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Podcast: The Afternoon Cruise
Episode: "You Can't Improvise Your Way Through It, You Have to Play the Notes" - Béla Fleck on Bluegrass
Description: Béla Fleck connected with Sean from Jazz88 in advance of a two-night four show run at the Dakota on Thursday and Friday of this week (July 13 and 14). Fleck is touring in support of his 2021 release, My Bluegrass Heart. Fleck and McPherson discussed the unique challenges of playing bluegrass, and the new perspective Fleck has on the genre after a ten year absence from playing it outside of his own practice.