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When Opera Met Bluegrass: How the Renée Fleming & Béla Fleck Album Actually Came Together

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

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According to Billboard’s source item, When Opera Met Bluegrass: How the Renée Fleming & Béla Fleck Album Actually Came Together, The Fiddle and the Drum has been decades in the making.

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