Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn
Date: Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018 8:00 p.m.
Location: Hoyt Sherman Place, 1501 Woodland Avenue, 50309
Event Information
Description: Saturday, February 17
8:00 PM
Reserved Seating
Tickets: $34.50, $44.50, $59.50
ON SALE: Wednesday, December 20 at 10:00 AM
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Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn, "the king and queen of the banjo" (Paste Magazine), have a musical partnership like no other. Béla Fleck is a ?fteen-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. 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.
On stage, Fleck & Washburn will 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.?
Neighborhoods: Sherman Hill
Host Organization: Hoyt Sherman Place
Website: www.hoytsherman.org
Contact: Toni Roberts
Phone: 515-244-0507
Email: roberts@hoytsherman.org
Pricing Information: $34.50, $44.50, $59.50