Golden Guitar nominee Abbie Ferris is wrapping up a blockbuster year with the release of her new EP ‘You Don’t Live Here Anymore’, out now via Potts Entertainment / MGM.
The small town girl with big dreams has had a whirlwind year - flying back and forth between Australia and Nashville, performing at CMC Rocks QLD, writing with Music City hitmakers and releasing two dynamite singles. At the same time, she was dealing with the breakdown of a seven-year relationship and the myriad of emotions that resulted. The highs and lows, lessons learned and strength found, are all documented on the new release.
From the sexual tension in a toxic relationship on ‘Shut Up and Kiss Me’, to chasing her dreams in Nashville in ‘Bright Lights of Tennessee’, hitting the town to get her groove back on ‘No You Didn’t’, finding strength and peace on ‘Guilt Don’t Live Here Anymore’, rejecting f-boys on the sassy ‘That Ain’t You’ and on the searing heartrending closing track ‘The Last Song’, putting the ghosts of the past to rest.
“This is the most personal and heartfelt music I’ve ever made” Abbie says. “The title has so many different meanings. It’s about the end of a relationship with someone I literally lived with for years, but also it’s talking to myself. I’ve changed and grown so much in this last year, and the journey I’ve been on is in all these songs”.
All six songs were written in Nashville, including cowrites with Danielle Blakey (Nate Smith) and Troy Kemp (McAlister Kemp). The EP was produced by Abbie’s longtime collaborator Michael Carpenter, and features Lainey Wilson band-member Sav Madigan on fiddle and mandolin.
From her home town of Mallala, South Australia (population 600), to Music City USA and the biggest festival stages in Australia, Abbie’s musical journey has taken her around the world, driven by relentless hard work, passion for country music and determination to make her dreams come true and follow in the footsteps of her idols - Shania, Taylor, Lainey and more.
“I want to take my music everywhere, and show the world that a small town South Australian girl can grow up to be a woman who makes a big impact on people’s hearts in places I couldn’t have imagined when I was a kid. My parents raised me to trust my heart and do what feels right, and when I connect with people through a song - whether it’s in a co-write, in the studio, on a festival stage - it’s like I’m back riding a horse in a paddock where all you see is horizon, and everything else in life melts away. That’s what I’m always chasing with my music”.
Dreams- Fleetwood Mac
Believe- Cher
That Don’t Impress Me Much- Shania Twain
Still The One- Shania Twain
You got the love- Florence + The Machine
Have you ever seen the rain?
Water Under The Bridge- Adele
Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For- U2
Perfect- Ed Sheeran
All my Loving- The Beatles
Bleeding Love- Leona Lewis
Always on my mind- Elvis Presley
Adore you- Amy Shark
Can’t Help Falling In love- Elvis Presley
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun- Cyndi Lauper
The Gambler- Kenny Rodgers
Drops Of Jupiter- Train
Valerie- Amy Winehouse
Yellow- Coldplay
Stand By Me- Ben. E King
Unwell- Matchbox
She Will Be Loved- Maroon 5
Landslide- Fleetwood Mac
Torn- Natalie Imbruglia
Fresh Eyes- Andy Grammar
Fast Car- Tracy Chapman
Blank Space- Taylor Swift
Cooler Than Me- Mike Posner
Hey Soul Sister- Train
Ironic- Alanis Morissette
Jolene- Dolly Parton
Shallow- Lady GaGa & Bradly Cooper
Sex On Fire- Kings of Leon
Hit Me with Your Best Shot- Pat Benatar
Dance With Somebody- Whitney Houston
To Her Door- Paul Kelly
Grenade- Bruno Mars
I want it that way- Backstreet Boys
Hallelujah- Jeff Buckley
Happy Together- The Turtles
Price Tag- Jesse Jay
Scar- Missy Higgins
To Her Door- Paul Kelly
Jet Plane- John Denver
Just The Way You Are- Bruno Mars
Knocking On Heavens Door- Bob Dylan
Country Roads- John Denver
Tequila- Dan & Shay
Last Night- Morgan Wallen
Always On My Mind- Elvis Presley
Beautiful Crazy- Luke Combs
Bless The Broken Road- Rascal Flat
Flowers- Miley Cyrus
Watermelon Sugar- Harry Styles
Forget You- CeeLo Green
Hot N Cold- Katy Perry
Love Story- Taylor Swift
Marry You- Bruno Mars
Rude- MAGIC!
Simply The Best- Tina Turner
Watermelon Moonshine- Lainey Wilson
Beautiful crazy- Luke Combs
Forever After All- Luke Combs
Spin You Around- Morgan Wallen
When you say nothing at all- Alison Krauss
Somebody Like You- Keith Urban
Parallel Line- Keith Urban
Tennessee Whiskey- Chris Stapleton
Tennessee Orange- Megan Moroney
Something In The Orange- Zac Bryan
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