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Abigail Washburn & The Shanghai Restoration Project's lyrics & chords
May 8, 2009 - A year after a devastating earthquake, Sichuan province in China is still rebuilding. Many children remain separated from their parents. To raise awareness of victims still in need, folk musician Abigail Washburn and electronic artist Dave Liang spent two weeks in Sichuan to create Afterquake, an album that mixes actual sounds of the rebuilding with the voices of relocated school children. After Washburn performed at one of the schools, she says, students came up to her to share their own songs and stories. Washburn tells NPR's...read more