After disbanding New Grass Revival, Bela Fleck began re-creating the role of the banjo in the same way Charlie Parker redefined the role of the saxophone. But Fleck may be the... More...

As it turns out, the Tales From the Acoustic Planet albums are where Béla Fleck sounds the most comfortable in the '90s. As his jazz fusion records begin to sound played out, his... More...

Personnel: Bela Fleck (banjo); Mark O'Connor (guitar, fiddle, viola); Russ Barenberg, David Parmley, Glenn Lawson (guitar); Bill Keith, Tony Trischka (banjo); Jerry Douglas... More...

Whenever a group with the stature and critical reputation of Béla Fleck & the Flecktones issues a career-spanning collection, the quality of the work is not measured in the same... More...

This bluegrass album has Nashville super-pickers Sam Bush, Mark O'Connor, and Bela Fleck. These are the last recordings of Merle Watson. ~ Mark A. Humphrey, All Music Guide 

The band who originated the term "newgrass" continued their progressive bluegrass stylings on Hold to a Dream. As their work grew, the band explored new textures and... More...

Personnel: Charlie Peacock (vocals, piano, Wurlitzer piano, Fender Rhodes piano, programming); Sara Groves, Michael Tait, Leigh Nash Kevin Max, Brent Bourgeois, Mike Roe, Bart... More...

The combination of Bhatt's sultry mohan vina and Fleck's precision banjo work creates unique textures. Add to that the rare quality of Chen's erh-hu and you have the makings of... More...

With Dawg Duos, David Grisman presents an album of duos with a variety of acclaimed musicians, including Indian classical percussionist Zakir Hussain, the New Lost City Ramblers'... More...

While American forms aren't usually their strong suit, ARC Records have made a few decent inroads with Cajun and zydeco music. Here, they take on bluegrass. Some of the bigger... More...

This compilation album reads like a who's-who of the progressive bluegrass/new acoustic music movement: pros like mandolinist David Grisman, guitarist Tony Rice, dobro player... More...

Like the first Rounder Banjo, Son of Rounder Banjo is an hourlong sampler of the best banjoists to have recorded for Rounder Records. Encompassing both traditional and progressive... More...

On what would turn out to be New Grass Revival's final album, Friday Night in America, the band advanced their sound beyond their own previous pioneering. Their genre-busting... More...

The Best of New Grass Revival is a first-rate, 18-track collection of the band's output from the late '80s, when the lineup included innovative banjo player Béla Fleck. Among the... More...

In the late 1990s, drummer Steve Smith set out to reinvigorate the long slumbering jazz-rock fusion movement with a series of all-star recordings on his own Tone Center record... More...