Abel & Eade

As Powerfolk duo Abel & Eade, singer-songwriters Rosie Eade (UK) and Randy Abel (USA) bring together old songs, new songs, and stories that cross the oceans and back again, combining their love of Transatlantic Americana, Folk and Blues. Their narratives are set to a background of traditional country guitar playing and harmony singing, but with a gritty edge in places, inspired by (& sometimes covering) the likes of Johnny Cash, June Carter, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Townes Van Zandt, Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris.

Upon meeting in China in 2016, Rosie and Randy built a spirit bridge between their contentious homelands via traditional Blues, Country and Honky-tonk. Despite being eternally, hilariously separated by a common language, America and Britain yet managed to spawn the roots-infused sounds which gnarled & entwined—rose upon briar and briar upon rose —into the knotty acoustic cluster that would electrify the 20th Century! Being rooted in the 21st, Rosie and Randy speak glorious harmonies to and from these traditions with utmost passion and a bonny measure of earthy grit. Craftsperson-like, innit y’all?

STANDARD DUO LINE-UP
Randy Abel vocals, resonator guitar & harmonica
Rosie Eade vocals, guitar & penny whistle
(+ occasional special guest fiddler Lesley Conquest)