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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.“
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.“
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Song of the Traveling Daughter
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The Sparrow Quartet (EP)
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Song of the Travelling Daughter
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Sometimes
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Rockabye Dixie
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Song of the Traveling Daughter
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Single Drop of Honey
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Eve Stole the Apple
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Overture
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A Fuller Wine
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Red & Blazing
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Strange Things
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Halo
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The Lost Lamb
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Momma
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Captain
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Deep in the Night
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Shoutbox
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matthewgregory wrote:
"Sparrow Quartet" was so very much different than "Song of the Traveling Daughter." Much more... abstract, but still great. I love when she sings in Chinese.
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matthewgregory wrote:
Quality.
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snowdin wrote:
Outstanding!
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Dunnemin wrote:
Interesting lady.
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mouver wrote:
really nice .
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AxYoung wrote:
Spotlight for Abigail and the quartet's upcoming Outside Lands performance: http://consequenceofsound.net/2008/08/17/outside-lands-spotlight-abigail-washburn-the-sparrow-quartet/
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crimsonPhantom wrote:
I get excited when I see/hear a banjo! :D
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helmespc wrote:
She's really good.
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Marshallmaddnes wrote:
amazing music
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xCUDDLECOREx wrote:
she put on an amazing show
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xCUDDLECOREx wrote:
shes playing at my school on saturday...im excited :)
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moukers wrote:
She's really, really good.
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A Fuller Wine full track | 4:59 |
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Great Big Wall In China full track | 6:07 |
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Oh Me, Oh My full track | 3:29 |
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