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Infobox musical artist| name = The Sparrow Quartet| image = Sparrowquartet.jpg| caption = Sparrow Quartet in Asheville, North Carolina, 2008| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = United States | genre = Bluegrass music , Acoustic music|acoustic , old-time music|old-time , Music of China#Traditional music|Chinese | years_active = 2005& ndash;Present| label = Nettwerk Records|Nettwerk | website =| associated_acts = Uncle Earl Béla Fleck and the Flecktones | current_members = Abigail Washburn Bela Fleck Casey Driessen Ben Sollee | past_members = The Sparrow Quartet is an United States|American acoustic music group that formed in 2005. Its members include Abigail Washburn ( banjo and vocals), Béla Fleck ( banjo ), Casey Driessen ( violin ), and Ben Sollee ( cello ). The group is known for its mixture of old-time music with Music of China#Traditional music|Chinese lyrics and melodies, owing to Washburn's long-standing interest in Chinese culture.
The band released their debut album, Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet , on May 20, 2008 on Nettwerk Records . Following the album's release, the Sparrow Quartet embarked on a one-hundred plus date tour of North America http://www.pastemagazine.com/action/article/7200/news/music/abigail_washburn_announces_new_album_extensive_tour "Abigail Washburn announces new album, extensive tour". Paste (magazine)|Paste . April 21, 2008. Retrieved April 24, 2008. which included a stop in Seattle opening for Earl Scruggs in which Fleck performed onstage with Scruggs.
