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Wu Fei's Music DailyWu Fei & Abigail Washburn in concert University of Notre Dame April 5Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn Saturday, 7:30pm April 5, 2025Leighton Concert HallTickets link is here.Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Abigail Washburn is a banjo virtuoso who became fluent in both the language and culture of China while prepping for a career in law focused on U.S.-China relations. Wu Fei, a Chinese musical prodigy and master of the 2,500-year-old 21-string guzheng, was destined for a professional career performing state-sanctioned works in her homeland. Diverging from those paths resulted in a convergence of musical careers that now boldly push the boundaries...2025-04-0100 min
Wu Fei's Music Daily#1118 - Summer call 夏日练功记Happy Friday everyone, I have a lot of videos of home practices, concert footages, and scenes from different places where I have performed. Now Substack is making it really easy to share video, so I will be sharing some of them with you in the coming months. If you are not familiar with the guzheng 古筝, you can see more of how I play and sing at the same time—this is rather rare in the guzheng world. If you search for “guzheng” on the internet, there is a lot of information in English, Chinese, and probably o...2025-02-2104 min
The Sundilla Radio HourThe Sundilla Radio Hour #582The Sundilla Radio Hour for the week of 06/17/2024 featuring: Tom Prasada-Rao “Yes” Smoke and Mirrors (2024 Ahimsa Acoustics) 4:47 Tom Rush “Toy Boat Song” Gardens Old, Flowers New (2024 Appleseed) 2:58 Annalise Emerick “Twinkling Lights” Field Notes (2014 Annalise Emerick) 4:18 Eliot Bronson “Wait for Me” Talking To Myself (2024 New Pain) 4:10 Heather Anne Lomax & Michael Doman “Bits and Pieces” The Doman Tracks (2023 Blackbird) 3:52 Jake Blount “Beyond This Wall” Spider Tales (2020 Jake Blount) 3:25 Becky Buller “Woman” Jubilee (2024 Dark Shadow) 3:42 Jessye DeSilva “Proud and Lonely” Renovations (2023 1186047 Records DK) 3:48 Valerie June “Big Dream” My Black Countr...2024-06-2459 min
Art On The AirThis week on ART ON THE AIR features Grammy-Award winning singer/songwriter, claw-hammer banjo player, Abigail Washburn, and spotlight on Memorial Opera House's musical Beautiful The Carole King StoryThis week on ART ON THE AIR features a singing, songwriting, Illinois-born, Nashville-based claw-hammer banjo player, Abigail Washburn, who blends venerable folk elements with far-flung sounds in her music, and is a 16-time Grammy award winner as a duo with her husband and banjo virtuoso, Béla Fleck. Our Spotlight is on Memorial Opera House’s production of “Beautiful, The Carole King Story” opening April 29th with executive director Megan Stoner.
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Wu Fei's Music Daily#947 — New Haven étude 纽黑文练习曲Hi everyone, This piece was created and recorded yesterday on two-track guzheng. By the time you open this newsletter, I will be on my way to New Haven, Connecticut. On March 2, Saturday, 7:30-9:00pm, I am giving a concert with my dear music collaborator Abigail Washburn at the Yale Schwarzmen Center. More details here. You can hear our album “ Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn” on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Vinyl, CD and digital formats are all available. As of today, the general admission of the concert has been sold out. However, there is a...2024-02-2904 min
Folk Alley SessionsFolk Alley Sessions Archives: Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn(This Folk Alley Session was originally published in November, 2014) - What happens when two greats join forces? Well, in the case of Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn, a whole lot of banjo playing. For their 2014 eponymous duo album, Fleck says the main conceit was that "it would just be the two of us all the way," and not just in the studio. They also wanted to be able to tour the project properly, honorably, as a duo. But, as musicians are wont to do, Fleck explains, "As we got into it, we realized we really wanted to have different c...2023-09-1900 min
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Wu Fei's Music Daily#775 — Guzheng night song 54 and album review 古筝夜曲第五十四号This night song was composed and recorded yesterday, performed by me. Hope this track start your week with a moment of calmness. I would also like to share an album review of the duo record “Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn” released by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings in 2020. The review was written by musicologist Jay M. Arms (University of Pittsburgh, PA), and published in the Yearbook for Traditional Music on Cambridge University Press. You can read the full review here on Cambridge.org or pasted in below. Wu Fei 吴非Wufeimusic.com Wu Fei a...2023-05-0104 min
A Music of Their OwnWu Fei
Wu Fei is a classically-trained composer, singer and master of the guzheng, a Chinese zither. Fei describes growing up in the restrictive creative environment of Chinese conservatories, and compares it with the openness of music training in the U.S. After the near loss of her first child, we discuss Fei’s new vision for herself.
