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Béla Fleck And Abigail Washburn Want To Share 'The Glory Of The Sound Of The Banjo'

One of the rules Fleck and Washburn set for their new album, "Echo in the Valley," was that any sound had to come only from the two of them.
Béla Fleck (right) and Abigail Washburn. (Courtesy Jim McGuire)

Banjo duo Béla Fleck (@belafleckbanjo) and Abigail Washburn (@abigailwashburn) are on tour promoting their latest album, “Echo in the Valley.”

They stopped by our studios for a bit of a concert and a chat with Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd.

Interview Highlights

On the rule that the album’s sound had to come only from the two of them

Abigail Washburn: “Sometimes you go to see a show, and when you pick up the music, it’s like, ‘Oh whoa, this is really different music than what

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