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, ...

Just over 30 years ago, master banjo player Béla Fleck was asked to perform on old PBS series The Lonesome Pine Specials. Fleck was a member of bluegrass supergroup New Grass Revival at the time, but ...

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 ...

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 ...

Holiday magic is in the air and Béla Fleck & The Flecktones brought their own version with their “Jingle All the Way” tour to the Brown County Music Center on November 28, 2025. ‘Tis the season after ...

Originally released in 2008 on Rounder Records, Bela Fleck' Jingle All The Way is an accurate microcosm of the deceptive whimsy the group displays on stage during the best moments of their live ...