Making a Unique Impression on the Music World Photo Credit His name is Ben Sollee and he is a remarkable cellist of The Sparrow Quartet. His solo album, Learning to Bend, was just released, and it is full of crisp vocals and and clear, rich acoustics that will captivate you. Not a lot of music will bring tears to my eyes, but his rendition of Sam Cooke’s “A Change is Gonna Come” and “Panning for Gold” nearly did just that. I definitely had goosebumps all over. Abigail Washburn and The Sparrow Quartet Photo Credit Abigail Washburn and The Sparrow Quartet, as they are accurately called, have only been playing together for a few years. The band comprises of members Washburn (vocals/banjo), “Grammy-winning and innovative jazz banjo player Bela Fleck”, fiddler Casey Driessen, and cellist Ben Sollee. It is a bit unclear according...
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