Hi Folks,

Things are their usual frantic busy, great fun things are happening.

The film my brother Sascha and I made in Africa has been showing at select film and music festivals. The response has been fantastic. We are still looking for distribution. You can keep track of the film on it's new fabulous website, www.throwdownyourheart.com. I am very proud of the site, and the more you look around it , the more hidden info you will find. There is a trailer there and some musical clips as well a photo gallery and much more.

Look for the album and film in early 09, unless you make it to Telluride or Bonarroo, or any of the film festivals that we'll be shown at before next year.

Touring has begun with the Sparrow Quartet, the foursome that features the songs, singing and banjo playing of Abigail Washburn, the fiddling of Casey Driessen, the cello and vocals of Ben Sollee and lil' ole' me.

Our CD will be released on Netwwerk Records. It's called Abigail Washburn and the Sparrow Quartet. We'll be touring heavily thru October.

And then it's Flecktones time again.

We are putting finishing touches on our Holiday CD, and it's really turning out cool. Also we are doing 2 shows with Return to Forever, our only shows this summer.

These guys are one of my biggest influences. In fact I don't think I'd be playing banjo the way I do, or the Flecktones would sound like we do without the influence on this seminal jazz rock group. The reunion, is their first since the early 80's so we are very proud to be the group that can be on these shows in Boston and Philly.

Coming in 09 are some other fun projects including the trio with Edgar and Zakir Hussein. We plan to record the orchestra piece we wrote together and also some trio music.

And there's a lot more coming up.

So stay tuned and we'll keep the music flowing!

All the best,

Béla