Banjo player Béla Fleck has withdrawn from three dates at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts following Donald Trump's addition of his own name to the building. Fleck, who was set to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nashville banjoist Béla Fleck announced earlier this week he was canceling upcoming appearances at the newly renamed Trump-John F.

Renée Fleming and Béla Fleck have announced the imminent release of their new collaborative album, The Fiddle and the Drum, which marries odes to ...

The opening notes of George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” are quintessentially cinematic. The lilt of a seductive clarinet begins a recognizable birdsong. A brassy, deep trombone responds. The two ...

Celebrated soprano Renée Fleming and Grammy-winning banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck have announced The Fiddle and the Drum, a ...

In 2024, Béla Fleck founded the BEATrio, which set the genre-bending banjo master alongside harpist Edmar Castañeda and drummer Antonio Sánchez for a six-night residency at Blue Note New York. Today, ...

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The WMNF Song of the Day for December 25, 2025, is “The First Noel / Joy to the World” by Béla Fleck & The Flecktones. Béla Anton Leoš Fleck is an American banjo player. An acclaimed virtuoso, he is ...

Béla Fleck has withdrawn from performing at Kennedy Center concerts. On Tuesday, Jan. 6, the 18-time Grammy-winning banjo player shared a statement on Instagram about his decision. "I have withdrawn ...

"The focus should be on the music," he wrote in an Instagram post on Tuesday, Jan. 6 Béla Fleck won't be performing at Kennedy Center concerts In an Instagram post shared on Tuesday, Jan. 6, the ...