Banjo master Béla Fleck has several new projects on the horizon, from a new duo album with kora player Toumani Diabaté to the release of his full-length documentary titled, Throw Down Your Heart - The Complete Africa Sessions.
The album - dubbed The Ripple Effect - will be available on March 27, but Fleck has shared a taste of the project with the single, "Nashville."
Throw Down Your Heart: The Complete Africa Sessions is also available everywhere March 27. And while it was initially released in 2009, this expanded version marks the first time it will be available on a large scale, including "commentary from Fleck and his brother, director Sascha Paladino, along with 14 bonus performances and the 3x GRAMMY®-winning albums Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3—Africa Sessions and Africa Sessions Part 2: Unreleased Tracks."
Said Chick Corea of the project, “Béla Fleck's amazing film Throw Down Your Heart makes me want to go to Africa. The genuine warmth, affinity, respect and love between Béla and the amazing African musicians he met are beautifully captured.”
Both titles are available to pre-order now. Click here to pre-order Throw Down Your Heart: The Complete Africa Sessions, or here for The Ripple Effect.
Bundles of both projects are also available through the official Béla Fleck store.
Listen to "Nashville" off The Ripple Effect below:
