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Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn named Folk Album of the Month

Posted on 27th Mar 2020
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Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn’s new record (out April 3) was named Folk Album of the Month by The Guardian UK. “At extraordinary times like these… we are reminded how music conne...
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Press Feature | PBS Sound Field: It

Posted on 9th Oct 2019
Categories: Press

Had a really fine time talking talking about the banjo with Nahre Sol for the new PBS show, Sound Field. In our episode, "It's Time to Rethink the Banjo," we discuss the origins of the banjo as an...
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Press Feature | THROUGH THE LENS: Big Ears Festival A Return to Forever

Posted on 26th Mar 2019
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Uncle Earlhad a blast atBig Ears Festival! Thanks toNo Depressionfor capturing the moment. Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.”— Gustav Mahler With the G...
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Press Feature | On Being with Krista Tippet: Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn Truth, Beauty, Banjo

Posted on 21st Feb 2019
Categories: Press

Our episode ofThe On Being Projectwith Krista Tippett will be re-airing across national public radio stations starting this weekend! Béla Fleck is one of the greatest living banjo players in t...
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Press Feature | Big Ears Festival Listen: Uncle Earl on Mountain Stage

Posted on 4th Jan 2019
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Yes, G’Earls, yes! 2019 is gonna be a good year. Though it’s nearly a decade old, this Mountain Stage set by Uncle Earl remains a gem; after all, despite their progressive flourishes, the...
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Press Feature | THE SHOW ON THE ROAD: BELA FLECK AND ABIGAIL WASHBURN

Posted on 10th Dec 2018
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Béla& Abigail sat down withZachary Lupetin& theThe Bluegrass Situationfor their Show On The Road podcast. Listen below, and catch a special cameo by Juno! Béla Fleck and Abigail...
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Press Feature | Fleck Keeps Plucking New Musical Endeavors From Banjo

Posted on 5th Dec 2018
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A sweet write up from the Jewish Journal! Bela Fleck, the banjo virtuoso, continues to take the instrument most closely identified with country and bluegrass into musical realms never before explored...
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Press Feature | L.A. Times: Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn take the banjo to places its never been before

Posted on 29th Nov 2018
Categories: Press

Thank you to The Los Angeles Times for featuring us! The banjo is one of the most American of instruments, a staple of bluegrass and folk. But it’s actually African in origin, and it can ...
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Official Music Video Release feat. Pilobolus | 'Come All You Coal Miners / Take Me To Harlan'

Posted on 23rd Aug 2018
Categories: Press

Béla Fleck, Abigail Washburn and renowned dance troupe Pilobolus have created their own timely ghost story by pairing two songs off their latest album,Echo in the Valley(Rounder),“Com...
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Press Feature | Here & Now Revisited

Posted on 9th Jul 2018
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Here and Now's Peter O'Dowd revisited his conversation with us last week. Listen here!...
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Press Feature | Big Ears 2018: 10 Best Things We Saw

Posted on 26th Mar 2018
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Big Ears Festivalwas a blast!! Such an honor to be featured in Rolling Stone’s“Big Ears 2018: 10 Best Things We Saw” for my performance with Wu Fei... Abigail Washburn and Wu Fe...
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Press Feature | Have You Heard about Knoxvilles Big Ears?

Posted on 19th Mar 2018
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Bela & Abby made Garden & Gun's list of must-see performances at this year's Big Ears Music Festival in Knoxville, TN. Abigail Washburn and Bela Fleck: One of Big Ears’ calling card...
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Abigail Washburn Announced as Carolina Performing Arts/Andrew W. Mellon Foundation DisTil Fellow for 2018-20

Posted on 7th Feb 2018
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Grammy award-winning vocalist, songwriter and clawhammer banjo player Abigail Washburn has been selected as the third-ever Andrew W. Mellon Foundation DisTil Fellow at Carolina Performing Arts. W...
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Press Feature | Here & Now: Bela Fleck And Abigail Washburn Want To Share

Posted on 23rd Nov 2017
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Banjo duo Béla FleckandAbigail Washburnare on tour promoting their latest album, "Echo in the Valley." They stopped by our studios for a bit of a concert and a chat with Here & Now's P...
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Echo in the Valley Released!

Posted on 20th Oct 2017
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Echo in the Valley, Available Now iTunes | Amazon | Merch Shop | Barnes + Noble "Two of the world’s most accomplished and innovative banjo players happen to be a married couple: Béla Fl...
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Song of the Week: "If I Could Talk to A Younger Me" - The Bluegrass Situation

Posted on 29th Sep 2017
Categories: Press

Béla and Abigail's second single, "If I Could Talk To A Younger Me", premiered today on The Bluegrass Situation. It’s good to be reminded, sometimes, of the important things — th...
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Bela Fleck, Abigail Washburn to play three local benefit shows - The Tennessean

Posted on 29th Sep 2017
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Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn typically play theaters and performing arts centers. But they’re going to do things a little differently in Nashville next week. On Tuesday, the Grammy-wi...
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Hear Abigail Washburn, Bela Fleck's Election Reply 'Don't Let It Bring You Down' - Rolling Stone

Posted on 8th Sep 2017
Categories: Press

- Single Release - Hear Abigail Washburn, Bela Fleck's Election Reply 'Don't Let It Bring You Down' Banjo-playing partners ready new collaborative album 'Echo in the Valley' October 20th Th...
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Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn Announce New Album "Echo in the Valley", Releases October 20, 2017

Posted on 7th Sep 2017
Categories: Press

Fleck & Washburn's New Album Echo in the Valley Releases October 20, 2017 PRE-ORDER NOW! Echo in the Valleyis the follow-up to Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn&rsquo...
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Bluegrass Today Announces Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn to Host IBMA Awards Show

Posted on 13th Jun 2017
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Co-hosting theInternational Bluegrass Music AssociationAwards Show withBéla Fleckthis September...! "TheInternational Bluegrass Music Associationhas announced that husband/wife banjo duo B&eac...
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On Being: Truth, Beauty, Banjo

Posted on 27th Nov 2016
Categories: Press

On Being is a Peabody Award-winning public radio conversation and podcast, a Webby Award-winning website and online exploration, a publisher and public event convener. Today theyre-aired their convers...
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TED Feature | From Appalachia to China and Back Again: Catching Up With Abigail Washburn

Posted on 7th Apr 2016
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From Appalachia to China and Back Again: Catching Up With Abigail Washburn The Grammy-winning clawhammer banjo player and singer discusses her groundbreaking blend of Mandarin and early-American ...
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Article by the Asia Society

Posted on 17th Feb 2016
Categories: Press

The Asia Societywrote this very sweet article - "The Surprising China Roots of Grammy Winner Abigail Washburn". View the original article here. The Surprising China Roots of Grammy Winner Abiga...
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CBS News | Banjo players Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn: In Tune

Posted on 22nd Mar 2015
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Banjo players Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn: In Tune Charles Osgood reports. Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn are partners on stage and off -- husband and wife, entwined in li...
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NPR Article | Tiny Desk Concert

Posted on 3rd Jan 2011
Categories: Press

Abigail Washburn's music career, now 10 years old, had an unlikely start. Washburn had plans to study law at Beijing University in China. She'd also recently bought a banjo — she wanted to...
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