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Song of the Traveling Daughter | 
 enlarge | Artist: Abigail Washburn
Label: Nettwerk Records
Category: Music
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Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 7868
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 30423
UPC: 067003042321
EAN: 0067003042321
ASIN: B0009X7704
Release Date: August 2, 2005
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| Tracks:
| • | Sometimes | | • | Rockabye Dixie | | • | Coffee's Cold | | • | Red & Blazing | | • | Single Drop of Honey | | • | Eve Stole the Apple | | • | Who's Gonna Shoe | | • | Backstep Cindy/Purple Bamboo | | • | The Lost Lamb (Chinese) | | • | Nobody's Fault | | • | Halo | | • | Song of the Traveling Daughter (Chinese) | | • | Deep in the Night | | • | Momma |
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Album Description
On Song of the Traveling Daughter, Abigail Washburn sings simple haunting songs and plays the banjo. Musically, the album is one of the most bare-bones debuts in recent memory. Washburn and fellow producers Reid Scelza and Bela Fleck keep the focus where it belongs: on the singer and the song. The arrangements were built around Washburn's evocative vocals and clawhammer banjo style, and Ben Sollee's cello, an instrument that brings a dark, primeval feel to songs that sound like they're hundreds of years old. The sparse instrumental work of guitarist Jordan McConnell (of the Duhks), upright bass player Amanda Kowalski, fiddler Casey Driessen, percussionist Ryan Hoyle (of Collective Soul), keyboard and accordion player Tim Lauer, along with Fleck's national steel guitar and banjo, add subtle grace notes to Washburn's timeless tales.Song of the Traveling Daughter is an old-fashioned album with a simple, textured beauty that unfolds with repeated listening. There's a flow to the music that draws you in and immerses you in Washburn's unique worldview. While the album is studded with gems, several tracks stand out. "Rockabye Dixie" is a brokenhearted lullaby full of loss and longing, co-written by Beau Stapleton of Blue Merle. "Coffee's Cold" is a jaunty ragtime blues, with a bouncy bass line and exuberant vocal delivery. "Eve Stole the Apple" is the most atypical tune on the album, full of odd rhythmic accents. Part field hollar, part old English folk song; the tune is marked by an impressionist lyric that blends Biblical and folkloric images. "Deep in the Night" is a poetic exploration of darkness that features one of Washburn's most stirring vocals and the accents of Tim Lauer's accordion. "Song of the Traveling Daughter," one of Washburn's Chinese songs, and another album highlight, was inspired by the classical Chinese poem "Song of the Traveling Son." "It's actually harder to put English words to music than Chinese," Washburn explained. "Chinese is all one- or two-syllable words and most have open vowels at the end of the word, so the language almost sings by itself. If it has a closed sound it's usually something soft like 'teng' or 'mang.' If you listen closely to 'Song of the Traveling Daughter,' you can hear how easy it is to put them to music."
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Amazing and Haunting October 24, 2008
I never heard of Abigail Washburn until her interview on NPR. After hearing a few sound clips I was incredibly intrigued to hear the rest of her albums. This is one of the most amazing albums I've ever heard and her music at times is utterly haunting. You will not be disappointed by this album or any of her other albums. Abigail Washburn is a diamond in the rough.
My introduction to folk music June 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Don't own another folk album and I don't think I've ever written an amazon review, but this album moves me that much. Thank you ABC's radio national for playing this wonderful lady on the air and to all you reviewers. She is so wonderful.
Sublime! March 16, 2008
Sublime! You haven't lived until you've heard bluegrass sung in Chinese. Note that (as of 3/16/08) all 17 out of 17 reviews on this album are 5-star. That should tell you something!
Great album--not the same old thing. September 29, 2007
The music here is at once serene and lively. It has a depth that keeps unfolding with repeated listening. There's a real personality to Abigail Washburn's music, and it's a personality worth exploring.
Bela Fleck's favorite Banjo Player May 9, 2007
I've read through these reviews, and so many of them are from people who were blown away at one or another folk festival, and my story is no different. i went to Merlefest, planning to see and be impressed by some of the great olds and maybe some newgrass types as well, but was MOSTLY knocked out, and repeatedly so, by ms. Washburn and her collaborators in Uncle Earl. There were other awesome groups there, like the Redstick Ramblers, Toubab Krewe, oh, lot's of them, but what I still hear in my head weeks later is all Abigail Washburn, and that's a good thing.
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