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Music You Heard:
“When Syringa Falls,” Pluck - Wu Fei, Gyan Riley
“Bu Da Da,” Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn - Wu Fei, Abigail Washburn
“Cloud of Birds,” A Dista...2022-12-0800 min
Wu Fei's Music Daily#683 — Triple the tremble 三颤三抖Dear all,Hope you are enjoying a wonderful fall or spring season! I recorded this improvisation yesterday from my home studio in the sunny Nashville, Tennessee. In contrast, I was thinking about some of the music I knew that was created during war time inspired by a conversation with a dear friend recently. As my departure to Europe approaching, I would like to share the a few concert dates I have in the next two weeks if you and/or your friends are near any of these cities. Europe:* Germany 2022-10-2808 min
Transmusic AirwavesTransmusic Airwaves Episode #482 - September 16, 2022 Paul Ciminero (host) PodcastYou know you’re getting older by the day when you get so involved in one project that you completely forget a weekly task that involves writing up the program description for this week’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #482). Here’s what’s planned on this show.During today’s first set, I’ve got the amazing new T-BONE BURNETT project, ‘The Invisible Light: Spells’ (with JAY BELLEROSE & KEEFER CIANCIA) to get things started. It’s electronica meets beat poetry and unlike anything he’s ever done so I’ll start the show with it, then follow it with THE SLITS, THE...2022-09-163h 07
Get Best Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Westerns & WarThe Rocking R Ranch by Tim WashburnPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614521 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Rocking R Ranch Series: #1 of The Rocking R Ranch Westerns Author: Tim Washburn Narrator: Milton Bagby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 3 minutes Release date: April 26, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Westerns & War Publisher's Summary: From acclaimed storyteller Tim Washburn comes a thrilling new saga of the Old West, the sprawling story of one frontier family—and the Texas home they fought for, lived for, and died for. AN AMERICAN DREAM IN THE MAKING When the Ridgeway family staked their claim on more than forty thousand acr...2022-04-2603 min
Transmusic AirwavesTransmusic Airwaves Episode #455 - February 25, 2022 Paul Ciminero (host) PodcastThank god the final days of February are coming to a close. It seems every bizarre weather phenomena, temperature extreme, and catastrophic disaster from flooding to ice storms have occurred this month so on this weeks TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #455) let’s celebrate the impending arrival of a new month with three hours of great music, arranged to get us all through February’s final days.Highlighting this week’s show is another brand new track by GOLEMS OF THE RED PLANET, taking psychedelic and surf to a whole new level. Additionally, there’s other recently released gems fro...2022-02-253h 04
Transmusic AirwavesTransmusic Airwaves Episode #454 - February 11, 2022 Paul Ciminero (host) PodcastThis week has extra special significance for the lovers of football, music, and the ones you cherish most as Valentine’s Day, the Superbowl and the 52nd anniversary of rock’s greatest ‘live’ album (The Who ‘Live At Leeds’) all occur so on the latest episode of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #454), I’ll cover all those subjects and then some. The Cincinnati Bengals are in the big game so I’ll get things started with SAM SPENCE and one of his classic NFL film themes followed by ‘All Tomorrow’s Parties’ interpreted by Cincinnati’s indie rockers the ASS PONIES, before mo...2022-02-113h 16
Transmusic AirwavesTransmusic Airwaves Episode #451 - January 21, 2022 Paul Ciminero (host) PodcastThis weeks edition of TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #451) got started later than I’m accustomed to because of a numbers of extraneous factors ranging from the large weekend snowfall to being unable to remove my derriere from the comfy chair while watching hours of mindless television programming. By the time I came out of my self imposed stupor it was already Tuesday, and I realized I’d better get moving if there was going to be new show this week. I’m amazed at how quick the show began to develop starting with the first set. It begins...2022-01-213h 04
Transmusic AirwavesTransmusic Airwaves Episode #450 - January 14, 2022 Paul Ciminero (host) PodcastToday’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #450) is another numerical milestone to check off my broadcast list since this show began with it’s current name in late February 2013. It’s quite a feet that I’ve been able to entertain (and annoy) so many friends and listener’s for that long. I can attribute it’s longevity to a number of things but mostly it has (and has always) adapted over time while keeping my basic vision intact even as my actual vision (and handwriting scribble) have gotten worse.No matter, the show sometimes manages to get it’s initial...2022-01-143h 03
