Winnipeg Folk Fest 2012 Interview Series: Abigail Washburn

Abigail Washburn sat down with KVSC’s veteran deejay Bridget at the 2012 Winnipeg Folk Festival in July. The two discussed folk festival workshops, various world and musical influences and how Washburn almost moved to China to become a lawyer but instead got distracted by a banjo.

That banjo, combined with her powerful vocals, launched Washburn’s entire Nashville-based career. If American old-time music is about taking earlier, simpler ways of life and music-making as one’s model, Abigail Washburn has proven herself to be a bracing revelation to that tradition. 

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