1. Abigail Washburn was born on November 10,1977 and is an American clawhammer banjo player and singer.
12 Facts About Abigail Washburn
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Abigail Washburn learned Mandarin during the summers in intensive programs at Middlebury College, Vermont.
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Abigail Washburn stopped at the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies and spent five days meditating.
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Abigail Washburn entered the Chris Austin Songwriting Contest at the 2004 MerleFest, winning second place for her song "Rockabye Dixie", and gaining the attention of the Nettwerk record label.
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In 2005, Abigail Washburn returned to China with a group called the Sparrow Quartet, composed of Sollee, Fleck and Grammy Award nominated fiddler Casey Driessen.
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In early 2010, Abigail Washburn began recording her second solo album with producer Tucker Martine and collaborator Kai Welch.
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Abigail Washburn embarked upon "The Silk Road Tour" with her band "The Village" from Hohhot to Urumqi, stopping to perform and collaborate all along the way with only the goal of building bridges and dissolving difference by communing in good music.
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On January 12,2014, Abigail Washburn performed with a band known as The Wu-Force at Global Fest in New York City.
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Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn released a self-titled album on April 3,2020, produced by Bela Fleck.
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Abigail Washburn first met Fleck in Nashville at a square dance where she was dancing and he was playing.
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On Sunday May 19,2013, Abigail Washburn gave birth to their son in Nashville.
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On November 19,2013 Abigail Washburn was officially named the first US-China Center Fellow of Vanderbilt University because of her work as an ambassador of American culture to China and her enthusiasm and willingness to help the US-China Center at Vanderbilt University in any way possible.