Transmusic AirwavesTransmusic Airwaves Episode #449 - January 7, 2022 Paul Ciminero (host) PodcastThis week marks my first official program of 2022, so on today’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #449) I’ll be celebrating surviving the past twelve months and getting to be a year older, playing several artists that due to time constraints didn’t make my ‘Best Of’ special which aired last week, and continuing the ongoing quest to bring you the best that ‘freeform’ radio has to offer.It all gets started with ‘Right Now Betty White,’ TIN HUEY’S homage to the late entertainer, followed by THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION with ‘The Uncle Meat Variations,’ then LES CLAYPOOL’S DUO DE TWANG...2022-01-073h 06
Transmusic AirwavesTransmusic Airwaves Episode #448 - The Best Of 2021 Special - December 31, 2021 Paul Ciminero (host) PodcastIt’s time once again to usher in yet another year and to dwell upon the ‘what if’s’ why’s, and WTF’s while at the same time resolving to do numerous things to either ‘eat healthy and get slimmer,’ become more tolerant of the views of other’s,’ or ‘do that thing(s) you’ve been putting off for the past year.’ Results may vary but usually it’s ‘none of the above’...again. The one thing you can always count on is the TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES “Best Of’ year end special. This week’s Episode #448 is your look back at some of the best m...2021-12-313h 09
Transmusic AirwavesTransmusic Airwaves Episode #447 - 10th Annual Christmas Special - December 23, 2021 Paul Ciminero (host) PodcastSeason’s Greeting and Happy Holly Daze!Well it’s finally arrived, that dreaded week where predictable Christmas muzak propagates the entertainment airwaves and there aren’t enough throw pillows around to bury your head in while yelling PLEASE MAKE IT STOP! I’ve got just the solution for everyone and it comes from someone who truly loathes all the sappy musical excrement that is deposited everywhere you go that your ears are forced to ‘step in’ this time of year. The solution that I am of course speaking of, is myself and my warped sen...2021-12-233h 01
Transmusic AirwavesTransmusic Airwaves Episode #446 December 17, 2021 Paul Ciminero (host) Podcast‘Twas the week before the night before...’awe come on! There’s plenty of time left before I unleash my warped sense of Christmas music on your earlobes so this week on TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #446) I’ll go onto other things including remembering one of Akron’s most beloved musical treasures, RALPH CARNEY. Ralph left a hole in the hearts of everyone he knew with his passing in 2017, so during the course of today’s show I’ll play several of his solo pieces as well as his work in projects with less familiar groups like THE ALL ONES and CARNEYBALL...2021-12-173h 00
Transmusic AirwavesTransmusic Airwaves Episode #445 December 10, 2021 Paul Ciminero (host) PodcastThis week I’ll rave on about JONI MITCHELL’S ‘Kennedy Center’ honors, babble on about SOFT MACHINE’S retiring bassist Roy Babbington, discuss the intricacies of segues between The BONZO DOG BAND and THE WHO, and introduce another ‘wow’ factor where music in NFL films gets mixed into a set with DEVO, TIN HUEY, JACK WHITE, GLENN GOULD, and THE BURNING OF ROME (the band, not the event). Yet that’s only a smidgen of what’s in store on today’s TRANSMUSIC AIRWAVES (Episode #445).Still skeptical? Looking for a few more examples oh ye of little faith? How...2021-12-103h 05
Spotlight OnTyler GrantTyler has appeared at most major US festivals and performed thousands of concerts and guitar workshops worldwide. He was an original member of the Emmitt-Nershi Band and a sideman for Abigail Washburn, April Verch and Adrienne Young. He has produced five solo albums and six releases by Grant Farm for his own Grant Central Records. The latest 2019 release, Kanawha County Flatpicking, with West Virginia music legend Robin Kessinger, made #15 on the National Folk DJ charts. Grant Farm released their fifth full-length album, Broke In Two, in June 2019, following Kiss The Ground (2016), a concept album for the working people, which...2021-09-161h 10
On Being with Krista TippettBéla Fleck and Abigail Washburn – Truth, Beauty, BanjoWe are digging into the archives to celebrate some of the conversations listeners have loved the most and that have shaped this project. Béla Fleck is one of the greatest living banjo players. He’s followed what many experience as this quintessential American roots instrument back to its roots in Africa, and he’s taken it where no banjo has gone before. Abigail Washburn is a celebrated banjo player and singer, both in English and Chinese. These two are partners in music and in life — recovering something ancient and deeply American all at once, bringing both beauty and refresh...2021-09-0250 min
On Being with Krista TippettBéla Fleck and Abigail Washburn — Truth, Beauty, BanjoBéla Fleck is one of the greatest living banjo players in the world. He’s followed what many experience as this quintessential American roots instrument back to its roots in Africa, and he’s taken it where no banjo has gone before. Abigail Washburn is a celebrated banjo player and singer, both in English and Chinese. These two are partners in music and in life — recovering something ancient and deeply American all at once, bringing both beauty and meaning to what they play and how they live.Béla Fleck has recorded over 40 albums, most famously with The...2021-09-0251 minOn Being with Krista Tippett[Unedited] Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn with Krista TippettBéla Fleck is one of the greatest living banjo players in the world. He’s followed what many experience as this quintessential American roots instrument back to its roots in Africa, and he’s taken it where no banjo has gone before. Abigail Washburn is a celebrated banjo player and singer, both in English and Chinese. These two are partners in music and in life — recovering something ancient and deeply American all at once, bringing both beauty and meaning to what they play and how they live.Béla Fleck has recorded over 40 albums, most famously with The...2021-09-021h 23On Being with Krista TippettBéla Fleck and Abigail Washburn — Truth, Beauty, BanjoBéla Fleck is one of the greatest living banjo players in the world. He’s followed what many experience as this quintessential American roots instrument back to its roots in Africa, and he’s taken it where no banjo has gone before. Abigail Washburn is a celebrated banjo player and singer, both in English and Chinese. These two are partners in music and in life — recovering something ancient and deeply American all at once, bringing both beauty and meaning to what they play and how they live.Béla Fleck has recorded over 40 albums, most famously with The...2021-09-0251 minOn Being with Krista Tippett[Unedited] Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn with Krista TippettBéla Fleck is one of the greatest living banjo players in the world. He’s followed what many experience as this quintessential American roots instrument back to its roots in Africa, and he’s taken it where no banjo has gone before. Abigail Washburn is a celebrated banjo player and singer, both in English and Chinese. These two are partners in music and in life — recovering something ancient and deeply American all at once, bringing both beauty and meaning to what they play and how they live.Béla Fleck has recorded over 40 albums, most famously with The...2021-09-021h 23On Being with Krista Tippett[Unedited] Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn with Krista TippettWe are digging into the archives to celebrate some of the conversations listeners have loved the most and that have shaped this project. Béla Fleck is one of the greatest living banjo players. He’s followed what many experience as this quintessential American roots instrument back to its roots in Africa, and he’s taken it where no banjo has gone before. Abigail Washburn is a celebrated banjo player and singer, both in English and Chinese. These two are partners in music and in life — recovering something ancient and deeply American all at once, bringing both beauty and refresh...2021-09-021h 23
World Music Institute - WMI Plus at HomeChinese and American Folk Music with Wu Fei and Abigail WashburnSend us a textWu Fei and Abigail Washburn share music from their eponymous collaborative album, demonstrate the banjo and the guzheng, and talk with journalist Jeremy Goldkorn about the joys of weaving together two seemingly different musical traditions.More about Wu Fei and Abigail WashburnWu Fei and Abigail Washburn Spotify PlaylistWMI PLUS At Home episodes are supported by a grant from Con Edison and world music lovers like you. We thank you! Support the showStay in t...2021-09-0157 min
Inside the BanjoverseAbigail WashburnIt's summer time in Nashville, folks are mowing lawns and Abigail is hiding on the front porch taking some well deserved time away from motherhood to chat about all things banjo! This is a delightful conversation, Abigail showing her true spirit of kindness, integrity and honesty. Her journey to a full time music career and huge international success is fascinating and demonstrates Abigail's pure soul and her ability to trust in the flow of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-08-2359 min
Shared SoundsEp. 14 - "Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn" by Wu Fei and Abigail WashburnHey you! Do you enjoy Appalachian bluegrass music? Do you enjoy traditional Chinese folk music? Wanna hear a couple people mash the two styles together? Well, here ya go!2021-04-1334 min
You Can Learn ChineseBridging to Breakthrough and Abigail WashburnWhat if you are still struggling to get to the point where you can read the lowest-level graded readers? What techniques can get you there? John and Jared will discuss steps you can take to bridge the gap to real reading and also begin to experience the snowball effect of reading in Chinese.
