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 ...

Howard Levy has announced that he is unable to perform with Bela Fleck & The Flecktones on their upcoming holiday tour. Singer/songwriter and mandolin player Sierra Hull will fill in for the ...

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, ...

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 ...

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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 ...