Mobile, Alabama’s ABE PARTRIDGE releases third single and video entitled “Young Love (Alabama Skies)” on February 24, 2023, from his forthcoming LP Love In The Dark (May 12, 2023)
Partridge to tour extensively in the Southeast and Midwest in Spring of 2023
New York, NY—Today Abe Partridge released the third single and video entitled “Young Love (Alabama Skies)” from his upcoming LP Love In The Dark out May 12, 2023, on Baldwin County Public Records and distributed on vinyl, CD and streaming platforms via MRI/Orchard.
“Young Love (Alabama Skies)” features Partridge on vocals and guitar; Shawn Byrne on bass, mandolin and slide guitar; and Molly Thomas on harmony vocals. The video was produced by Partridge and features stop motion animation by Dave Garrett.
Ruminating on the song, Partridge says, “This is a song I wrote about a post-high school, summer-long relationship I had that went deep quickly and ended about as fast. It’s about that kind of love that really only happens in your youth. People identify with it. Folks find ways to tell me their ‘young love’ stories. I tried to capture what it was like to be a kid losing his love to life… growing up, and going different directions.”
Partridge will tour the Southeast and Midwest extensively this spring prior to heading back to the U.K. and Netherlands in June and July of 2023. His U.S. tour dates are as follows with all dates subject to change.
February 25-Fayetteville Songwriter Festival-Fayetteville, WV
March 4-Fiddlin Folk Art Fest/Society Garden, Macon, GA
March 9-The Public House, Norfolk, VA
March 10-The Raleigh Playhouse and Theatre, Beckley, WV
March 11-123 Pleasant Street, Morgantown, WV
March 17-Southgate House Revival, Newport, KY
March 18-Tootle’s, Circleville, OH
March 19-The Spirit Room at The Phoenix, Mansfield, OH
March 20-Ponderosa Pines, Manchester, KY
March 31-Toboggan Steve’s, Americus, GA
April 1-Pure Life House of Music, LaGrange, GA
April 2-Soundwall, Opelika, AL
April 4-Blue Tavern, Tallahassee, FL
April 7-Heartwood Soundstage, Gainesville, FL
April 8-Roberts Hall, Panama City, FL
April 9—The Attic, Ybor City, FL
April 16-Eddie’s Attic, Decatur, GA
April 23–Tahl Sound Concert Series, Lexington, KY
April 24- Lyric Theater/Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour, Lexington, KY
April 28-Alabama Contemporary Art Center, Mobile, AL (CD Release show)
May 5-Eddie’s Attic, Decatur, GA
May 11-Uncommon Ground, Chicago, IL
May 13-The Acorn Theater, Three Oaks, MI
May 16-Turnrow Books, Greenwood, MS
May 18-The Grey Eagle, Asheville, NC
May 21-Village Concert Series, Lynchburg, VA
June 4-Callaghans, Mobile, AL
June 9-10-Laurel Cove Music Festival, Pineville, KY
ABOUT ABE PARTRIDGE
Partridge’s debut, Cotton Fields and Blood For Days, was released on Skate Mountain Records in 2018 earning him rave reviews. Since then, Partridge has toured relentlessly, developing a reputation for moving, passionate, and often comedic performances at prestigious songwriter festivals such as 30A Songwriters Festival, Frank Brown Songwriters Festival, and Americana Music Fest. He is a regular at 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.
In fall of 2022, Partridge and co-prouder Ferrill Gibbs released the Alabama Astronaut podcast where Partridge explores the previously undocumented songs, as well as the culture, around the serpent handling churches in Appalachia. It was in the Top Ten documentary podcasts on Apple Podcasts within days of the release and now has over 30K downloads and a 4.9 star rating.
Partridge is a highly acclaimed visual artist. His folk art, primarily acrylic on tarred board and watercolors, hangs in the galleries around the Southeast and in the private collections of luminaries such as Tyler Childers, Mike Wolfe (American Pickers), Rick Hirsch (Wet Willie) and Tommy Prine. An exhibit of his artwork inspired by the podcast is currently at Alabama Contemporary Art Center and runs through May 20, 2023. He also has currently has an exhibit at First Existential Congregation of Atlanta.
More information:
ABEPARTRIDGE.COM
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