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Jul 31, 11:20 AM

Pete Seeger's 90th Birthday Bash on PBS!

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Hello All!

As you may remember, I
had the honor of performing with some of the world’s greatest musicians back in
May at Pete Seeger’s 90th Birthday Bash. Well…the show is being
broadcast on PBS starting this week!!!
Hope you can catch it and thanks for tuning in!

PBS Broadcast
Schedule:
Rank
Market
Station
Broadcast Date/Time
1
New
York
WNET
Thurs. 7/30 8pm, Sun. 8/2
3pm & 12:30am
2
Los
Angeles
KCET
Wed 8/5 8pm
3
Chicago
WTTW
Thurs. 9/10 7:30pm
4
Philadelphia
WHYY

5
Dallas
KERA
Wed. 8/12 8:30pm
6
San
Francisco
KQED
Sat 8/1 7pm & Wed
8/5 8pm
7
Boston
WGBH2/
WGBX44
WGBH CH 2: Sat 8/1 4pm, Sun
8/2 1:30pm, Thu 8/6 7:30pm. WGBX ch 44: Tue 8/4 9pm
8
Atlanta
GAPTV
Wed. 8/5 9pm & Sat. 8/8
10pm
9
Washington,
D.C.
WETA
Sun. 8/2 9pm; Wed. 8/5
11:30pm
10
Houston
KUHT

11
Detroit
WTVS
Sat. 8/1 11:55pm, Sat. 8/15
11pm
12
Phoenix
KAET
Thu 8/6 7:30pm
13
Tampa
WEDU
Sun. 8/2 9pm
14
Seattle
KCTS
Sat 8/8 5pm
15
Minneapolis/
St. Paul
tpt2/
tpt17
Sat 8/8
7pm
Sun 8/16 6pm
16
Miami
WPBT
Sun. 8/2 9pm
17
Cleveland
WVIZ
Tue 8/4 9:30pm
18
Denver
KRMA
Sat 8/1 2pm
19
Orlando
WMFE
Sun. 8/2 8pm
20
Jul 31, 11:20 AM

Pete Seeger's 90th Birthday Bash on PBS!

 Hello All!

As you may remember, I had the honor of performing with some of the world’s greatest musicians back in May at Pete Seeger’s 90th Birthday Bash. Well…the show is being broadcast on PBS starting this week!!! Hope you can catch it and thanks for tuning in!

PBS Broadcast Schedule:
Rank
Market
Station
Broadcast Date/Time
1
New York
WNET
Thurs. 7/30 8pm, Sun. 8/2 3pm & 12:30am
2
Los Angeles
KCET
Wed 8/5 8pm
3
Chicago
WTTW
Thurs. 9/10 7:30pm
4
Philadelphia
WHYY

5
Dallas
KERA
Wed. 8/12 8:30pm
6
San Francisco
KQED
Sat 8/1 7pm & Wed 8/5 8pm
7
Boston
WGBH2/ WGBX44
WGBH CH 2: Sat 8/1 4pm, Sun 8/2 1:30pm, Thu 8/6 7:30pm. WGBX ch 44: Tue 8/4 9pm
8
Atlanta
GAPTV
Wed. 8/5 9pm & Sat. 8/8 10pm
9
Washington, D.C.
WETA
Sun. 8/2 9pm; Wed. 8/5 11:30pm
10
Houston
KUHT

11
Detroit
WTVS
Sat. 8/1 11:55pm, Sat. 8/15 11pm
12
Phoenix
KAET
Thu 8/6 7:30pm
13
Tampa
WEDU
Sun. 8/2 9pm
14
Seattle
KCTS
Sat 8/8 5pm
15
Minneapolis/ St. Paul
tpt2/ tpt17
Sat 8/8 7pm
Sun 8/16 6pm
16
Miami
WPBT
Sun. 8/2 9pm
17
Cleveland
WVIZ
Tue 8/4 9:30pm
18
Denver
KRMA
Sat 8/1 2pm
19
Orlando
WMFE
Sun. 8/2 8pm
20
Sacramento
KVIE
KVIE 7: Sun 8/2 7pm. KVIEHD: Sat 8/1 8pm, Wed 8/5 9:30pm
21
St. Louis
KETC

22
Portland (OR)
KOPB

23
Pittsburgh
WQED

24
Charlotte
WUNG
May 11, 01:09 PM

Afterquake soaring up the download charts! Wanna go all the way?

HEY THERE GOOD PEOPLE- Afterquake is currently #4 on I-tunes electronic chart and #2 on Amazon download electronic chart.
For those that want to help us get to #1, please go to I-tunes or Amazon and download this suckah!
A healthy portion of this profits will go to Sichuan Quake Relief.
Just go to I-tunes or Amazon and search AFTERQUAKE.
Peace out and Peace In
May 01, 06:29 PM

New Music: The Shanghai Restoration Project Remixes and Afterquake!

