UWMPost.com Review
By: Jason Corning - uwmpost.com

Every musician has a story about what inspired him or her to pick up an instrument. Some recall their early childhood of listening to a parent’s Eric Clapton records. Others speak of the great performances they’d witnessed and wished to emulate. The rest just wanted some attention from the opposite sex. Abigail Washburn is the only person out there who will tell you about finding her urge to pick up a banjo whilst living in China. As she tells it, Washburn admired the sense of pride the Chinese showed in their cultural heritage, and decided to explore a little of her own. Thus her story begins, with Washburn picking up a claw hammer banjo and traveling the world to share her idea of folk music. The beautiful thing about Abigail Washburn’s idea of traditional music is that it is Read More...