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 Abby's
soulful singing has been one of the signature sounds of Uncle
Earl since she joined in May 2003. Recently signed to Nettwerk
Records as a solo recording artist, her album Song of the
Traveling Daughter was released in August, 2005. The album
features original songs in English and Mandarin Chinese, which
she speaks. Actually, Abby was headed down a career path in
Sino-American releations when she heard an LP of Doc Watson
and decided to take up old-time banjo. She met KC Groves at
the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) in Louisville,
Kentucky and joined the band that summer. Combining her love
of traditional American music, Chinese language and classical
Chinese poetry, she began writing songs – some of which
happen to be in Chinese. Her writing earned her a second place
award in the Chris Austin Songwriting Contest at MerleFest
in 2004. Abby lives in Nashville, TN
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