Music Review

Outbound (2012)

Bela Fleck & the Flecktones
Reviewed by Alanna Nash | Jul 28, 2000
EW's GRADE
B+

Details Lead Performance: Bela Fleck & the Flecktones; Genre: Jazz

Downplaying the synth in favor of strings and horns, the king of bluegrass-bop Bela Fleck and the Flecktones fuse cultures on the ambitious album Outbound, as on the Ireland-meets-Africa ''Shuba Yatra'' (performed on sitar banjo). Wizardry abounds, especially on the Aaron Copland-on-acid cover of the composer's ''Hoedown,'' and on Fleck's ''Hall of Mirrors,'' featuring Shawn Colvin's wordless, yearning vocals. B+

Originally posted Jul 28, 2000 Published in issue #551-552 Jul 28, 2000 Order article reprints

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