Lonesome River Band and Steve Martin to appear on The Late Show with David Letterman November 11, 2011

Sammy Shelor celebrating Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass

The Lonesome River Band will perform with Steve Martin next week, November 11, 2011on The Late Show with David Letterman.  The performance is in celebration of Sammy Shelor’s  Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass award as recently announced.  The Steve Martin Prize is chosen by a who’s who list of talents including Steve Martin, Earl Scruggs, Pete Wernick, Tony Trishchka, Bela Fleck and more.

World-renowned banjo player Béla Fleck to lecture at MTSU

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Posted: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 3:11 pm

Grammy-winning, genre-bending musician Béla Fleck will play MTSU’s Windham Lecture Series in Liberal Arts into its second decade when the renowned banjoist serves as guest speaker on Tuesday, March 15, in Tucker Theatre.


“A Conversation with Béla Fleck,” which will mark the Windham Lectures’ 20th year, will begin at 5 p.m. The event is free and open to the general public.


MTSU will whet audiences’ appetites for Fleck’s lecture on Monday, Feb. 28, when the Student Programming Films Committee offers a free public showing of the documentary on Fleck’s pilgrimage to Africa to learn about the banjo’s origins. “Throw Down Your Heart” will be screened at 4 p.m. Feb. 28 in the Keathley University Center Theater. 


Fleck just received his 14th Grammy Award, the “Best Contemporary World Music Album” for “Throw Down Your Heart, Africa Sessions Part 2: Unreleased Tracks.”