City Of Refuge

Description

In her relatively short career, Abigail Washburn has covered a lot of ground; both physically and metaphorically. Bouncing between China and Appalachia has informed much of her musical output and influenced a body of work that goes far beyond the usual claw banjo repertoire. Her Rounder debut, City Of Refugee is a sublime marriage of old-time and indie-pop. On the album Washburn pair venerable folk elements with far-flung sounds, and the results feel both strangely familiar and unlike anybody s ever heard before. The album features My Morning Jacket s Carl Bromel, The Decemberists Chris Funk, Turtle Island String Quartet s Jeremy Kittell, atmospheric jazz guitarist Bill Firsell, the Mongolian string band Hanggai, who managed to contribute ambient throat -singing from halfway around the world. The album was produced by Tucker Martine (The Decemberists, Tift Merritt, Mudhoney) and features the talents of multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, Kai Welch (Tommy and the Whale). City Of Refugee offers and expansive palette of supple and modern textures resulting in a remarkably harmonious piece of art.