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Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn.

Contributor(s): Material type: MusicMusicPublisher number: SFW-CD-40236 | Smithsonian FolkwaysSpoken language: English, Chinese Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Folkways, [2020]Description: 1 audio disc : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • performed music
Media type:
  • audio
Carrier type:
  • audio disc
Other title:
  • Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Water is wide/Wusuli boat song -- Four seasons medley. Four seasons/Dark ocean waltz -- Ping Tan dance -- Banjo guzheng pickin' girls -- Who says women aren't as good as men -- The roving cowboy/Avarguli -- Weaving medley: Busy weaving/Julianne Johnson/ Open little hand/Back step Cindy -- Bu da da -- Ho hey/Cluck old hen -- Pretty bird.
Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn.Summary: Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn's duo project is as unlikely, perhaps, as it was inevitable-a manifest sonic consequence of politics and vibrations commingling across continents. There is a directness in the musical duo format that makes it such a good vehicle for melodic conversations between close friends who obviously listen to each other with an athletic respect matched by their respective virtuosity.
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Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult CD Adult CD Main Library CD WORLD Wu, Fei & Washburn, Abigail Available 33111009898897
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Their debut collaborative release is a testament to the connective power of music across seemingly disparate cultures. Merging American old-time music and Chinese folksong, the album features gorgeous, impressionistic renditions of traditional material from the hills of Appalachia to the prairies of Xinjian Province, each tune flowing seamlessly into the next.

Sung in English and Chinese.

Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn.

Compact disc.

Water is wide/Wusuli boat song -- Four seasons medley. Four seasons/Dark ocean waltz -- Ping Tan dance -- Banjo guzheng pickin' girls -- Who says women aren't as good as men -- The roving cowboy/Avarguli -- Weaving medley: Busy weaving/Julianne Johnson/ Open little hand/Back step Cindy -- Bu da da -- Ho hey/Cluck old hen -- Pretty bird.

Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn's duo project is as unlikely, perhaps, as it was inevitable-a manifest sonic consequence of politics and vibrations commingling across continents. There is a directness in the musical duo format that makes it such a good vehicle for melodic conversations between close friends who obviously listen to each other with an athletic respect matched by their respective virtuosity.

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