Date Joined: 23/12/2009

Multi instrumentalist, vocalist and songwriter Abigail Smith began writing music at a very early age. Her original style of music is the result of a diverse musical up bringing. She released her first album entitled ‘Night Time Walking’ this year. “Oh Sam,” from this album won a prize with Hotpress and the New York Tisch Film School to have a music video made for it. http://short.ie/ohsam Abigail has featured on albums by David Kitt, Somadrone, 3epkano, Brianna Corrigan (Beautiful South) and Star Little Thing. She was selected to play at the 2008 Electric Picnic with her group. She was commissioned to write music for the animated film “Trolley Boy”, which was screened at the Galway film festival 2009. She was also commissioned to write a piece for the internationally renowned ‘Diversus Guitar Ensemble.' This artistic collaboration continued with the inclusion of an arrangement by their director of her song ‘Light A Match’ in their recent tour. She has been commissioned to write a piece for orchestra, which will be performed in the NCH in 2010 to raise money and awareness for cancer research. Abigail is set to release her next album in 2010. It will feature her full band. Ed Power, in the Independent on Friday 16.01.2009, wrote of her upcoming LP "Expect it to feature prominently when critics come to assess their favourite Irish records…" http://short.ie/indoabi. www.abigailsong.com www.abigailsmith.ie www.myspace.com/abigailsong

ABIGAIL'S VIDEOS

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  Sing the Songs of Christmas