Abigail washburn born november 10, 1977 is an american clawhammer banjo player and singer. Abigail and i are thankful for you all, and wishing you a warm holiday season. He joined clawhammer banjo player abigail washburn on abigail washburn and the sparrow quartet 2008, a bold experiment that fused american roots music and traditional chinese folk songs. Her longawaited and monumental new album, fetch the bolt cutters, tops our shortlist of the best releases out on april 17.
It is a compilation of live tracks that youve heard a version of if youve seen us live and new tracks that have only been released as videos, if at all, including our banjovoice rendition of the chinese folk song good flower red shared briefly on npr this past chinese new year, a. A year ago, fleck appeared in aspen as a member of the sparrow quartet, an ensemble led by fellow banjoist and flecks girlfriend at the time, now his wife abigail washburn therein mixed chinese folk songs, appalachian gospel tunes, blues and more. May 11, 2018 bela fleck and abigail washburn are two american musical treasures. Bela fleck, wife to donate to eau claires confluence. This valentines day weekend, let mountain stage be the abigail washburn to your bela fleck and the julie miller to your buddy miller. Fleck and washburn were later married, and the two frequently performed and recorded together. Well, thats not entirely accurateboth fleck and washburn have performed on the. The banjo duo bela fleck and abigail washburn plan to donate merchandise profits from a feb. Fleck is a 16time grammy award winner who has taken the instrument across multiple genres with his jazztoclassical ingenuity and bluegrass roots. Bela fleck and abigail washburn show the lyric theatre.
With one eye on using the banjo to showcase americas rich heritage and the other pulling the noble instrument from its most. His albums include flight of the cosmic hippo, ufo tofu, and rocket science. Americana city halls, celtic connections 2020 glasgow. Bela fleck and abigail washburn truth, beauty, banjo. The husbandandwife team of bela fleck and abigail washburn is an excellent combination. Broadcast from 1am5am saturday and sunday mornings here on west virginia public broadcasting, mountain stage after midnight takes the best episodes from the shows 31 year history and shares their memories and songs with our latenight listeners.
A lot of times doing videos to the camera can be pretty. Husbandandwife banjo adventurers with divergent areas of specialty is one way bela fleck and abigail washburn have been described, and you have to think that would look awesome on a business card. New yorker bela fleck was named after bela bartok, anton webern and leos janacek, but he took up the banjo after hearing earl scruggs and the theme from deliverance. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Following the husbandwife duos grammy awardwinning, selftitled first album, fleck and washburn address political and family events in their second record, echo in the valley, which was released in october.
Bela fleck has recorded over 40 albums, most famously with the flecktones and new grass revival. These musicians are extremely talented, in several genres of music, and the rapport between them is palpable. Fleck pays a cello banjo and washburn plays a fretless banjo in the alex chaloffdirected video for dont let it bring you down. Abigail washburns voice, underlaid with the distinctive rhythms of the clawhammer banjo, is plaintive, soulful, and strong. Washburn has the earthy sophistication of a postmodern, oldtime singersongwriter, and has. The pack horse librarians of eastern kentucky on npr s morning edition posted by the kitchen.
See actions taken by the people who manage and post content. Available online and at taylor books friday may 31 at 10a. Frequent celtic connections visitors who also honeymooned in the highlands, the madeinheaven banjo union of bela fleck and abigail washburn surely count now as honorary scots. Great barrington banjoists bela fleck and abigail washburn have earned the right to make a statement. The pack horse librarians of eastern kentucky on nprs. Quick center for the arts fairfield university, connecticut. Theyre bela fleck and abigail washburn and a visit from them is a visit from musical royalty. I have listened to bela fleck, with various other musicians and ensembles, for quite a few years, and this album is more frosting on the cake. The first episode aired march 20th with scheduled episodes to follow on 327, 43, and 410. Abigail washburn west virginia public broadcasting. Abigail washburn is a singing, songwriting, illinoisborn, nashvillebased clawhammer banjo playeris every bit as interested in the present and the future a. When we recently had the chance to catch up with mr.
Theyre husband and wife and the parents of two young sons. Exploring the differences between clawhammer and reverb news. Tiny desk concert bela fleck and abigail washburn are two american musical treasures. It was produced by the kitchen sisters and mixed by jim mckee. Grammy awardwinning banjo virtuoso bela fleck was originally slated to perform with the nashville symphony on october 31, but then ended up performing a concert of.
Banjo are calling their performances banjo house lockdown livestream series. Press feature katherine forbes october 28, 2019 npr, edmar castaneda, big ears festival. The pack horse librarians of eastern kentucky wuwm. A fifteentime grammy winner, fleck has the distinction of being nominated in more categories than any other instrumentalist in grammy history, and has brought his banjo through scorching hot newgrass, traditional bluegrass, otherworldly funk, modern jazz. This husbandandwife banjo duo write original tunes steeped in the roots of. Tiny desk, new music and music news npr music features, streams, live concerts and music news.
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