Abigail Washburn - Song of the Traveling Daughter
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Free Music Review: A Pleasant New Twist
Hit: 5 Stars
I believe all music styles are worth listening to if they are done well and by good musicians. Such is the case with Song of the Traveling Daughter. Just when you think you've heard all the various combinations one could think of, Ms. Washburn comes along. Combining a Chinese flair to bluegrass music with some
songs actually being sung in Chinese, is apleasant surprise.
I would recommend this audio for anyone who is excited and open-minded enough (like I am) to welcome a new twist in music. Washburn's banjo is also a delight listen to.
Free Music Review: Yes
Hit: 5 Stars
Some records come out and they seem so opposite of what is going on. This is one of those records. That makes me curious. Where did this stuff come from? What sort of sensibility is behind these songs? So many people have went back to the Appalachian mountain music to gain authenticity. Abigail Washburn does it as good as anyone. Apparently she got interested in doing this music while she was in China. She took some banjo lessons. Then she wrote some good songs. Some songs like "Rockabye Dixie" and "Nobody's Fault But Mine" are classics. Most of these songs deal with every day themes and Biblical images. Abigail Washburn has a great voice that is quite convincing. This may be one of the great records of the year that we come back and rediscover.Free Music Review: This is a beautiful CD
Hit: 5 Stars
Let me start out by saying I'm new to this style of music. I was walking through a local music store and heard a few cuts from this CD and simply had to buy it. I've listened to it almost exclusively since then. It is a beautiful CD...it's simple, it's complex, it's musically stunning and the lyrics are compelling and moving. If you have any desire to seek out something different you simply must check out this CD. I think I'm in love!Free Music Review: Old-time banjo music lives and breathes!
Hit: 5 Stars
As a clawhammer banjo player, I listen to a lot of artists doing their own versions of old folk songs. The real treasure of this album is listening to this old-time banjoist create her own brand of old-time music. Her banjo has a really warm old-time sound, but she plays and sings her own stuff: songs about travelling, her relationship to religion/faith, her identity being wrapped up with her mother's, etc. The opening song, "Sometimes," is a great example of this: great old-time banjo playing, eventually joined by other string-band instruments, and Washburn's beautiful voice. She also plays some really nice bluesy numbers: Coffee's Cold (her own) and Nobody's Fault But Mine (Blind Willie Johnson and Nina Simone). Even her rendition of old-time songs is her own: she does a really nice faithful version of Backstep Cindy, adding some nice bluesy bends the third or fourth time through, and then transitioning into a Chinese folk song, Purple Bamboo. Really this is one of the best versions of Backstep Cindy that I've heard. There are so many good songs on here, it's hard not to talk about every one of them. Momma is a great soul searching song, as is Eve Stole the Apple, which explores her own relationship to transgression and defying Big Brother by contemplating some religious models who did the same (Eve, Jesus). This song is her own creation, but its bluesy, old-time sound draws inspiration, as she states in her notes, from Doc Boggs and from some other LOC Field Recordings. Fabulous album. Now I'm going to get the album of the group she's in: Uncle Earl's "She Waits for Night."