For over a decade Abigail Washburn, a singer-songwriter and clawhammer banjo player, knew she wanted to help improve Chinese-American relations. She just never thought she’d be doing it through song.

Abigail Washburn's second album, City of Refuge, almost never came to be. She'd never much seen herself as a musician, and after she finished her schooling in Colorado, she all but committed herself ...

Abigail Washburn and Bela Fleck know that, figuratively speaking, one plus one doesn't always equal two. The couple, both among the world’s most skilled banjo players, have created two children, but ...

UCSB Arts & Lectures will present banjo royalty Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn at 8 p.m. Sun., Oct. 8 (note new date), at UCSB Campbell Hall. Fleck is a 15-time Grammy Award winner who has taken the ...

TED Fellow Abigail Washburn wanted to be a lawyer working on U.S.-China relations — until she picked up a banjo. In this TEDTalk, she tells a moving story of the remarkable connections she's formed ...