Well-crafted, literary songs inspired by the artist's southern mountain upbringing--the fragile economy of a rural community, the traditional art and science of canning food, the comfort offered by a tiny AM gospel radio station.

10 MP3 Songs
FOLK: Modern Folk, COUNTRY: Americana

Show all album songs: Redbud Winter Songs


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Allison is a finalist in the 2008 South Florida Folk Festival Singer/Songwriter Competition!

Allison Adamsâs debut solo CD, Redbud Winter, was released in September 2007. The song âFamous Blue Apronâ from the release won her a spot as a featured artist on the Halifax, Nova Scotia-based WOT90 internet radio station featuring the voices of women. She was also selected as a âFresh Picâ on WOT90 webpage on July 13, 2007. âFamous Blue Apronâ spent nine weeks in the top 15 on the WOT90 charts, including two weeks at number 1.

Raised in Rabun County, in the farthest corner of the Northeast Georgia mountains, Allison writes songs that draw on a reservoir of experiences from her upbringingâthe comfort offered by a tiny A.M. gospel radio station, the fragile economy of a rural community, the traditional art and science of canning food.

Allisonâs music is also influenced by the sounds she grew up hearingâthe local bluegrass and traditional music of her community, her fatherâs Grandpa Jones albums, her motherâs âThe Sound of Musicâ soundtrack, and a lot of southern rockâas well as her own inner voice. She also had ten years of classical piano training from age six and began playing acoustic guitar at fifteen.

After college, Allison set aside her music interests to pursue a career as a writer and editor. On completing a graduate degree in English at Emory University in 2000, she bought a new guitar and began writing, singing, and playing again. She also picked up a new instrumentâthe English concertina. More recently she has added the mandolin.

Harmony singing brings Allison great joy, and she loves finding a place for her voice in duets and ensembles. In past years she has sung and played concertina around the Atlanta area and the North Georgia mountains in the folk duo Bittersweet and the original roots-rock band Letters to Mary.

Since 2003, Allison has been one-third of Local Honey, an acoustic trio that performs âsongs we like,â whether itâs jazz standards, pop covers, or Allisonâs originals, and features female duet harmony. She sings alto and plays concertina and guitar with the eclectic vocal quartet Old Enough to Know Better. She also sings and plays guitar, concertina, and mandolin in the new trio The Beans, with longtime Atlanta acoustic music scene favorites Cyndi Craven and Tom Wolf. She also occasionally backs the acclaimed singer-songwriter Caroline Herring on local and regional shows.