Album: City of Refuge by Abigail Washburn
Genre: folk

Artist Background: 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 th... Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Folk movement.

Music Scene: Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Folk movement.

Tags: folk


City of Refuge

Abigail Washburn

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