For a lot of listeners, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones’s 2008 Christmas album, “Jingle All the Way,” may be one of the band’s most accessible recordings. Fleck is an acknowledged master of the banjo, ...

Christmas albums are a staple of the holiday season and oftentimes they can be trite and obvious in their execution. It’s a pitfall Béla Fleck and the Flecktones were well aware of when they released ...

Béla Fleck & The Flecktones reunite for a special performance at the Boch Center Shubert Theatre, showcasing their innovative blend of jazz-infused holiday classics from their GRAMMY-winning album, ...

The original lineup of Béla Fleck & The Flecktones—banjoist Béla Fleck, Howard Levy on piano and harmonica, percussionist / drumitarist Roy “Future Man” Wooten and bassist Victor Wooten—will return ...

This winter, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones will cross the country spreading holiday tidings with the Jingle All the Way Tour. From Nov. 26 to Dec. 20, the long-running bluegrass fusion ensemble’s ...

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 and the Flecktones may be the most eclectic jazz band in the world right now, if indeed what they play can be called jazz. Starting from Fleck’s bluegrass banjo roots, the band has evolved ...

Before I try to sell you on this gig, let’s get one thing clear: Yes, there are way too many holiday shows. I don’t need six weeks of Christmas cheer filling up my concert calendar. But! If there’s ...

But it’s not pretty, Western vocals — this is throat singing performed by Alash Ensemble from Tuva, an extremely southern district of Siberia. If you haven’t heard throat singing, it’s somewhat ...

Get more of a good thing! Our weekly newsletter highlights our top stories, our special offers, and upcoming jazz events near you.