Songwriter - guitarist - time traveller - Beatlemaniac - Sister Rosetta devotee and self-confessed Country Blues anorak, Abi aspires to make music that is honest, witty, sometimes surreal and always groovy.

Notable appearances, both as a solo artist and with bands Abie’s Miracle Tonic and Little Sister, include Moseley Folk, Womad, Coventry Jazz and Tenby Blues festivals, Wiltons Music Hall, Artrix Arts Centre, MAC Birmingham, support for Dave Swarbrick, The Destroyers, Misty’s Big Adventure, Wizz Jones & Guy Davies and national radio play on Jarvis Cocker’s BBC 6 radio show.

Links:

www.abibudgen.co.uk
www.youtube.com/user/AbieBudgen
www.facebook.com/abie.budgen

Press:

“''effervescent…esoteric…energetic…and (occasionally) off-the-wall..." ~ Tower of Song

“...absolute musical bliss." ~ Scene Not Heard

“It is an honour for me to work with such an exceptional artist..." ~ Michael Roach, musician and Director of the European Blues Association