If you think you’ve heard talented musicians making music on everything imaginable, think again! In this amazing viral video, a woman named The Spoon Lady accompanies guitarist Chris Rodrigues on, you guessed it, the spoons.
They play a song written by Rodrigues called Angels in Heaven, and it’s one of the most impressive performances you’re likely to see, so, who are these very talented musicians?
Chris Rodrigues is a contemporary Christian musician, singer and songwriter. He was born on the 7th of June 1989 in Asheville, North Carolina. Chris’ father left when he was only five, so from a young age, he started to pick up odd jobs to help make ends meet. Chris has been playing the guitar since he was a toddler, and he played in bluegrass, rock and metal bands throughout his time at school. Eventually, he began busking to raise more money to help support his mother.
He began performing on the streets regularly in 2012 and then met Abby The Spoon Lady in 2013. They began working together and released an album called Working On Wall Street in 2017. However, Chris does still create his own music, too and released a solo album called I’ll Keep My Light Lit in 2016.
Abby was born on the 29th of October 1981 in Wichita, Kansas. Her given name is Abby Roach, and she is an activist for free speech and a former radio personality as well as a musician. Not much is known about Abby’s childhood, but her life as a performer began during her travels across America. Abby travelled by hopping on and off freight trains and supported herself by busking.
She may never have met Chris, but it seems fate intervened. Abby says she arrived in Asheville entirely by accident as she boarded the wrong train. It’s lucky for us that she did as she and Chris make truly wonderful music together.
That’s not all Abby does, though. Abby works as an advocate for free speech and in support of street performance as an art form. She is one of the founders of the Asheville Buskers Collective and has recorded buskers in the Asheville area as part of a project called Busker Broadcast.