Abigail Washburn live in concert.
ON TOUR

Abigail Washburn

12
critic concert reviews
folk

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

83
%
Based on 
12
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reviews
LAST 12 MONTHS RATING  
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Real Live Certified  

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Critic Consensus

Abigail Washburn is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 10% of all live performers. Based on 12 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Abigail Washburn is rated as a superb live performer, with impressive shows overall. Abigail Washburn concert reviews describe live shows and performances as dynamic and bluesy.

ON TOUR

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Latest release

City of Refuge (January 1, 2010)

artist info

GENRE
folk
ORIGIN
Evanston, United States (11/10/1977)
BIO
Abigail Washburn never set out to be a songwriter or a recording artist. Five years ago when she found herself on stage in a smoke-filled Beijing club playing her banjo and singing old-time Appalachian mountain music in Chinese to a packed house, she was as surprised as anyone.
HAS PERFORMED with
The Sparrow Quartet, Bela Fleck

CRITIC concert REVIEWS

KDHX (USA)

November 2, 2017
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Such is the experience of watching Abigail Washburn and Bela Fleck serenade the evening with their banjos.

East of 8th (USA)

August 21, 2017
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While Musicians Corner features one of the most diverse concert series lineups you’ll come across, it always keeps its focus on the broader arts.

No Depression (USA)

March 27, 2017
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As evidenced in the lull and build of Amsterdam, Isakov knows how to craft dynamic pieces that aren't jarring.

The Guardian (UK)

November 16, 2015
100
%
Washburn and her husband Bela Fleck are banjo royalty – he redefined bluegrass with the Flecktones she fused the sounds of Appalachia with Chinese folk – but this year is the first the couple have recorded together.

Country Standard Time (USA)

October 30, 2014
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"I sing because I'm happy," sang Abigail Washburn toward the end of her show with fellow banjo picker (not to mention, husband) Bela Fleck in the closing number of the night "His Eye is on the Sparrow." Washburn had a lot of reason to be on this night in a beautiful setting at Harvard University. The two hel

No Depression (USA)

March 24, 2013
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Vocalist (and songwriter) Mike Montali also continues to charm with a voice that takes in the quivering vulnerability of Robin Wilson, the keening alto of Neil Young and the bluesy tint of Chris Robinson.

Vanguard Online (UK)

May 23, 2011
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The Wardrobe, Leeds, UK

Past critic reviews published in

Consequence (USA), The Austin Chronicle (USA), The Musical Box (USA)

IMAGE CREDIT

Bryan Ledgard [CC BY 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons