Throw Down Your Heart in Tucson
Throw Down Your Heart, the documentary film on B?©la Fleck’s journey of discovery to Africa to explore the banjo’s roots, is set to screen on Thursday (10/9) at the Tucson Film & Music Festival.
The film was directed by B?©la’s brother, Sasha Paladino, and has already won awards from Silverdocs and SXSW in 2008.
It follows B?©la through Uganda, Tanzania, The Gambia, and Mali, and depicts how music can overcome barriers of language and culture.
Here is a trailer that has been posted on YouTube.



Cross-genre and cross-cultural banjo icon B?©la Fleck journeyed through several African nations last year in an effort to learn more about the music and people from whence the banjo originated. He visited Uganda, Tanzania, Gambia and Mali and met and performed with many African musicians along the way.
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Béla Fleck will be the guest this afternoon (6/4) on World Cafe with David Dye originating from WXPN in Philadelphia, PA.
He will talk about Throw Down Your Heart, his current CD release on Rounder, and the documentary film by the same name, both of which chronicle Fleck's musical journey of discovery...




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