The guest interview is with Abigail Washburn, a Grammy Award–winning bluegrass musician, whose plans to attend law school in Beijing were derailed by a record deal.
Links from the episode:
How to Learn to Read Chinese: Baby Steps to Real Reading (Part 2 of 4)
Xiao Ming, Boy She...2021-04-0500 min
You Can Learn Chinese#59 Bridging to Breakthrough and Abigail WashburnWhat if you are still struggling to get to the point where you can read the lowest level graded readers? What techniques can get you there? John and Jared will discuss steps you can take to bridge the gap to real reading and also begin to experience the snowball effect of reading in Chinese.
Guest interview is with Abigail Washburn, a Grammy Award winning bluegrass musician, whose plans to attend law school in Beijing were derailed by a record deal.
Links from the episode:How to Learn to Read Chinese: Baby Steps to Real Reading (Part 2 of 4)Xiao Ming, Boy S...2021-04-051h 13
The Show On The Road with Z. LupetinBéla Fleck and Abigail Washurn - RevisitedThis week, we’re bringing back a favorite episode featuring banjo heroes Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn. We caught up with this well-traveled roots music super couple a few years back on a tour through LA (back when live music was a thing). As we reckon with the one year anniversary of the music industry’s full shutdown, most touring artists and songwriters find themselves still sequestered at home with their partners, families or podmates (and in Abigail and Béla’s case, two rambunctious kids who can be heard in the taping). The beautiful connection and respect Fleck an...2021-03-0354 min
The Show On The Road with Z. LupetinBéla Fleck and Abigail Washurn (Rebroadcast)This week, we’re bringing back a favorite episode featuring banjo heroes Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn.
We caught up with this well-traveled roots music super couple a few years back on a tour through LA (back when live music was a thing). As we reckon with the one year anniversary of the music industry’s full shutdown, most touring artists and songwriters find themselves still sequestered at home with their partners, families or podmates (and in Abigail and Béla’s case, two rambunctious kids who can be heard in the taping). The beautiful connection and respect Fleck and Wash...2021-03-0353 min
Inside Appalachia3 Stories About Fierce Appalachian Women
This week on Inside Appalachia, we’re revisiting a show that originally aired last fall, that prominently features bold mountain women who are making a difference in their communities.
We hear what happens when Abigail Washburn and Wu Fei combine Appalachian and Chinese folk music. We also meet the driving force behind a family-owned Black newspaper that’s been publishing since 1939. Claudia Whitworth began working there for her father in 1945, and three quarters of a century later still takes an active role as publisher of the Roanoke Tribune. And we’ll meet Rosemary Ketchum, a community activist who ra...2021-01-2951 min
A Thick MistEpisode 124
Keep an eye on Gates Of Doom, that record is year end list material. I end the episode with an interview with someone who was incarcerated for a long time and just in case I didn’t say it enough during the show, fuck the prison system and everything about it. Forgive everyone.
