JJ Cale, Tom Waits, Bobbie Gentry, Buddy & Julie Miller, Gillian Welch, Ray La Montagne, Ryan Adams (but mostly his early stuff!), Lucinda Williams, Shelby Lynne, Tony Joe White, Rickie Lee Jones, Dolly Parton, Amy Winehouse when she's on fire and not so f***ed up and more...
In a nutshell, Abbie just digs it real, raw and full of heart!
Sounds Like
Imagine Bobby Gentry & JJ Cale had a love child and she was adopted by Rickie Lee Jones whilst dating Tom Waits and they all had summer vacations with Ryan Adams & Lucinda Williams…and then you’ve got somewhere closer to describing Abbie Cardwell’s sound!
"Abbie Cardwell shows that she's the real deal on her new record. Think Lucinda williams, Rickie Lee Jones, Sheryl Crow and Ryan Adams." Jeff Jenkins, Australia Music Guide
* VOTED NO.1 IN RIP IT UP MAGAZINE'S TOP 10 ALBUM RELEASES FOR 2007 AMONGST NEIL YOUNG, PAUL KELLY & MORE!!!
* VOTED IN TRIPLE R RADIO'S TOP 10 INDIE ALBUM RELEASES FOR 2007
* VOTED AS NO.5 IN CANADA'S WOT 90'S RADIO TOP 10 RELEASES FOR 2007
Imagine Bobby Gentry and JJ Cale had a love child and adopted her out to Rickie Lee Jones whilst she was dating Tom Waits and they all spent summer vacations hanging out with Ryan Adams and Lucinda Williams.....then you've got somewhere close to describing the sound of Abbie Cardwell!
This gypsy-gal-troubador lives on the road in her van Lady Luck and is bound to be rolling through your town very soon!
With the 2008 Music Oz Award, Triple J Unearthed, BMI Song winner award , and ABC Dig Radio Awards under her belt......this gals surely got somethin!
To date, she’s toured Germany in support of Dire Strait’s David Knopfler and opened the stage for many greats like Steve Earle and hero Tony Joe White.
Abbie's latest album By Hook Or By Crook was recorded in Australia and mixed in the USA by Nick Didia (Bruce Springsteen, Powderfinger, Rage Against The Machine etc).
(Available on iTunes and through her website www.abbiecardwell.com)
Her inimitable style has been lapped up at festivals such as Womadelaide, The East Coast Blues & Roots Festival, Port Fairy Folk Festival and many more.
My new record just came out this week on I-Tunes and CD Baby. I have included a video talking about the record, hope you enjoy it! Please leave us some feedback to let us know what you think! Thanks for your support.
I’ve been a music journalist for more than 10 years. Over the years, many artists and managers have asked me what the best way to break into the European music market is.
Here are some things you can do:
Publish artist press releases, news, and tour dates to the CountryHome Forum on MySpace, http://groups.myspace.com/CountryHomeMagazine , CountryHome Forum is part of CountryHome, http://www.CountryHome.de , Germany's Premier Country Music Online Magazine. Everything you publish to the CountryHome Forum will be published in my weekly Newsletter which has over 80,000 readers.
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Upload artist videos to http://www.MyVideo.de and http://www.ClipFish.de . Both websites are like http://www.YouTube.com and uploading videos is free. The websites are completely in German. If you don’t speak German and need assistance, I will help you open an account and upload a video for 25 Euro. Each additional video upload for the same artist name and at the same video website is 10 Euro.
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