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Listen: Edmar Castañeda and Béla Fleck

We are mesmerized by the harp playing of Edmar Castañeda, a native of Colombia who discovered jazz upon moving to New York as a teenager and has since become a vital instrumental outlier. His radiant playing is perfect for a little Saturday inspiration, we think. He joins the great Béla Fleck, another visionary indelibly bound to his instrument, for a new collaboration at Big Ears 2019.

BIG EARS
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Knoxville, TN · USA

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