Background music: Temple Volant Spirit Ritual (from Daydream Drawings)
00:00:00 Talk break
00:01:50 Gates Of Doom – I, The Eagle, The Strength, The Power (from Aquileia Mater Aeterna)
00:10:26 Collapse Culture – Total Clarity (from Collapse Culture)
00:12:14 Rev. Crenshaw & congregation – I Wonder Wil...2021-01-282h 10
Wu Fei's Music DailyFour hundred million yearsHappy Friday everyone,Thank you for subscribing to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is the 243rd episode — Four hundred million years.This solo improvisation on voice and guzheng was recorded yesterday. In the morning, I had a hike with my family in the forest. My daughter spotted this rock that was on the trail. We were all excited to see the fossil shell in the rock. Hope this piece will bring you a moment of excitement!I would also like to share another exciting news: alongside with Abigail Washburn, our duo record Wu F...2021-01-1504 min
Wu Fei's Music DailyRain songHi everyone,Thank you for subscribing to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is the 223rd episode — Rain song. Rain song is featured in a duo record by classical guitarist Gyan Riley and me, called Pluck . I sing in Chinese and English in this song. My friends Abigail Washburn, Kai Welch and myself co-wrote the English lyrics. (The three of us are also known as The Wu-Force.) I’d also like to share the exciting news that my 2020 duo record with Abigail Washburn is on the best albums of 2020 list from The Times (of London...2020-12-1403 min
Wu Fei's Music DailyThe Wu-Force and chatterbird - Ya Li DaHappy Thanksgiving to all of you who celebrate it in America or elsewhere!Thank you for subscribing to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is the 205th episode — Ya Li Da - The Wu-Force and chatterbird Live at Vanderbilt University. This piece is my thanksgiving special. This concert — titled Migration, was held at Turner Hall in Blair School of Music in Vanderbilt University in January 2018. As the composer-in-residence for chatterbird ensemble, this concert featured six of my chamber works, performed by chatterbird musicians. My dear friends Abigail Washburn, Kai Welch and Melinda Lio were my guest m...2020-11-2605 min
NPR's Mountain StageFrom 2014: Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn, Kate Miller-Heidke, Janiva Magness, Storyman and more.This 2014 episode features Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn, Kate Miller-Heidke, Janiva Magness, Storyman and Gabriel Kahane. Support provided by Digital Relativity. https://digitalrelativity.com/2020-11-231h 56NPR's Mountain StageFrom 2014: Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn, Kate Miller-Heidke, Janiva Magness, Storyman and more.This 2014 episode features Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn, Kate Miller-Heidke, Janiva Magness, Storyman and Gabriel Kahane. Support provided by Digital Relativity. https://digitalrelativity.com/
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Wu Fei's Music DailyOwl breakfast + Grammys hopefulHappy Monday everyone,Thank you for subscribing Wu Fei’s Music Daily! This is the 153rd episode — Owl breakfast. It was created and recorded yesterday. I sat in front of the mic and told myself to find a pitch to see what happens. I started with an F#, and it ended up with this all-vocal track.Speaking of vocal tracks, I just found out that my new collaborative album with the incredible singer-songwriter Abigail Washburn - titled Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn produced by banjo master Béla Fleck, released on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings has b...2020-10-0502 min
SidedoorAppalachia Goes BeijingWhen Abigail Washburn and Wu Fei first jammed together, “it was magic.” Fei was shocked to meet an American banjo player so curious about China’s culture; and Abigail Washburn met a classically trained composer whose talents on the guzheng, a 2500 year old 21-string Chinese harp, perfectly complimented her banjo pickin’. Today, they collaborate to make a new brand of folk music: one that combines the tones of Appalachia with the melodies of China.2020-09-1624 min
Mountain Stage Song of the WeekBela Fleck & Abigail Washburn Have the Mountain Stage Song of the WeekWith unmatched musicianship and a good dose of humor, Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn are featured on this week's episode of Mountain Stage with Larry Groce.2020-07-3004 min
SonosphereNavigating the Pandemic with Wu FeiOn this episode on Sonosphere Wu Fei tells us about how the global pandemic has affected her as a musician and mother. She has shifted her focus from live shows to releasing new material daily. Fei also released an album with Abigail Washburn during this unsure time.2020-07-1432 min
Barbarians at the GateNeither boxers nor a rebellion...Discuss!Jeremiah and David welcome historian Jeffrey Wasserstrom to the show. Jeff is Chancellor's Professor of History at the UC Irvine, and is not only a prolific academic scholar, but also one of the most sought after China analysts appearing on mainstream news media outlets such as BBC and NPR. His most recent book, Vigil: Hong Kong on the Brink, documents the recent political unrest in Hong Kong, putting the movement into historical context. On today’s show, we delve into Jeff’s current project, which is a reevaluation of the Boxer War of 1899-1901. The conversation draws parallels between the xe...2020-05-1800 min
Kultur PurSolothurner LiteraturtageRoland Misteli spricht mit der Direktorin der Solothurner Literaturtage, Reina Gehrig, über die Austragung der 42. Literaturtage als online-Literaturfestival.
