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Abigail Washburn in session

In session with Bob is Clawhammer banjo player and singer-songwriter Abigail Washburn. She performs songs from her new album 'City of Refuge'.

In session with Bob is Clawhammer banjo player and singer-songwriter Abigail Washburn. She emerged in the early 2000s with the all-female string band Uncle Earl and released a solo album a few years later. In 2008, on the album Abigail Washburn and the Sparrow Quartet, she joined forces with a group of acclaimed acoustic musicians, including banjoist Bela Fleck and explored the connections between old-time Americana and traditional Chinese poetry and folk songs.
In tonight's show she plays acoustic songs from her latest solo album City of Refuge.

1 hour

Last on

Thu 3 Feb 2011 19:00

Music Played

  • Marty Stuart

    Ghost Train Four-Oh-Ten

    • The Studio B Sessions.
    • Sugar Hill.
  • The Decemberists

    Dear Avery

    • The King Is Dead.
    • Rough Trade.
  • Sara Watkins

    : Long hot summer days

    • Sara Watkins.
    • Nonesuch.
  • Laura Cantrell

    It Wasn't God Who Made Honkytonk Angels

    • Kitty Wells Dresses.
    • Spit and Polish.
  • Kitty Wells

    I Don't Claim To Be An Angel

    • Simply Country Love.
    • Simply.
  • Abigail Washburn

    Rockabye Dixie

  • Abigail Washburn

    City of Refuge

  • Abigail Washburn

    Bright Morning Stars

    • City of Refuge.
    • Rounder.
  • Alison Krauss/James Taylor

    How's The World Treating You

    • Livin' Lovin' Losin' Songs of the Louvin Universal.
  • The Louvin Brothers

    My Baby's Gone

    • Crazy Heart - Soundtrack.
    • NEW WEST.

Broadcast

  • Thu 3 Feb 2011 19:00