03-06-2005, 11:50 PM
Funny, you stop listening to the radio because of country music and then reccommend a banjo virtuoso! :wacko:
The Flecktones are an excellent group though. Perhaps their music is the first thing that actually deserves to be called "world music", because Bela mixes so many influences, you aren't sure what you are listening to anymore. Yet it is surprisingly easy to like... not so boring and pretentious as much of contemporary jazz unfortunately seems to be. Having an all-star cast of insane musicians never hurts.
I don't think everyone would like it, but just about everyone would find something interesting about it. This clearly falls under the "hipster" category I was warning about earlier, however. :P
The Flecktones are an excellent group though. Perhaps their music is the first thing that actually deserves to be called "world music", because Bela mixes so many influences, you aren't sure what you are listening to anymore. Yet it is surprisingly easy to like... not so boring and pretentious as much of contemporary jazz unfortunately seems to be. Having an all-star cast of insane musicians never hurts.
I don't think everyone would like it, but just about everyone would find something interesting about it. This clearly falls under the "hipster" category I was warning about earlier, however. :P