Neben dem Gespräch mit Reina Gehrig stellt Michael Berger das Buch «Ein Hauch Pink» von Alexandra von Arx und den Film «Nemesis» von Thomas Imbach vom Nyoner Dokumentarfilmfestival «Visions du Réel» vor. Der Musiktipp von TheNoise ist diemal eine chinesisch-amerikanische Zusammenarbeit: Das erste Album von Wu Fei und Abigail Washburn.
Buchtipps und Filmkritiken sind bei Kanal K seit über 30 Jahren fester Bestandteil der Kulturberichterstattung. Das «Kultur pur»-Team rund um Roland Misteli und Michael Berger informiert m...2020-05-021h 00
All Of ItWu Fei and Abigail WashburnWu Fei and Abigail Washburn discuss their eponymous debut duo album, celebrating American and Chinese folk music traditions.2020-04-2921 min
Ta for Ta: Women, Success, ChinaShared musical roots, with Wu Fei and Abigail WashburnThis week, we are joined by Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn, who recently released a self-titled debut album as a duo. Fei is a composer and a world-renowned player of the guzheng, a string instrument often featured in Chinese folk music. Abigail is a banjo player who has won a Grammy Award for her reinterpretations of traditional Appalachian music. In this episode, Abigail and Fei dive into their creative process behind making music and tell us about the origins of their friendship and newest album.Like the podcasts at SupChina? Help us out by t...2020-04-1656 min
All Songs ConsideredNew Music Friday: April 3Our picks for this week's best new albums include the latest from Thundercat, M. Ward, country singers Ashley McBryde and Sam Hunt, ambient cello tunes from Clarice Jensen and more.Featured Albums:1. M. Ward — Migration StoriesFeatured Song: "Unreal City"2. Ashley McBryde — Never WillFeatured Song: "Martha Divine" 3. NNAMDÏ — BRATFeatured Song: "Salut"4. Wilma Archer — A Western CircularFeatured Songs: "Last Sniff" and "Killing Crab"5. Thundercat — It Is What It IsFeatured Song: "Fair Chance"6. Clarice Jensen — The Experience of Repetition as DeathFeatured Song: "Day Tonight:...2020-04-0332 min
All Songs ConsideredNew Music Friday: April 3Our picks for this week's best new albums include the latest from Thundercat, M. Ward, country singers Ashley McBryde and Sam Hunt, ambient cello tunes from Clarice Jensen and more.Featured Albums:1. M. Ward — Migration StoriesFeatured Song: "Unreal City"2. Ashley McBryde — Never WillFeatured Song: "Martha Divine" 3. NNAMDÏ — BRATFeatured Song: "Salut"4. Wilma Archer — A Western CircularFeatured Songs: "Last Sniff" and "Killing Crab"5. Thundercat — It Is What It IsFeatured Song: "Fair Chance"6. Clarice Jensen — The Experience of Repetition as DeathFeatured Song: "Day Tonight:...2020-04-0332 min
All Songs ConsideredNew Music Friday: April 3Our picks for this week's best new albums include the latest from Thundercat, M. Ward, country singers Ashley McBryde and Sam Hunt, ambient cello tunes from Clarice Jensen and more.Featured Albums:1. M. Ward — Migration StoriesFeatured Song: "Unreal City"2. Ashley McBryde — Never WillFeatured Song: "Martha Divine" 3. NNAMDÏ — BRATFeatured Song: "Salut"4. Wilma Archer — A Western CircularFeatured Songs: "Last Sniff" and "Killing Crab"5. Thundercat — It Is What It IsFeatured Song: "Fair Chance"6. Clarice Jensen — The Experience of Repetition as DeathFeatured Song: "Day Tonight:...2020-04-0332 minNPR's Mountain Stage951- Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn, Chris Knight, Sue Foley, The Quebe Sisters and moreBela Fleck & Abigail Washburn, Chris Knight, Sue Foley, The Quebe Sisters and Maya de Vitry, live on Mountain Stage with Larry Groce.Support for this podcast is provided by Adventures on the Gorge. https://adventuresonthegorge.com/2019-10-212h 27NPR's Mountain Stage951- Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn, Chris Knight, Sue Foley, The Quebe Sisters and moreBela Fleck & Abigail Washburn, Chris Knight, Sue Foley, The Quebe Sisters and Maya de Vitry, live on Mountain Stage with Larry Groce.Support for this podcast is provided by Adventures on the Gorge. https://adventuresonthegorge.com/
