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Krista Parrish & Tapestry

About Me

At a glance Krista Parrish will most likely draw you in with her beauty and contagious smile but underneath the surface lies a deeply intellectual, timeless song writer and it doesn’t stop there. Not only can Krista sing with a range and tone that is exceptional, write clever lyrics that will touch your heart, she can play the strings off a guitar. She is known for her cutting edge guitar work, unique picking style, percussive strumming, two handed finger tapping technique, her lead guitar playing and intricate yet catchy chord progressions. Unlike many singer songwriters who strum while allowing their vocals to be the main focus, Krista amazes audiences with her advanced style of playing and ability to sing just as intricately simultaneously. These components set Krista apart from most sing songwriters making it hard to categorize her as one. Along with her guitar abilities, improvisational skills, finger picking and finger tapping, she sings with emotion and honesty, sweet yet raw whether she is scatting or breaking your heart with a sultry tone.Spending quite a bit of time performing solo, she perfected her style and built a following in the Philadelphia and tri state area. She then began playing live shows with her brother, Corey Parrish as a duo act, eventually her father Dennis Parrish and husband Steve Murphy along with Krista and Corey formed the Krista Parrish Band. She performed solo and with the band 2006 through 2009. During that time, her brother and best friend Corey Parrish passed away in early 2008. Krista took a break from playing shows to give her self time to grieve, reevaluate her path and ended up writing two and half albums worth of music.Recently Krista has formed a new trio, Tapestry with husband Steven Murphy and drummer Michael Fazekas. Switching off between piano, guitar and mandolin, the new trio has given Krista a lot of room to grow, experiment and share the writing process with her fellow musicians. "It's a match made in heaven and a blessing to be playing with two people whom I connect so strongly with musically." says Parrish.After finishing up a new EP, "A Taste Of What's To Come", featuring songs Easier Said Than Done and When, Krista is now focused on recording her long awaited album, Playing With Pendulums with her new trio Tapestry. This album will debut Krista's true indie side with intense finger tapping and fingerstyle instrumentals, indie pop songs with introspective lyrics and interesting guitar tunings. "I wrote a lot of this album after my brother passed away so some of it is very intense but there is a lot of love in the music and you can take the emotion and feel it any way you happen to connect with it, it doesn't have to mean one thing only. His inspiration is written all over it though." says Parrish
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"supple & soulful with a broad pallete that is equally at home conveying sweet playfulness or smoky- timbred yearning or dusky introspection-it was her immersion in jazz that left the greatest impression." NAILA FRANCIS, the intelligencer 2007

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Member Since: 28/09/2004
Band Website: www.kristaparrish.com
Band Members: ************************************************************ *** KRISTA PARRISH: acoustic & electric guitars, piano, synth, mandolin and vocals. STEVEN MURPHY: bass, mandolin MICHAEL FAZEKAS: drums, percussion **********************************************************
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Influences: Corey Parrish, Steve Murphy, mom and dad, Lauren Malandra, Ella Fitzgerald, Carmen McRae, Jeff Buckley, Death Cab for Cutie, Fiona Apple, Eva Cassidy, Tori Amos, The Hank Dogs, Jonatha Brooke, Shawn Colvin, Kaki King, Dave Matthews, Feist, Ben Folds, Radiohead, James Brown, Cat Stevens, The Shins, The Beatles, Elliott Smith, Bob Dylan, Coldplay, Chrime In Choir, Damien Rice, Broken Social Scene, Justin King, Sigur Ros, Sufjan Stevens, Minus The Bear, The Shins...life, death, sadness, joy, anger & love.
Sounds Like: Feist, Kaki King, Radiohead, Fiona Apple & Ani DiFranco
Record Label: KPM Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

When Corey Comes Around

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHTEb3QS67o
Posted by on Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:41:00 GMT

NEW ALBUM: A GENUINE DISTRACTION

COMING SOON!!! We will be in the studio in March finally !! Stay tuned for CD Release Date & album info. Will include tracks WHEN, PUT YOU AWAY and many more!
Posted by on Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:59:00 GMT

Leckys Love Fest and where to donate!!

A beautiful festival for a beautiful person:Lecky's Love FestCold Spring Creamery RdDoylestown pa 18901 Price: $25 This is an all day and night festival to benefit Lauren Malandra's cousin Alexus Falc...
Posted by on Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:08:00 GMT

IN MEMORY OF MY BROTHER COREY PARRISH

Tragically I've lost my partner is music, my best friend,  my only brother Corey Parrish on February 27, 2008. He and I composed songs and had a natural musical report. We played a show that was dedic...
Posted by on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:02:00 GMT

The Krista Parrish band on 6ABC TUNED IN 1.27.08 10AM

The day has finally arrived, the one we've all been waiting for! Make sure to tune in to 6ABC tomorrow morning (sunday Jan. 27th) at 10AM as we will be their featured artist of the week!! If you happ...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:29:00 GMT

KIAC HITLINE REVIEWS

THE KRISTA PARRISH BAND: KEEP YOUR EYES CLOSED late night bluesy ballad with jazzy vocal by Krista Parrish, a most accomplished performer who can run melodic rings around many vocalists who try to do ...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:46:00 GMT

Article on Krista Parrish: my music, marriage & everything else!

Krista Parrish - rising star of radio, stage screen & Internet By: Craig Ostroff 11/13/2007Krista Parrish seems poised to become an overnight sensation. And it's only taken her a dozen years of h...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:10:00 GMT

Kristas music on the show KIM & SEANA!!

Three songs off "A Genuine Distraction" are going to be used for a few episodes of a new TV show called Kim and Seana. There will be a newsletter letting everyone on my mailing list know what episodes...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 08:44:00 GMT

TIN ANGEL DECEMBER 19th 2007

ABC's show TUNED IN will be having Krista Parrish appear on their show. They will be filming a live performance with her band @ the Tin Angel on Wednesday December 19, 2007. Come be apart of the audie...
Posted by on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:10:00 GMT

INTELLIGENCER ARTICLE ON KRISTA

http://www.denparrish.com/press.html  -CLICK HERE TO READ ARTICLE."supple & soulful with a broad pallete that is equally at home conveying sweet playfulness or smoky- timbred yearning or dusky introsp...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:11:00 GMT