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"Throw Down Your Heart" Film with Béla Fleck
Monday 19th January 2009, 6.30pm
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall : Buchanan Suite
This award winning film is being shown as part of our celebrations of the great overlap between cultures. Throw Down Your Heart follows American banjo virtuoso Bèla Fleck on his journey through Africa to explore the little known African routes of the banjo and record an album.
Béla’s boundary-breaking musical adventure took him to Uganda, Tanzania, The Gambia and Mali, and provides a glimpse of the beauty and complexity of Africa.
Using his banjo, Béla transcends barriers of languages and culture, finding common ground and forging connections with musicians from very different backgrounds.
Béla Fleck will be taking part in a Q & A session after the screening.
See Béla Fleck in a concert inspired by this trip on Saturday 17th January in the Main Auditorium.
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