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Abi Tapia

Austin CD Release Party - Sept. 9

About Me

Singer and songwriter Abi Tapia calls Austin home, but she€™s lived in 9 states and her music reflects the spectrum of Americana. The inviting warmth of the South, the expansive Midwestern Plains, and the pluck and determination of a New England Yankee are all audible in her simple, honest and ear-catching tunes. Abi€™s latest CD is One Foot Out The Door, a collection of 12 songs about love, leaving, coming home and holding up a honky-tonk. The recording was produced by Chris Gage and features Eamon McLoughlin and Kym Warner of The Greencards. Sign up for our Email Newsletter



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Member Since: 4/14/2005
Band Website: abitapia.com
Band Members: Abi Tapia- Guitar, Vocal, Harmonica.
Frequently joined by Brian Kremer or Bonnie Whitmore - Bass, Vocals.
Lauren Gurgiolo - Electric Guitar, Mandolin
Al Sato - Electric Guitar, Dobro Chris Gage - Everything Sean Zeigler - Drums
Influences: Dolly Parton, Steve Earle, Dixie Chicks, Darryl Scott, Terri Hendrix, The Ginn Sisters, Southpaw Jones, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen

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Sounds Like: "Bittersweet is more than an undertone in Abi Tapia's latest CD, but that's not the prevailing emotion here. Beauty weaves strong Southern influences with an old-school 1970s country-folk sensibility, mastering the understatement in her songs and avoiding cutesy-rootsy overkill with intelligence and a fine tenor on this turning-point recording." -Margaret Moser

"a refreshing sparkle reminiscent of Terri Hendrix's Wilory Farm or Shawn Colvin at her most unguarded." -Texas Music

"Buy her new album, One Foot out the Door. It's full of sweet-but-confident tunes, sounds kind of like Kathleen Edwards, and gives us the chills from time to time." -Portland Phoenix

ABI TAPIA

Record Label: MoonHouse Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

My Gendered America(na)

http://abitapia.blogspot.com/2008/09/my-gendered-a... Thoughts on music, gender, and fashion at the Americana Music Conference....
Posted by Abi Tapia on Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:25:00 PST

Art vs. Entertainment vs. Politics

http://abitapia.blogspot.com/2008/09/art-vs-entert... Read all about Abi getting "Dixie Chicked" last week!...
Posted by Abi Tapia on Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:31:00 PST

Black Men On My Mind

http://abitapia.blogspot.com/2008/08/black-men-on-... My latest blog about Richard Wright, ML King, and Barak Obama....
Posted by Abi Tapia on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:30:00 PST

Austin's Pleasures

http://%3Cdata%3Apost.url%2F%3E See my latest blog entry at my official blog. Thanks!
Posted by Abi Tapia on Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:15:00 PST

Falcon Ridge Wrap Up

http://abitapia.blogspot.com/2008/07/falcon-ridge-... Read my bests and favorites from The Falcon Ridge Folk Festival this weekend at my Blogger....
Posted by Abi Tapia on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:56:00 PST

On My Way...

Oh me. I should be packing. Or paying my bills. Or cleaning the kitchen. Something productive that's going to insure that I get on the road on time tomorrow. But I got out the banjo and I can't put it...
Posted by Abi Tapia on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:18:00 PST

Homebody

http://abitapia.blogspot.com/2008/07/homebody.html Read my blog and see lots of fun stuff at this link. Thanks! -Abi...
Posted by Abi Tapia on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:02:00 PST

The Big Screen

http://abitapia.blogspot.com/2008/06/big-screen.ht... ...
Posted by Abi Tapia on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:20:00 PST

Airport Productivity

I'm at the Houston airport typing away. I sometimes find that I can get lots of work done when I'm flying. I think it's because I generally don't have internet access. In other words, no distractions....
Posted by Abi Tapia on Wed, 28 May 2008 08:57:00 PST

Firsts and Lasts

We like to get up at the same time in the morning. We both need good, strong coffee. Neither of us like fast food, and we both like singing harmony to each other's songs. If we're not soul mates, we a...
Posted by Abi Tapia on Wed, 28 May 2008 08:55:00 PST