New York, NY
Nashville, TN
Orange Beach, AL
Abe Partridge is a heralded musician, singer/songwriter, visual artist, and podcaster based in
Mobile, Alabama. His 2018 debut, Cotton Fields and Blood For Days earned him rave reviews,
with Tony Paris saying in The Bitter Southerner: "He plays guitar the same way he writes lyrics,
bashing the strings with abandon until they are just about to come loose, then beautifully picking the notes until every last word falls into place. More to the point, Partridge writes to make you sit up and think. He wants to jar your reality. Sometimes, his lyrics are sly and subtle. Sometimes they come at you with a roar and thunder, as if the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse were approaching, and the heavens were opening up to herald a warning."
Since the release of his debut, Partridge has toured relentlessly, including several tours of the
Netherlands and the U.K. developing a reputation for moving, passionate, and sometimes
comedic, performances at prestigious songwriter festivals such as 30A Songwriters Festival,
Frank Brown Songwriters Festival, and Americanafest. He is a regular at the Bluebird Café in
Nashville and Eddie’s Attic in Decatur. He has performed on the syndicated radio programs,
Mountain Stage and Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour. He has shared the stage with Morgan
Wade, Paul Thorn, Steve Poltz, Dan Bern, Jerry Joseph, Glen Phillips (Toad The Wet
Sprocket), Tommy Stinson, Shawn Mullins, John Fullbright, and more.
Most recently, Partridge and co-producer Ferrill Gibbs released the Alabama Astronaut podcast,
where they explore songs previously undocumented at churches in Appalachia. The podcast
finds Partridge chatting with Holiness preachers and looking into the practice of snake handling.
It was in the Top Ten documentary podcasts on Apple Podcasts within days of its release and
now has over 40k downloads and a 4.9-star rating.
American Songwriter Magazine said, “Abe Partridge has established himself as one of the most
respected songwriters and visual folk artists in the southeast.”
In November of 2022, Partridge released the EP Alabama Skies on Baldwin Co. Public Records
label which includes "Abe Partridge’s 403d Freakout" Partridge told Songfacts the story behind
the song: " 'Abe Partridge's 403d Freakout' was a song I wrote in about 20 minutes. It took me
two weeks to make it rhyme, and then it took me about six months to learn it. I just sat and
wrote a couple of pages of thoughts as they came to me. It was my attempt at describing my
thoughts chronologically as they sometimes occur in my head before I filter them. It is those
thoughts that I often have if I allow myself to mentally wander."