City of Refuge (Abigail Washburn album)

City of Refuge
Studio album by Abigail Washburn
Released	January 4, 2011
Genre	Folk Americana bluegrass singer-songwriter
Length	40:40
Label	Rounder Records
Producer	Tucker Martine
Abigail Washburn chronology
Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet (2008) City of Refuge (2011) Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn (2014)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	82/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
American Songwriter	[3]
The Austin Chronicle	[4]
Entertainment Weekly	B+ [5]
Los Angeles Times	[6]
Mojo	[7]
musicOMH	[8]
Paste	8.7/10 [9]
PopMatters	9/10 [10]
The Sydney Morning Herald	[11]

City of Refuge is the third album by singer, songwriter, and banjoist Abigail Washburn. Produced and mixed by Tucker Martine, City of Refuge boasts an extensive list of collaborators, players, and singers, including Bill Frisell, Jeremy Kittel, Viktor Krauss, guzheng master Wu Fei, and Kai Welch. It was engineered by Kevin Dailey

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Prelude"	Traditional	0:52
2.	"City of Refuge"	James Wallace Abigail Washburn	3:42
3.	"Bring Me My Queen"	Kai Welch Washburn	4:14
4.	"Chains"	Tommy Hans Welch	3:51
5.	"Ballad of Treason"	Welch Washburn	3:07
6.	"Last Train"	Welch Washburn	3:55
7.	"Burn Thru"	Welch Washburn	4:26
8.	"Corner Girl"	Abigail Washburn	3:24
9.	"Dreams of Nectar"	Welch Washburn	5:51
10.	"Divine Bell"	Ketch Secor Washburn	2:38
11.	"Bright Morning Stars"	Traditional	4:40
Total length:			40:40

References

1. "City of Refuge by Abigail Washburn". Metacritic .
2. Jurek, Thom. Abigail Washburn – City of Refuge: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
3. Stone, Jon (January 13, 2011). "Abigail Washburn: City of Refuge". American Songwriter . Retrieved May 27, 2025.
4. Caligiuri, Jim (March 18, 2011). "Abigail Washburn". The Austin Chronicle . Retrieved May 27, 2025.
5. Wood, Mikael (January 3, 2011). "City of Refuge (2011)". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved May 27, 2025.
6. Brown, August (January 10, 2011). "Album review: Abigail Washburn's 'City of Refuge'". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved May 27, 2025.
7. Standouts include Burn Through, a Springsteenesque tale of blue-collar grit, and the haunting Corner Girl, where a lonely kid opens up her world like a plant unfurling. [Feb 2011, p.109]
8. Winkie, Luke (January 24, 2011). "Abigail Washburn – City Of Refuge". musicOMH . Retrieved May 27, 2025.
9. "Abigail Washburn: City of Refuge". January 7, 2011.
10. "Abigail Washburn: City of Refuge, PopMatters". February 27, 2011.
11. Elder, Bruce (January 13, 2012). "EG weekly music reviews". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved May 27, 2025.