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Abigail Washburn, TED Fellow, voulait devenir une avocate qui améliorerait les relations chinoises-américaines -- jusqu'à ce qu'elle s'empare d'un banjo. Elle raconte une histoire émouvante des liens remarquables qu'elle a noué en en tournée aux États-Unis et en Chine pendant qu'elle jouait du banjo et chantait en chinois.
Abigail Washburn pairs venerable folk elements with far-flung sounds, creating results that feel both strangely familiar and unlike anything anybody's ever heard before. Full bio »
Translated into French, Canadian by Nathan Wendte
Reviewed by Elisabeth Buffard
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