It was almost exactly 1 year ago to the day that I got my first taste of Wu Force at Capital M. With Abigail Washburn based in the US and WuFei here in the Jing, I’ve had to wait until now for them to get back together to get a second helping of their unique [...]
Tags: abigail washburn, kai welch, wu force, wufei, yugong yishan
There’s a lot of music happening in Beijing and some of it takes place in the most unexpected of locations. That was the case last saturday at Capital M over by Qianmen. Yes, you heard right: there was a concert over in the posh side of town and yours truly managed to get out of [...]
Tags: abigail washburn, Capital M, wu fei
I had just about written off this week as a moderately crappy one as far as live music goes in Beijing and then i decided to check douban again.. good thing i did because it’s a hell of a lot more interesting than I expected at first. 2 shows at Mao Live stand out as [...]
Tags: abigail washburn, AIDS benefit, gipsy jazz, wu fei
Someone forgot to close the tap up there last friday night because it rained and rained and rained… then it rained some more! In Beijing, that is basically recipe for the city slowing down to a crawl with crappy traffic and no one going anywhere… and that’s what happened last week when Abigail Washburn came [...]
Tags: abigail washburn, Hanggai, jon campbell, the one
Hallo… miss me? Of course not! Especially with the lovely Ruby at the helm while I was away keeping things in control and bringing the goodies. Well, I’m baaaaack and ready for some good music to recover from almost 3 weeks of deprivation. We’re on home stretch for the world cup but there are definitely [...]
Tags: abigail washburn, boardgames, books, Misandao
Abigail Washburn stopped by Beijing last weekend for a one off performance at Yugong Yishan billed as Abigail & Friends. It was my first time seeing her so I have no basis for comparison but what i can say though is that this show was up there with some of the most moving ones i [...]
Tags: abigail washburn, Beijing 人, interview, roots music
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