The Wabash is a collection of songs about the Wabash River sung by musicians with roots in the Wabash Valley of West Central Indiana and East Central Illinois. It was produced to raise funds for “The Paul Dresser Project” which will honor the world-renowned composer and Terre Haute native, with a sculpture near his boyhood home in Fairbanks Park. His best known work, “On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away,” was adopted as the state song of Indiana in 1913.

The Wabash River spans the entire state of Indiana and along with its rivers and streams provides drinking water to 72 percent of Indiana counties and drains two-thirds of the State. The river, which is historically important and immortalized in song, is one of Indiana’s most valuable natural resources. All of the Wabash Valley’s residents, starting with the original Native American inhabitants and continuing through the twentieth century, settled her because of the Wabash. This CD honors an important American waterway and the people that live hear it. For more information on the river or 2013 Year of the River, a year-long celebration of the Wabash, go to www.2013yearoftheriver.com.

See press release.

For more information, e-mail: info@wabashvalleyartspaces.com

To purchaseThe Wabash, visit:

in Terre Haute
Arts Illiana
Art Spaces, Inc.
Baesler's Market
Barnes & Noble at Indiana State University
Boo's Crossroads Cafe and Corner Grind
Coffee Grounds
Headstone Friends

in Bloomington
Landlocked Music

in Greencastle
Greencastle Music Center

in Hutsonville, IL
Wabash Coffee House & Antiques

in Lafayette
Tippecanoe Arts Federation

in Vincennes
Record Cellar

on-line
CD Baby