The Fiddle and the Drum has been decades in the making.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck and soprano Renée Fleming about their collaborative project and album, "The Fiddle and The Drum," which celebrates Appalachian folk music.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Renée Fleming attends the 2024 Kennedy Center Honors at The Kennedy Center on Dec. 08, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Taylor ...

Renée Fleming and 19x Grammy-winning banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck have unveiled their new collaborative album, The Fiddle and the Drum. Listen to it now.

Call it a confluence of divas. Before it devolved into a pejorative for someone who can be arrogant and difficult, diva was the Latin word for “goddess” and customarily was applied to a magnificent ...

For Renée Fleming, returning to Spoleto Festival USA is something of a full-circle moment. Long before she became one of the ...

ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Renée Fleming’s “Così fan tutte” was ready to rumble. Long a star soprano, Fleming made her directing debut Monday night at the Aspen Music Festival and School by transporting ...

Opera star Renée Fleming’s planned June 20 recital at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion has been reimagined as a Sept. 22 concert collaboration with banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck at Walt Disney Concert Hall ...

The Kennedy Center has lost another one of the few remaining stars on its 2026 schedule, as the legendary soprano Renée Fleming has dropped out of an appearance at the embattled venue previously ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Renée Fleming has withdrawn from two scheduled May appearances at the Kennedy Center, the latest in a wave of cancellations since President Donald Trump ousted the previous leadership ...

World-renowned soprano Renée Fleming has long established herself as an icon in the opera world, taking on almost every imaginable role and playing most of the iconic music venues around the world — ...