Abby and Bela on WDVX

Sparrow QuartetOn today’s (4/3) edition of Blue Plate Special on WDVX, Abigail Washburn & Sparrow Quartet featuring B?©la Fleck will perform. The show airs at noon (EDT) from the Knoxville, TN studios of WDVX before a live audience, ahead of their show tonight at The Down Home in Johnson City.

The Quartet includes Washburn and Fleck on banjos along with Casey Driessen on fiddle and Ben Sollee on cello. They have a CD released in 2006 on Nettwerk and they toured extensively in Asia in support. Abby speaks Chinese fluently, and worked as a translator for many years.

WDVX  is broadcast in the Knoxville market at 102.9 FM – and via live streaming online.

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