Like a message from the bottom of the well..
This album isn’t a performance. It’s an invocation.
“Saints & Warriors is more than a collection of songs. It’s a field guide for those who walk the liminal path. It is, in her words, ‘a battlefield and a baptism. A coming home to love.’”
— Achilles
Release Date: Friday, November 14, 2025
Genre: Folk / Singer-Songwriter
All songs written by Abigail Dowd
Produced, engineered + mixed by Jason Richmond
Mastered by Kim Rosen, Knack Mastering
Musicians: Abigail Dowd (vocals, guitar), Scott Sawyer (electric guitar), Alex Bingham (bass, synth), George Sluppick (percussion), Joe MacPhail (organ, piano), Tamisha Waden (bgv), Shana Tucker (bgv), Tony Williamson (mandolin), Sam Frazier (electric guitar)
Recorded at: Overdub Lane (Durham, NC) and Bedtown Studio (Smith Mountain Lake, VA)
About the Album
Her fourth studio album, Saints & Warriors is Abigail Dowd’s latest folk-infused journey, exploring spiritual duality, ancestral memory, and the Southern landscape. Combining intimate storytelling with lush instrumentation, the album is both reflective and deeply evocative.
Produced by Jason Richmond, the album melds soulful folk melodies with ethereal organ, warm synth textures, blues-tinged guitar, and pulse-driven rhythms, creating a sound that is at once grounded and otherworldly. Saints & Warriors features George Sluppick’s groove-driven percussion, Alex Bingham’s warm bass and subtle synth textures, Joe MacPhail’s evocative organ and piano, and Scott Sawyer’s genre-blending electric guitar.
New Release:
Saints & Warriors
Abigail Dowd
Abigail Dowd is a singer-songwriter and guitarist whose music weaves together the rich tapestry of her Southern roots, personal experiences, and a deep connection to the natural world. Raised beneath the longleaf pines of North Carolina’s Sandhills region, Dowd’s upbringing instilled in her a profound appreciation for storytelling and the healing power of music.
Produced by Jason Richmond, her upcoming album Saints & Warriors (Nov 14, 2025) features a rich ensemble of collaborators and showcases Dowd’s gift for intimate yet expansive songwriting.
With a career rooted in heartfelt narrative and nuanced musicianship, Abigail continues to craft music that listens as much as it sings.
Contact
Email: music@abigaildowd.com | IG: @abigail.dowd
Track by Track
1.Can’t Tell You Why
A spacious, grooving track about walking away from the past and taking accountability for the stories we tell ourselves. It ends with the Mul Mantra, Ek Ong Kaar, grounding the song in a sense of spiritual oneness.
2. Sister’s Heart
Braids Southern imagery with ancient mysticism to honor the power of a woman’s prayer. From ghost lights to buffalo trails, it’s a driving folk anthem rooted in the Carolina landscape and guided by the heart of a sister.
3. Already Free
An easy, rolling groove with an uplifting message: we’re already free. This track challenges fear-driven systems and celebrates the quiet power of choosing presence, connection, and a life outside the noise.
4. Fall Apart
A steady, soulful track that gives permission to break down and begin again. It’s a reminder that we all carry invisible battles—and that love waits on the other side of heartbreak.
5. Miss Annie
A slow-burning Southern gothic about the line between love and fear. Set in a town full of saints, sinners, and shotgun sermons, it asks what happens when we start to question the narratives rooted in fear.
6. Mothers of Saigon
Inspired by a true story from Operation Babylift in 1975, this song tells of a mother’s sacrifice and a daughter’s search for home. Gentle and cinematic, it holds space for love, loss, and the bond that survives both.
7. Papa’s 45
A woman loads her father’s .45 and empties her grief into the silence. With war-torn imagery and a haunted groove, it wrestles with the stories we inherit—and the ones we have to lay down to find peace.
8. Nothing Matters
Part protest song, part meditation. This track moves through images of Buddha, Christ, and Babylon to ask what’s left when we stop chasing fear and start living in the present moment.
9. Sunday Morning
A front-porch hymn to peace, homecoming, and the quiet presence of those we’ve lost. With its slow warmth and easy groove, it evokes homecomings, laundry lines, and angels riding shotgun.
10. Viva Rosalia
A folk ballad that sounds centuries old, telling the story of Saint Rosalia of Palermo. She once lifted a plague, and her image returned during another—offering a prayer for grace in a world brought to its knees.
Past Press Quotes
American Songwriter Magazine
“Dowd’s eager vocals are accompanied by toe-tapping instrumentals that create a package of sonic warmth. It’s a friendly reminder that life’s blessings are happening in the here and now.”
Acoustic Guitar Magazine
“The guitar-driven introspective folk of the 1970s is a touchstone, but so are blues and roots rock ’n’ roll.”
All Scene Eye
“A storyteller of the highest caliber.”
Folk Radio UK
“Musically, vocally and lyrically absorbing, [Beautiful Day] offers a universally inspirational voice to ride the flood rather than being drowned by it.”
Making a Scene
“On this, her third album, Dowd makes a major leap forward, delivering an impeccable record, lyrically and musically; clearly one of the year’s top singer-songwriter efforts to date.”