Abbie Gardner (from the album DobroSinger

Abbie Gardner (from the album DobroSinger available as a self-release) (by Bryant Liggett)
Abbie Gardner (Red Molly) takes a big leap and stands on her own on DobroSinger. She proves she has all the chops of a Folkie, and does so in the untraditional way by using a dobro over a guitar. It’s rare that a dobro is the sole instrument on a Folk effort however Abbie Gardner proves she can be a standout vocalist and instrumentalist, doing so with the dobro, where the instrument handles rhythm and melody, beefing up the singer/songwriter approach. There is also, of course, a little twang.
DobroSinger opens with a gutsy Blues number in “Down the Mountain” before Abbie Gardner drops love songs with “Only All the Time” and “See You Again.” She drops a down home, animated, sit around the table, cut in “Born in the City”, tosses out a death ballad with “Cypress Tree”, and offers a two-stepper for “Honky Tonk Song”. The dobro also proves to be fitting accompaniment on ballads like “Too Many Kisses” and “You Belong to Me”, providing solid support to Abbie Gardner’s even more confident vocals.  It’s a great and perhaps underused instrument in the singer-songwriter realm, as the slide of the dobro always adds a bit of Country shuffle and bounce, while also giving some gutsy support. (by Bryant Liggett)
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