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    Posted: January 28 2010 at 15:05
Hi folks, Bela here!

My latest tour with African musicians is preparing to start on February 2nd.

This year my guests are from Mali and Tanzania.

Bassekou Kouyate and N'goni Ba feature the Malian banjo, with an incredible 7 piece band.

Anania Ngoliga is an amazing vocalist and thumb piano master from Tanzania.
John Kitime accompanies on guitar and vocals.

We are touring for 6 weeks and doing 33 concerts together, the tour dates are below.

I am also releasing a brand new album to go with this tour.

It is called Throw Down Your Heart, part 2 - Unreleased Tracks

It features 14 great unreleased performances from the same trip to Africa in which I made the Throw Down Your Heart film and CD.

It is also an experiment with releasing music direct to the audience, so it can only be downloaded from BelaFleck.com, or purchased at these shows.

I can guarantee that this tour is going to incredible, these musicians are not to be missed!
 
See you out there!

Bela
 
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TOUR DATES
 
2/2/10
 Fort Lewis College
Durango, CO
2/3/10
Lensic Performing Arts Center
Santa Fe, NM
2/4/10
Aggie Theater
Fort Collins, CO
2/5/10
Wheeler Opera House
Aspen, CO
2/6/10
Avalon Theater
Grand Junction, CO
2/8/10 Boulder Theater Boulder, CO
2/10/10
Granada Theater
Dallas, TX
2/11/10
Lyric Theater
Oxford, MS
2/12/10
Murray State University
Murray, KY
2/13/10
Liberty Hall
Lawrence, KS
2/14/10
TBA
Urbana, IL
2/16/10
Oberlin’s Finney Chapel
Oberlin, OH
2/17/10
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
2/18/10
Ohio University
Athens, OH
2/19/10
Butler University
Indianapolis, IN
2/20/10
Holland Performing Arts Center
Omaha, NE
2/21/10
Old Town School
Chicago, IL
2/22/10
Miami University
Hamilton, OH
2/24/10
Grand Opera House
Wilmington, DE
2/25/10
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
2/26/10
Opera House
Waterville, ME
2/27/10
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA

3/1/10
Ottawa Jazz Festival
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
3/2/10
Bowdoin College
Brunswick, ME
3/3/10
Penn State University
State College, PA
3/4/10
Jefferson Center
Roanoke, VA
3/5/10
Weinberg Center
Frederick, MD
3/6/10
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA
3/8/10
Plaza Theater
Orlando, FL
3/9/10
Sunrise Theater
Fort Pierce, FL
3/10/10
Florida Theater
Jacksonville, FL
3/11/10
BAMA Theater
Tuscaloosa, AL
3/12/10
Orange Peel
Asheville, NC
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Points: 32538 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 28 2010 at 15:08
Nice try, Scott.  You're not Bela.
https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays
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Are you sure?
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How awesome would it be if Bela Fleck stole your identity?

Probably not very, but hey.

I'll know if I see a 24k gold-plated banjo on my bank statement.
https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays
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You're right though.  Bela is just a close personal friend who wished for me to know his itinerary for the next couple of months in case I needed to get a hold of him.
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You're a good friend Scott.
https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays
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w00t, this seems awesome. I may have to go to one of those shows.
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You can go out to the show at Penn State and hang out with Salty John and JJLehto.
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Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

You can go out to the show at Penn State and hang out with Salty John and JJLehto.


That'd be awesome, haha. Though it would be a farther drive than the ones in Ohio.
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Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

You can go out to the show at Penn State and hang out with Salty John and JJLehto.

You could spell my name right. Wink 
I'm considering going to this show, but I think I'm going with one of my friends to see The North Mississippi Allstars/City Champs not long before, so I'm not sure.
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Oops.  Sorry Jon. 

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It's alright, happens all the time.Tongue  Just think, I like prog and one of the most famous vocalists in prog is Jon Anderson. 
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And there happens to be a country musician whose name is John Anderson, just to screw things up.  i.e. the ears perk up when they hear "John Anderson is coming to town" or "John Anderson released a new album" and it turns out it is the country guy.
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Yeah, that must be annoying. 
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Points: 66408 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 01 2010 at 11:21
Congratulations to Bela Fleck for winning 2 Grammys last night for Best Pop Instrumental Performance and Best Contemporary World Music Album for "Throw Down Your Heart". Clap  Clap
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Folloiw Up From Bela:
 
Hey Everyone,

We have been having an incredible time on this Africa Sessions tour.
Concerts have been packed and people are leaving feeling very happy.
My guests Anania Ngoliga and John Kitime(Tanzania), and Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba(Mali) have turned out to be wonderful touring partners and are lighting up crowds across the United States.

Earlier this month I releases 14 new tracks from my trip to Africa. I decided to try it this time with no record label as a middle-man. This time you can get the music as a digital download from my site, and so far you can only get the actual CD only at the shows.
It's kind of an experiment!

It will be available on iTunes soon, but for now it's only up on my site.  Visit www.BelaFleck.com where you can download the album in full quality including a special digital booklet that won't be available on iTunes or any other store.  If you already have the album make sure to go to www.throwdownyourheart.com/unreleasedtracks for even more photos and information on the album.

All the best to you and yours,
Béla
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Points: 29630 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 26 2010 at 09:58
Channeling Fleck again I see.
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Yes, it is the banjo player buried deep down within me. 
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