Abby Roach

Abby Roach, also known as Abby the Spoon Lady, is one of very few professional spoon players in the United States and has been a professional street performer for over a decade. Abby studied American folk percussion, music, and folklore while traveling the United States by foot and rail. Now an internationally known street performer, she plays with some of Asheville's finest local and visiting performers at festivals, within venues, and right on the sidewalk. Along with finding her within various horror and short films, you can watch interviews with Abby in such documentaries as Nashville 2012, and also Buskin' Blues, about the world-class street performing scene in Asheville, NC. She is President of the Asheville Buskers Collective and hosts a radio show on Asheville FM 103.3 called Busker Broadcast which centers around the street performance scene in Asheville, NC.