Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet (2008)

The Sparrow Quartet features the borderless sounds of two banjos, fiddle and cello, fronted by Abigail Washburn who has been hailed by the Wall Street Journal as “a daring, definite talent, whose feel for the folk idiom results in moving material. Soulful is the word.” The LA Times described her music saying, “Abigail Washburn stomped and skipped through fiery Appalachian takes on the local songs of Sichuan… She nails the dips and peaks of pitch while leading her band in scorching variations on simple, repetitive traditional melodies.”

1. Overture
2. A Fuller Wine
3. Strange Things
4. Great Big Wall in China
5. Taiyang chulai
6. Oh Me, Oh My
7. Captain
8. A Kazahk Melody
9. A Banjo Pickin' Girl
10. Sugar and Pie
11. Kangding Qingge / Old Timey Dance Party
12. It Ain't Easy
13. Journey Home

Abigail Washburn: Banjo & vocals.

Béla Fleck: Banjo.

Casey Driessen: Violin.

Ben Sollee: Cello.

Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet 

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