2016 tour. Pianist/harmonica player Howard Levy, bassist Victor Wooten, percussionist/ Drumitarist Roy "Futureman" Wooten reunite for another round of Rocket Science and other experiments.  Far from being a wistful trip back in time, the Grammy Award-winning quartet created some of the most forward thinki...
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  • Bela Fleck & the Flecktones discharge a deluge of notes at the Kauffman Center / Kansas City Star
    Posted At: June 15, 2016 12:00 AM

    28 years after the band's formation, Béla Fleck & the Flecktones are back out on the road. The quartet's daring fusion of bluegrass and jazz remains fresh, and the musicians discharged a deluge of notes in an occasionally frenzied performance that lasted almost 2 1/2 hours, not including an intermission. More than 1,200 people turned out to see the Flecktones at the KC's ...
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  • Flecktones' Reunion Tour Hits The Egg in Albany / NYSMusic review
    Posted At: June 11, 2016 12:00 AM

    The house lights dimmed and the Hart Theater at The Egg Performing Arts Center in Albany grew dark. The house was packed; every seat was filled with a body consumed with anticipation. Four years had passed since most of these fans had seen the act that was about to take the stage, and for anyone else it had either been longer or not at all. Slowly, music started to escape from the speakers. The first sou...
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  • Flecktones set to play - Old Town School / Chicago Tribune
    Posted At: June 8, 2016 12:00 AM

    Life has never been better for banjo wizard Bela Fleck. He's the happy father of a young son. His schedule is packed with collaborations with jazz musicians, orchestras and his wife, singer-banjoist Abigail Washburn. Now he's kicking off a short tour with the original lineup of his legendary band Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. The Grammy-winning group hasn't hit the road since 2011. This time...
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  • Flecktones reunion tour at Telluride Bluegrass Festival / Colorado Public Radio
    Posted At: June 8, 2016 12:00 AM

    Béla Fleck is widely credited as a genre-defying master of the banjo. The 16-time Grammy Award-winning musician has crossed over into many musical styles and ideologies: classical, jazz, rock and African music. He is back on the road with the Flecktones - Béla Fleck (banjo), Victor Wooten (electric bass), Howard Levy (piano/harmonica), Roy "Future Man" Wooten (percussion) for their reunion ...
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  • Bela Fleck and the Flecktones play Richmond VA's Maymont Theatre / Idea Station review
    Posted At: June 4, 2016 12:00 AM

    Bela Fleck and the Flecktones are back! For the next two weeks at least. Last night (6/2) in Richmond VA, in the idyllic setting of Maymont, the genre-fluid quartet played the 2nd of 14 shows on their brief "reunion" tour that culminates in Telluride on June 16. A four year hiatus has served the Flecktones well. The current lineup – which is also the original lineup – consists of Howard Levy ...
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  • Bela Fleck and the Flecktones reuniting this June@Capitol Theatre / JamBase
    Posted At: March 7, 2016 12:00 AM

    This June, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones are reuniting the band's original lineup for a series of shows including headlining dates and festival appearances. Bela Fleck, Victor Wooten, Futureman and Howard Levy will bring the reunion tour to The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York on Saturday, June 4. The quartet had previously announced appearances at the Blue Ox Music Festival and at the Telluride...
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  • Bela Fleck and The Flecktones reunion hinted / Jambase
    Posted At: November 9, 2015 12:00 AM

    With a subtle reply tweet in response to a fan, this week Bela Fleck hinted strongly at the possibility of reunion of his Bela Fleck and The Flecktones outfit in the not-so-distant future, giving fans of the improvisational jazz-fusion group hope for more innovative output from the acclaimed band. The buzz around a possible Flecktone reunion made us want to look back at some of the band's previous televi...
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  • Bela Fleck to join Dave Matthews Band for summer shows
    Posted At: May 4, 2015 12:00 AM

    On Wednesday Dave Matthews Band announced they would be joined by banjoist Béla Fleck as a special guest at four summer shows. Fleck will add to the 66 shows and 253 songs he's performed with DMB since 1996 at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, New York on July 3 and 4 and at Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre in Englewood, Colorado on August 28 and 29. Among the 66 Dave Matthews B...
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  • Victor Wooten plays Yoshi's-Oakland / The Stanford Daily
    Posted At: April 14, 2015 12:00 AM

    Though the bass guitar is not the tool of choice for flashy musicians, the few masters of its solo performance have won great devotion from fans of the instrument. Known for his masterful slap technique and expansive musical vocabulary, Victor Wooten may be the best electric bassist since Jaco Pastorius, who redefined the instrument's possibilities in the 1970s. His performance last Saturday for a packed...
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  • Bela Fleck & The Flecktones Breaking Down the Boundaries of Music
    Posted At: June 19, 2013 12:00 AM

    Some say you can't go back, but that's not always true. Emerging from his formative years as a rising star in the blue/newgrass community, banjoist Bela Fleck lept onto a much bigger radar with the release of Bela Fleck & The Flecktones, after forming the group in 1988. Stretching and, in some cases, breaking down the boundaries of jazz, bluegrass, classical music and much more, the group'...
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  • The Flecktones Foursome Reunite
    Posted At: August 15, 2012 12:00 AM

    Groundbreaking banjoist/composer/bandleader Bela Fleck has reconvened the original Bela Fleck & The Flecktones. Rocket Science marks the first recording by the fab four Flecktones in almost two decades, with pianist/harmonica player Howard Levy back in the fold alongside Fleck, bassist Victor Wooten, and percussionist/drumitarist Roy "Futureman" Wooten. Far from being a wistful trip back in time, the...
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