Abigail Washburn
Abigail Washburn
Abigail Washburnis an American clawhammer banjo player and singer. She performs and records as a soloist, as well as with the old-time bands Uncle Earl and Sparrow Quartet, experimental group The Wu Force, and as a duo with her husband Béla Fleck...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBanjo Player
Date of Birth10 November 1977
CountryUnited States of America
Abigail Washburn quotes about
needs lawyer china
U.S.-China relations doesn't need another lawyer.
china make-sense western
I would still describe China as a vast, invigorating puzzle that will never make sense to my western upbringing.
china close delight felt level local moments opened relationships since time touring visited whenever
Whenever I visited China in the past, the relationships always felt superficial; there was no time where I felt those moments of conflict and delight that make you feel close to another person. But since I started touring there in 2004, I would always collaborate with local musicians, and that opened up a new level of intimacy.
area becoming brought china divine industry intention living miraculous music powers
I had no intention of becoming a performer, and yet under miraculous circumstances I was brought into the music industry fold. If divine powers hadn't intervened, I'd still be living in China working in some area of Sino-American comparative law.
china fell felt intimate love process time truly trying
China was the first time I truly felt like an outsider. I fell in love with the process of trying to become intimate with the culture.
call music obsession played
My parents played the radio, but music was never an obsession or something that I thought I could call a career.
music
You can enjoy many different types of music. I think that's something more Americans should think about.
girl pretty-girl play
I tried to play flute because all the pretty girls played flute.
chinese novelty chinese-music
For most Americans, my Chinese music feels like a novelty and it's not what it is for me,
player chinese singing
I reside in a new colony for the Chinese-singing banjo player, with a population of one. At least I have something I have to do with my life.
girl chinese banjos
I'm, I guess you could say, the Chinese-speaking, banjo-picking girl.
ideas creative together
Is it an original idea? Or is it something where you're literally a creative collagist? You're taking pieces of the world that you see around you and that are inside of you and put them together in a way that you see fit.
real band awesomeness
Hogslop is the real deal groovilicious honkin old-time string band. Guaranteed old-time awesomeness with these fellas around!
I've noticed that the more I open up, the more I learn.