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Middle Class Rock Star8. Winfield Champion Tyler Grant (Grant Farm)Tyler Grant has a world of experience in the music industry. He's won first prize in the flatpicking competition at Winfield, toured as a lead guitarist with Abigail Washburn, Drew Emmitt, and The Emmitt Nershi Band and is going on a decade strong with his own project, Grant Farm. In this episode, we learn about Tyler's story, as well as why Grant Farm failed to cut one of my songs on their last record. We even get a live flatpickin' performance from one of the very best at the end. **Grant Farm's kickstarter for their forthcoming album, Broke In Two...2019-09-241h 28
Better Than MonkeysEp 16 - Banjo Royalty Béla Fleck & Abigail WashburnBéla Fleck & Abigail Washburn, “the king and queen of the banjo” (Paste Magazine), have a musical partnership like no other. Béla Fleck is a sixteen-time Grammy Award winner who has taken the instrument across multiple genres, and Abigail Washburn a singer-songwriter and clawhammer banjo player who re-radicalized the instrument by combining it with Far East culture and sounds. The two met at a square dance, began collaborating musically and eventually fell in love. YOU can fall in love with the dynamic musical duo on the most recent episode of B...2019-07-2437 min
On Being Studios“Come All You Coal Miners” performed by Abigail WashburnA special release of Abigail Washburn singing Sarah Ogan Gunning's ballad for workers rights from the live On Being episode “Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn — Truth, Beauty, Banjo.” Based in rural eastern Kentucky, Sarah was a coal miner’s wife who sought protections and rights for her community, which was impacted by the coal mining industry. This track was recorded live from the Belcourt Theatre in Nashville, Tennessee.2019-02-2101 min
On BeingBéla Fleck and Abigail Washburn — Truth, Beauty, BanjoBéla Fleck is one of the greatest living banjo players in the world. He’s followed what many experience as this quintessential American roots instrument back to its roots in Africa, and he’s taken it where no banjo has gone before. Abigail Washburn is a celebrated banjo player and singer, both in English and Chinese. These two are partners in music and in life — recovering something ancient and deeply American all at once, bringing both beauty and meaning to what they play and how they live.
Béla Fleck has recorded over 40 albums, most famously with The Flecktones and New...2019-02-2151 minOn Being StudiosBéla Fleck and Abigail Washburn — Truth, Beauty, BanjoBéla Fleck is one of the greatest living banjo players in the world. He’s followed what many experience as this quintessential American roots instrument back to its roots in Africa, and he’s taken it where no banjo has gone before. Abigail Washburn is a celebrated banjo player and singer, both in English and Chinese. These two are partners in music and in life — recovering something ancient and deeply American all at once, bringing both beauty and meaning to what they play and how they live.
Béla Fleck has recorded over 40 albums, most famously with The Flecktones and New...2019-02-2151 min
On Being Studios[Unedited] Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn with Krista TippettBéla Fleck is one of the greatest living banjo players in the world. He’s followed what many experience as this quintessential American roots instrument back to its roots in Africa, and he’s taken it where no banjo has gone before. Abigail Washburn is a celebrated banjo player and singer, both in English and Chinese. These two are partners in music and in life — recovering something ancient and deeply American all at once, bringing both beauty and meaning to what they play and how they live.
Béla Fleck has recorded over 40 albums, most famously with The Flecktones and New...2019-02-211h 23
savannahmusicfestivalSavannah Music Festival Live 1122 - Béla Fleck & Abigail WashburnIn the spring of 2018, Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn returned to the Savannah Music Festival to play this stirring set of Appalachian murder ballads, gospel, chamber, bluegrass and blues. After a day-of-show rehearsal, they also welcomed members of the Zurich Chamber Orchestra to the stage for two songs.2019-01-2159 min