American banjo virtuoso Bèla Fleck is known for bringing his instrument across genres. Today you can watch him bring it across the Atlantic and back to its beginnings in his new DVD.
Fleck and Sascha Paladino's documentary, Throw Down Your Heart, chronicles the making of Fleck's latest CD as he travels Africa in an attempt to bring the banjo back to its African roots. The film focuses on music, but there's a taste of African landscape and culture too. Fleck's adventure takes him to Uganda, Tanzania, Gambia, and Mali, with stops ranging from tiny rural villages to large cities.
Whether searching for the roots of your favorite instrument or a glimpse of an endangered gorilla, you can explore the continent, too. Check out our favorite African adventures here.—Greer Schott
Hi,
Fleck is doing good job for such interesting project in Africa.I will wait for the CD to see adventurous work of finding roots in such great places of Africa.
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Posted by: Jennifer Swanson | November 04, 2009 at 05:36 AM
Bèla Fleck has traveled to Africa in this documentary which is very interesting to know where the Banjo comes from. I was talking to a friend of mine from Lake Tahoe hotel reservations office and he told me that Bèla Fleck is coming to Tahoe soon. Does anybody know anything about that?
Posted by: Jennifer Swanson | November 04, 2009 at 05:02 AM