Abbie Ferris

There’s no slowing Abbie Ferris down. Maybe it’s the childhood spent riding horses on her family farm in Mallala, South Australia (population 600) that has given her urge to keep pushing forward, but the Golden Guitar nominated singer-songwriter is powering through another blockbuster year in 2025.

Her new single ‘Bad for Business’, a sexy hard-charging slice of 90s country-rock, is the first taste of her EP Stockman’s Daughter, set for release in September. Written in Nashville and recorded between Nashville and Sydney with longtime collaborator Michael Carpenter, the EP is another leap forward in Abbie’s evolution. Influenced by Brooks & Dunn and early Miranda Lambert, the music is pure Abbie – clever, sexy, take no prisoners and emotionally bare.

Abbie kicked off the year with a bang – a Golden Guitar nomination into a Countrytown Awards nomination, KIX Live in the Park into CMC Rocks QLD, touring with Travis Collins and now officially showcasing at CMA Fest in June, a milestone reflecting how far her star has risen and her growing acceptance within the Nashville music community.

“I feel like I’ve come so far but I’ve got so many dreams still to chase,” she says. “I’m a stockman’s daughter, I know how to work hard and keep my feet on the ground, but I’ve also got my head in the sky and I never want to stop trying to take all of this to the next level.”

Words of encouragement from Lainey Wilson “keep holding on to what makes you stand out” when she met the superstar after they shared the bill at CMC Rocks helped push Abbie to embrace her raucous, emotional, scrappy sound – raunchy guitars, propulsive drums, lyrics that tell her story from small-town farmgirl to traveling the world, finding strength after heartbreak and delivering it all with the smoky passion in her voice.