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 ...

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 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 ...

What: Sparrow Quartet, a dual banjo ensemble with the popular Bela Fleck, plus band leader, Abigail Washburn, whose versatile voice goes from sigh to soar in seconds. Ben Sollee plays cello, and Casey ...

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 ...

Serendipity, grace, curiosity and banjos: these seem to be what Abigail Washburn and Bela Fleck live by. The story of Washburn's Sparrow Quartet is all about accidental grace, skill picked up along ...

Abigail Washburn never even considered becoming a professional singer because it just didn’t seem practical. But somehow, performing in a Chinese-influenced old-time bluegrass string quartet turned ...

Four round red Chinese lanterns lightly swayed above four empty chairs bathed in white light. Abigail Washburn and The Sparrow Quartet quietly made their way to their seats and began “Overture/Fuller ...