Live Music: A.B. Hill

A.B. Hill delivers a brand of country music that’s raw, honest, and unpolished — more “back-woods barroom” than glitzy Nashville.

He blends gritty guitar riffs, gutsy vocals, and lyrics steeped in personal hardship and gritty realism: life on the road, hard work, heartbreak, and survival.

Raised on a foundation of working-class grit — including time running a BBQ joint, coming of age in punk circles, and real-life brushes with hard times — Hill brings a lived-in authenticity to his songs.

His music doesn’t chase radio trends — instead, it embraces the roots of country and honky-tonk: unfiltered, emotional, and rugged.