While in the midst of a tour with The Marcus Roberts Trio, banjoist extraordinaire Béla Fleck (@belafleckbanjo) will appear solo at Clearwater’s Great Hudson River Revival at Croton Point Park in Croton-on-Hudson, New York. Fleck will play an hour long solo set Saturday at the festival’s Rainbow Stage starting at 6:30 PM. Other acts performing at the fest include Ani Difranco, Martin Sexton, Dawes, Punch Brothers Featuring Chris Thile, Deer Tick, Donna The Buffalo and many others. Fleck is in New York City coming off a run of shows with The Marcus Roberts Trio at Blue Note and tweeted a couple of hints as to what to expect from this weekend on the Hudson River.
Clearwater Festival this weekend, should be a nice crowd out on the Hudson River. http://t.co/xitDQul8
— Béla Fleck (@belafleckbanjo) June 12, 2012
New York, been rehearsing a new piece with an amazing string quartet called Brooklyn Rider, preparing with Chris Thile for a duo improv set
— Béla Fleck (@belafleckbanjo) June 14, 2012
And practicing for my solo banjo set at Clearwater on saturday. The first tour with Marcus was fantastic. Life is very full of adventures! B
— Béla Fleck (@belafleckbanjo) June 14, 2012
After hitting up the festival Fleck will rejoin The Marcus Roberts Trio for a slot at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival in Telluride, Colorado on June 22. He will join the group again in August for a second tour that runs through November. Fleck and The Marcus Roberts Trio’s new album, Across the Imaginary Divide, was released last week.
Hi, all you all, today was the release day for the Bela/Marcus Roberts project.
Rounder/Concord has some special packages with the CD and— Béla Fleck (@belafleckbanjo) June 6, 2012
some other cool stuff. If you are interested go to http://t.co/OJ9WMb2o and you'll see what it's about. Regards, Bela
— Béla Fleck (@belafleckbanjo) June 6, 2012