Abigail Washburn

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City Of Refuge 03:41 Tools
Sometimes 00:00 Tools
Bring Me My Queen 04:14 Tools
Chains 00:00 Tools
Rockabye Dixie 04:09 Tools
Prelude 00:00 Tools
Song of the Traveling Daughter 00:00 Tools
Burn Thru 00:00 Tools
Coffee's Cold 02:56 Tools
Eve Stole the Apple 00:00 Tools
Last Train 00:00 Tools
Ballad Of Treason 00:00 Tools
Single Drop of Honey 00:00 Tools
Corner Girl 00:00 Tools
Dreams Of Nectar 00:00 Tools
Bright Morning Stars 00:00 Tools
Divine Bell 00:00 Tools
Halo 00:00 Tools
Nobody's Fault but Mine 00:00 Tools
Red & Blazing 00:00 Tools
Deep in the Night 00:00 Tools
A Fuller Wine 00:00 Tools
Overture 00:00 Tools
Who's Gonna Shoe 00:00 Tools
Backstep Cindy / Purple Bamboo 00:00 Tools
Momma 00:00 Tools
The Lost Lamb 00:00 Tools
Strange Things 00:00 Tools
Taiyang Chulai 00:00 Tools
Oh Me, Oh My 00:00 Tools
Fall On My Knees 00:00 Tools
Great Big Wall In China 00:00 Tools
Captain 00:00 Tools
It Ain't Easy 00:00 Tools
A Kazahk Melody 00:00 Tools
Journey Home 00:00 Tools
Keys to the Kingdom 00:00 Tools
Everybody Does It Now 00:00 Tools
Kangding Qingge (Old Timey Dance Party) 00:00 Tools
His Eye Is On the Sparrow 00:00 Tools
Sugar And Pie 00:00 Tools
Taiyang Chulai (Live at Johnny D's) 00:00 Tools
Prettiest Tree On The Mountain 00:00 Tools
The Lost Lamb (Chinese) 00:00 Tools
Banjo Pickin' Girl 00:00 Tools
Quake 00:00 Tools
Santa Anna's Retreat / Kitchen Gal 00:00 Tools
Little Birdie 00:00 Tools
Shotgun Blues 03:19 Tools
Tibetan Wish 00:00 Tools
Banjo Pickin’ Girl 00:00 Tools
The Journey Home 00:00 Tools
Sala 00:00 Tools
Banjo Banjo 00:00 Tools
Dream Seek 00:00 Tools
Song for Mama 00:00 Tools
Chinese Recess 00:00 Tools
A Kazakh Melody 00:00 Tools
What Are They Doing? 00:00 Tools
Santa Anna's Retreat 00:00 Tools
Banjo Pickin‚ Girl 00:00 Tools
What Are They Doing In Heaven Today? 00:00 Tools
Sugar & Pie 00:00 Tools
Alabaster Rose 00:00 Tools
The Journey Home - Bonus Track 00:00 Tools
Bye Bye Baby Blues 00:00 Tools
Railroad 00:00 Tools
Hao Hua Hong 00:00 Tools
The Final Countdown 00:00 Tools
TED: Abigail Washburn: Building US-China relations ... by banjo - Abigail Washburn (2012) 00:00 Tools
Annabelle June 00:00 Tools
Evening In Transylvania 00:00 Tools
Kangding Qingge/Old-Timey Dance Party 00:00 Tools
Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet 00:00 Tools
City of Refuge - Live 00:00 Tools
Banjo Pickin’ Girl 00:00 Tools
Banjo Pickin Girl 00:00 Tools
Bright Morning Star 00:00 Tools
Back Water Blues (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Taiyang Chulai (Dixon) 00:00 Tools
It Ain't Easy - Shanghai Restoration Project Remix 00:00 Tools
And Am I Born to Die 00:00 Tools
The Journey Home (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Bend 00:00 Tools
Backstep Cindy 00:00 Tools
Winter's Come and Gone 00:00 Tools
Who`s Gonna Shoe 00:00 Tools
Save Me Child 00:00 Tools
Kangding Qingge - Old Timey Dance Party 00:00 Tools
Coffee's Cold/Tater Patch 00:00 Tools
Chains (Single Mix) 00:00 Tools
Who's Gonna Shoe (trad.) 00:00 Tools
Fuller Wine 00:00 Tools
City of Refuge (Live) 00:00 Tools
It aint easy 00:00 Tools
Kazakh Melody 00:00 Tools
Kangding Qingge / Old Timey Dance Party 00:00 Tools
It Ain't Easy (Shanghai Restoration Project Remix) 00:00 Tools
Old Timey Dance Party - Shanghai Restoration Project Remix 00:00 Tools
Banjo Banjo - Live 00:00 Tools
What’cha Gonna Do 00:00 Tools
Backstep Cindy - Purple Bamboo 00:00 Tools
Ride To U 00:00 Tools
Rockabye Dixie (EP Version) 00:00 Tools
Sala (USA) [feat. Kai Welch & the Shanghai Restoration Project] 00:00 Tools
Pretty Polly 00:00 Tools
New South Africa 00:00 Tools
Red Blazing 00:00 Tools
What'cha Gonna Do 00:00 Tools
Kangding Qingge/Old Timey Dance Party 00:00 Tools
Song Of The Travelling Daughter 00:00 Tools
Back Water Blues (Bessie Smith cover) 00:00 Tools
backstep cindy _ purple bamboo 00:00 Tools
Coffee's Cold / Tater Patch 00:00 Tools
04. Chains 00:00 Tools
Old Timey Dance Party (Shanghai Restoration Project Remix) 00:00 Tools
Overature 00:00 Tools
Nobody’s Fault but Mine 00:00 Tools
Lost Lamb 00:00 Tools
Coffee’s Cold 00:00 Tools
For Children: No 3 Quasi adagio, No 10 Allegro molto – Children’s Dance 00:00 Tools
01 - Sometimes 00:00 Tools
Backstep Cindy Purple Bamboo 00:00 Tools
Timey Dance Party 00:00 Tools
Oh Me Oh My 00:00 Tools
Abigail Washburn - City of Refuge 00:00 Tools
Backstep Cindy Purple Bamboo 00:00 Tools
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Abigail Washburn never set out to be a songwriter or a recording artist. Five years ago when she found herself on stage in a smoke-filled Beijing club playing her banjo and singing old-time Appalachian mountain music in Chinese to a packed house, she was as surprised as anyone. “A daring, definite talent, whose feel for the folk idiom results in moving material. Soulful is the word,” hailed the Wall Street Journal in 2005, during that same tour of China. “On stage, her voice resonated with the power of a seasoned performer and her poetic hill tunes sounded all the more evocative in Chinese.” As an “artist who best embodies the notion of Americana as a worldwide musical language” (The Tennessean), Abigail has created a new sound – a sound that challenges traditional notions of country and culture, embodied in the raw, transcendental music of the Sparrow Quartet. The all-star collaboration featuring Béla Fleck, acclaimed cellist Ben Sollee and Grammy-nominated fiddler, Casey Driessen will unveil Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet in May 2008 (Nettwerk). Produced by Béla Fleck and composed/arranged by the unconventional foursome, this record is Abigail’s moment to “intentionally create art that is more than what I ever thought I was capable of,” says Washburn. Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet became an “intimate exploration of crossing global and cultural lines within myself,” says Abigail, who feels a reverence for both American and Chinese cultures. “As more and more people engage in this struggle for a new direction for the human spirit, we’ll recognize that we’re morphing into a global species.“ The unprecedented combination of two banjos (clawhammer and three-finger-style), cello and five-string fiddle unfolds - live and on record – in a dreamlike chamber suite. From the flawless ‘Overture” and harrowing revival, “Strange Things,” to the interplanetary, Puccini-inspired old-time fairy tale, “Great Big Wall in China.” “These musicians allowed me to dream big, and they had the chops to execute it all, and then some,” says Washburn. “This next phase is hardly a lone journey.” Often considered the premiere banjo player in the world, Béla Fleck has virtually reinvented the image and sound of the banjo in a remarkable performing and recording career that has taken him all over the musical map. Aside from his long time group, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, he recently journeyed across Africa to explore the origins of the banjo and record and shoot a documentary, ‘Throw Down Your Heart,’ premiering at festivals nationwide this year. A 10-time Grammy winner, Béla has been nominated 25 times in the most diverse categories of any artist in Grammy history. Born and raised in Kentucky, the young cellist and singer-songwriter Ben Sollee is changing the way people think of the cello. While Ben has studied classically, receiving his degree from the University of Louisville in 2006, his soulful voice and style of playing reflect his deep connection to American roots music. His cello playing is a unique alchemy of fiddling, percussive bow work, and three-finger style plucking. Beyond his work with The Sparrow Quartet Ben has toured and recorded with Avant Garde Blues man Otis Taylor. In 2007, NPR recognized Ben as one of the Great Unknown Artists of the year. His new solo album, Learning to Bend, will be released in the summer of 2008. Casey Driessen is a restless explorer and bold boundary crosser who listens for inspiration from Tennessee to Tibet. There’s no solace in safety for this remarkable 29-year-old. With his debut album 3D (Sugar Hill), this worldly instrumentalist and composer is able to show off a little, not merely as a fast and inventive fiddler, but as a visionary who translates his passion for tradition and improvisation into important new American music. This vision was recognized in 2007 with a Grammy nomination for Best Country Instrumental Performance for the track “Jerusalem Ridge.” Showcasing his signature percussive ‘chop’ style, the New York Times called the song a “tour de force.” Prior to this new venture with the Sparrow Quartet, Washburn spent the past five years touring with Uncle Earl. The “all G’earl” group has released two records on the Rounder label, She Waits for Night (2005) and Waterloo, TN, (2007) the latter of which was produced by John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin. In the midst of touring with Uncle Earl Washburn released her first solo debut, and bilingual album, Song of the Traveling Daughter, (Nettwerk) to much critical acclaim. At that point Abigail joined cellist, Ben Sollee, in performing her music around the globe. In 2005 Abigail, Ben and a few talented friends—Béla Fleck on banjo, Casey Driessen on fiddle- toured China. In 2006, the US State Department and the American Center for Educational Exchange requested that the group come back to lead the first official tour of a US band in Tibet. In 2008 and 2009, Abigail Washburn and the Sparrow Quartet will turn their attention to touring the US and Canada behind Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet with appearances at festivals including New Orleans Jazz & Heritage, Merlefest, Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, Vancouver Folk Festival and many more. They will return to China with the full-length release for performances at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. While previewing new material at Coachella, the LA Times hailed, ““Washburn stomped and skipped through fiery Appalachian takes on the local songs of Sichuan. Her bilingualism’s no gimmick; she nails the dips and peaks of pitch while leading her band in scorching variations on simple, repetitive traditional melodies... she ended one Chinese song about the pan-ethnic subject of baby-making by saying “That’s some hot stuff from the Sichuan province there.” “I had no intention of becoming a performer and yet under miraculous circumstances I was brought into the music industry fold,” says Abigail. “If divine powers hadn’t interfered I’d still be living in China working in some area of Sino-American comparative law.” www.sparrowquartet.com // www.abigailwashburn.com - March 2008 Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.