Abbie Cardwell

Armed with her tenor banjo, guitar, ukulele, harmonica and voice Abbie naturally writes songs that pay homage to the genres of her influences. Creating music from acoustic roots, alt-country, Americana to even vintage Mariachi rock and Spaghetti Western!? (Yup, she sings a bit in Spanish too) Abbie keeps herself busy performing solo or with one of her several bands in Australia and Mexico.

Abbie has “mastery of any style, vindicating her title as ‘The Belle of Rootsy-Rockabilly-Twang’ (dB Mag) and has naturally attracted a string of songwriting awards to her collection of independently released albums.

Bold moves are Cardwells’ style. Which was her biggest you ask? Perhaps it was flying to Mexico on a ‘gut instinct’ to find a band to work with (sans Spanish & contacts) which consequently led to several collaborated albums, tours and continued work. Or perhaps it was creating a 10 piece vintage Mexican Rocanrol band in Melbourne?.

Currently residing between friends and family’s driveways along the Australian East Coast with her beloved Toyota Hiace van Lady Luck Abbie is excitedly working on her next solo album release. (More to be revealed soon, but yes…expect alt-country-americana with a pinch of mexican hot-sauce!)

“Abbie Cardwell proves why she is truly one of Australia’s greatest female talents … Her range of musical talents are truly on show, from deep, unique songwriter to multi-instrumentalist, she has every stone turned” ~ DB Magazine