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Matt Ruppert

Béla Fleck Bridges Generations and Genres on ‘My Bluegrass Heart’

Béla Fleck Bridges Generations and Genres on ‘My Bluegrass Heart’

Sitting down to listen to My Bluegrass Heart — Béla Fleck’s first “bluegrass” album in more than 20 years and the third in a trilogy (following Drive in 1988 and The Bluegrass Sessions in 1999) — it’s tempting to get lost in the fog of genre, to talk about fiddle

Instrumental Flourishes and Fun Distinguish Twisted Pine’s ‘Right Now’

Instrumental Flourishes and Fun Distinguish Twisted Pine’s ‘Right Now’

With navigating the current world becoming more challenging every day, Twisted Pine delivers the kind of album that makes it feel like everything is going to be okay. Instrumental virtuosity — the band’s calling card — abounds on their latest album, Right Now, but so too do moments of sheer pop