The Sparrow Quartet got off the road in Feb and I jumped on the road back to China… this time with an electronic artist, The Shanghai Restoration Project producer Dave Liang. Ever since playing for the Sichuan school kids placed in disaster earthquake zone relocation schools last December, I wanted to go back to make more music with the kids and find a way to share their stories and songs with people who know and care about my music back here in the US. So between March 13-27, folk and electronic music united with the Sichuan Quake Relief organization on the ground in Sichuan to work with kids, teachers and parents to make a benefit EP called Afterquake to be released on May 12, the year anniversary of the earthquake.

Previews of two songs Sala and Song for Mama are currently streaming on the player on my website, to listen click here. Sala is sung by a girl from the Wenchuan Shuimou relocation school in Emeishan. The percussion sounds in Song for Mama are samples Dave and I took of people rebuilding their homes. Much more to come…

Dave and I just recorded an interview with Melissa Block for All Things Considered to air the week leading up to the earthquake anniversary. We are working madly to make sure the new Afterquake music and website will be ready by the airdate. We will let you know as soon as we do when you can listen. We are also eager to share the “making of” video by Luke Mines and the various multi-media content by Amanda Kowalski including photo galleries and slide shows .

Hot off the press, the remix project of Sparrow Quartet music that brought Shanghai Restoration Project and I together for the first time last fall was released on i-tunes... beware acoustic music lover - this is no longer an exclusively folk music experience. It's been an exciting new musical adventure for me. To listen to remixes of It Ain’t Easy and Old Timey Dance Party click here.

Photo by Amanda Kowalski
Mar 20, 11:56 AM

Pete Seeger's 90th and Sparrow Quartet show!

Hey Everybody –

Pete Seeger is turning 90 years old on Sunday, May 3rd. We’re going to have a big ol’ party/fundraiser at Madison Square Garden to mark the occasion. All of the proceeds raised will go directly to The Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, an environmental charity that Pete started back in 1966 to help clean up the Hudson River.

Pete’s work as a musician, environmentalist, educator and activist has been a huge inspiration for me. I’m thrilled to have been asked to be a part of this sing-a-long celebration. Hope to see you there. It should be a blast!

For complete concert information including the full list of artists, go to: www.Seeger90.com
Dec 14, 11:08 AM

Happy Holidays!

Hello friends,
With the holidays and new year's just around the corner, we wanted to take a chance to thank you for all of your support over the past year. Thank you!

Abigail is currently in the Chinese province of Sichuan doing an artist residency at Sichuan University. She sent a note to pass along to you:

Sichuan is great. The food is spicy spicy spicy. I was here for 6 months in 1997. The city has changed drastically just like most of China as it has developed economically. The artists and students I've been working with are totally inspiring. I've been learning about different aspects of Chinese folk music, specifically the difference between the new folk music and the original folk music and their separate and unique virtues. I'm also learning about Sichuan Opera. I've been lucky enough to befriend one of the lead kungfu and face-changing artists in Chengdu. He has introduced me to the full scope of Chengdu's Sichuan Opera from the expert and formal ways of the official state troupe to the University training of the new artists to come and the folk opera in the teahouses. I've ended up teaching classes to the students and performing alongside them.... my Chinese has been getting a serious tune up. The other unexpected and very welcome performing I've been given the chance to do is in the mountain towns outside of Chengdu that were devastated by the earthquakes of 5/12. My friends at Sichuan Quake Relief asked me to accompany them on trips to set up libraries in the schools. While they set up the libraries I performed for the kids, and then they performed for me. I'm glad to report that my friend Amanda Kowalski, a rockin' photographer, is here in Sichuan with me. We are in the process of creating a series of narrative photo and written essays about a few specific forms of artistic expression in China that have given us an intimate view of the evolution of art and tradition in the midst of enormous economic and social changes here. We'll also have a piece about going up into the earthquake schools. We look forward to sharing it all with you. We'll keep you posted.

We also wanted to let you know that Abigail Washburn and the Sparrow Quartet is listed on FolkAlley.com's Favorite CDs of 2008. Our album comes in at number 8 on the list. To read more about it, and see their other favorite albums, click here.

You can vote for us as one of your favorite CDs of 2008 in NPR Music's year-end listener poll by clicking here.

Looking for that great holiday gift for your friends and family? Check out the Abigail Washburn and the Sparrow Quartet store at The Connection, where you can buy our albums, as well as our new t-shirts.

After the holidays, the Sparrow Quartet will be gearing up for a few tour dates in January and February. On January 22, 2009, we'll be stopping by Scotland's premier winter music festival, Celtic Connections. On February 5, we'll be stopping by Abigail's Alma Mater, Colorado College, for a performance with many other Colorado performances to follow. Find out more about these and our other winter tour dates on our website.

Happy Holidays!
Abigail Washburn and the Sparrow Quartet

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