Meet Abby the Spoon Lady. She is one of only a handful of spoon players in the world. She is working on keeping the art of spoon playing alive.

When I first met Abby, she was sitting on the corner of SW 5th & SW Morrison in front of Pioneer Place. She was hopping trains and traveling from state to state playing spoons.

In this episode of Artbeat Of The City, Abby talks about where she is from, how and why she started traveling and why she started playing spoons. Abby is known as Uncle Mom by a lot of traveling kids. She shares her story with us and she shares her gift and knowledge with others on the street. This video segment was part of Season 1 Episode 1 of Artbeat of the City – http://www.artbeatofthecity.com/abotc…

Abby is now living in Asheville, North Carolina and is an advocate for busker’s rights and she is also hosting a talk radio show focused on the music and stories of Asheville buskers.

Abby’s story is part of an ongoing ethnographic multi-media documentary project, Artbeat Of The City.

Artbeat Of The City is about artists, buskers, and performers living on the fringe of survival in Portland, Oregon.