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| Thursday November 20, 2008 |
Event: Abi Tapia at Gillies Restaurant
Location: Gillies Vegetarian Restaurant
Time: 7:00PM
Reservations required: no |
Website: www.abitapia.com
Feedback: Help us welcome Abi and her big smiles to Blacksburg! Abi hails from Austin, TX where she has been making a living as a singer/songwriter since 2002. The inviting warmth of the South, the expansiveness of the Midwestern Plains, the pluck and determination of a New England Yankee and a Texan's independent spirit all come together in Abi's "wanderlusty" music (a term she proudly displays on her guitar strap). Her songwriter's sensibility allows her to appreciate the details and subtle differences of each place she visits and offers potential adventure and inspiration. Abi has 3 CD's including her new release: The Beauty in the Ruin.
2008's The Beauty in the Ruin explores sadness and frustration, which after 8 years of the starving artist's life Abi had plenty of, but there is a common thread of hope, redemption and joy in all of these supposedly sad songs. It is full of sing-able hooks and straddles country, folk and rock with ease, incorporating fiddle and pedal steel as well as some crunchy electric guitars and big drums. With a new album to promote, a strong community of friends and fellow artists in Austin, the energy of and support of her partnership with MoonHouse Records and the ability to find the bright side in any situation, how could Abi not be smiling? But she won't stop moving, because there could always be something even better just over the horizon.
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