Wednesday, Oct 11th 2023 @ 7:30 pm ADT
venue | North Highlands Elementary |
locale | Aspy Bay |
price | $30 |
Performers: Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn • J.P. Cormier & Ray Legere
Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn have a musical partnership like no other. Béla Fleck is a fifteen-time Grammy Award winner who has taken the instrument across multiple genres, and Abigail Washburn a singer-songwriter and clawhammer banjo player who re-radicalized it by combining it with Far East culture and sounds. The two met at a square dance, began collaborating musically and eventually fell in love. Fleck has the virtuosic, jazz-to-classical ingenuity of an iconic instrumentalist and composer with bluegrass roots. Washburn has the earthy sophistication of a postmodern, old-time singer-songwriter who has drawn critical acclaim for her solo albums. She has done fascinating work in folk musical diplomacy in China, presented an original theatrical production, and has contributed to singular side groups Uncle Earl and The Wu-Force. On stage, Fleck & Washburn perform pieces from their Grammy-winning self-titled debut as well as their new record, Echo in the Valley (Rounder 2017). With one eye on using the banjo to showcase America’s rich heritage and the other pulling the noble instrument from its most familiar arena into new and unique realms, Bela & Abigail meet in the mean, head-on, to present music that feels wildly innovative and familiar at the same time. Whether at home, on stage or on record, their deep bond, combined with the way their distinct musical personalities and banjo styles interact, makes theirs a picking partnership unlike any other on the planet.
venue | North Highlands Elementary |
locale | Aspy Bay |
price | $30 |
Performers: Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn • J.P. Cormier & Ray Legere
venue | Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site |
locale | Louisbourg |
price | $175 |
Performers: Brenda Stubbert & Blanche Sophocleous & Joanne MacIntyre & Sons & Roger Stone & Isabella Samson • Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn & Hirondelles • Donny LeBlanc & Hilda Chiasson
venue | Centre 200 |
locale | Sydney |
price | $70/60/50/40/25 |
Performers: Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy • Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn • Iarla Ó Lionáird & Tim Edey