Musician Abigail Washburn leads her folk-roots quartet through Tibet and China. May 27, 2008— -- Up close, in-depth, behind the scenes, Dan Ouellette has been covering the artistry of popular ...

Abigail Washburn has, according to Newsweek magazine, released "the most weirdly wonderful album to land atop the bluegrass charts" this year. Abigail Washburn and the Sparrow Quartet Who: Featuring ...

8 p.m. Wednesday, WorkPlay Theatre, 500 23rd St. South, $20 advance, $25 day of show, 380-4082 or www.workplay.com. Abigail Washburn has taken the transcontinental road less traveled, and that has ...

Abigail Washburn and the Sparrow Quartet were as pan-cultural as an all-American string quartet could be, fronted by a banjo-playing country singer-songwriter originally from suburban Chicago and ...

Abigail Washburn's story is almost too weird for words. Washburn, who seemed destined for a career in law, has somehow parlayed a love for singing, a love for China and a love for the banjo into a ...

When she took a summer student trip to China 12 years ago, musician Abigail Washburn never had any idea the impact it would have on her life and others'. Amazingly, her soft-spoken Chinese lyrics and ...

The Sparrow Quartet falls into his “never been done before” category. “It’s a completely different template for a band than any I’ve been in, and that’s what I always look for in every situation,” ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Tickets are now on sale for performances of Buckwheat Zydeco and His Band and Abigail Washburn & ...

Two banjos, a cello, a fiddle, and sounds from Chinese and American musical traditions all come together in the ensemble of Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet. It's also the latest project for ...

Abigail Washburn never intended to facilitate cross-cultural exchange when she first visited China in 1996. The Evanston, Ill., native, studying to become an international lawyer, picked up a banjo ...