Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 9:57 AM
Summer is festival season!
Abi will be performing at some of the summer's best festivals. Grab your sunscreen and folding chairs and get your tickets now for Falcon Ridge Folk Festival July 23-26 in Hillsdale, NY, Move the Muse Fest August 22 in Brockton, NY, Kerrville Wine and Music Festival Sept 4-6 in Kerrville, TX and Boston Folk Festival Sept 12-13.
Friday, June 12th, 2009 8:39 AM
Listen up Monday June 15!
Folks in the Hudson Valley and Berkshires (or anywhere via the internet) can hear Abi on the awesome KZE 98.1 Monday Morning June 15 at 9am. Then come out to her Club Helsinki debut at 7pm that night!
Monday, June 1st, 2009 2:16 PM
Trinidad Airs on Showtime!
Trinidad, a beautiful and moving documentary about Trinidad, CO that contains a couple of songs by Abi wil air on Showtime this month. See the schedule of airings here. Or watch it on Showtime On Demand all June.Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 4:45 PM
Answers
A new Q & A with Abi is posted at the Me and Thee Coffeehouse blog. Lots of other great interviews with other folk artists in the archives, too...
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 11:26 AM
May Shows
The Unofficial But Super-Fun Falcon Ridge Preview Tour is in full swing. Abi and Blue Moose and the Unbuttoned Zippers are all over the Northeast this month. Check the tour page for show details.
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 10:20 AM
Happy Spring!
Abi is raking and pulling weeds and planting seeds and hoping they can fend for themselves while she is away. April will finish with shows in Ann Arbor, Portland, Tacoma, and Bellingham. All are new cities for Abi, tell your friends!
Friday, April 3rd, 2009 10:03 AM
Midwest, then "home"
Abi is headed back from her old home to her new home, via an older home. It's all very confusing, and that's probably why her car feels so homey.
The point: Midwest shows this weekend, New England later this month. Spring hasn't felt this good in a while.
The point: Midwest shows this weekend, New England later this month. Spring hasn't felt this good in a while.
Sunday, March 15th, 2009 3:16 PM
Here comes SXSW!
When Abi isn't running around, trying to hear as much music and eat as many tacos as she can, you'll find her singing here:
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 1:00 PM
Lefty's Cafe - Austin Bergstrom Airport
Welcome to Austin! Music is everywhere.
Thursday, March 19th, 2009 6:00 PM
Third Coast Music Showcase - Austin Java
Lamar and Enfield (near 12th St.)
Lots more artists on the bill, plus coffee and food for energy to carry on.
Saturday, March 21st, 2009 6:00 PM
Artz Rib House
2330 S. Lamar Blvd. 78704
512.442.8283 - http://www.artzribhouse.com
My favorite ribs in Austin.
Saturday, March 21st, 2009 7:30 PM
Songwriters Showcase - Cactus Cafe
Southwest Corner of the Texas Union
Around 23rd and Guadalupe
512.475.6515 - http://www.utexas.edu/student/txunion/ae/cactus/
Hosted by Graham Weber, with Slaid Cleaves, Gurf Morlix, Southpaw Jones, Rod Picott and Amanda Shires and more more more!
(All these are free. No badge, no wristband, no RSVP required!)
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 1:00 PM
Lefty's Cafe - Austin Bergstrom Airport
Welcome to Austin! Music is everywhere.
Thursday, March 19th, 2009 6:00 PM
Third Coast Music Showcase - Austin Java
Lamar and Enfield (near 12th St.)
Lots more artists on the bill, plus coffee and food for energy to carry on.
Saturday, March 21st, 2009 6:00 PM
Artz Rib House
2330 S. Lamar Blvd. 78704
512.442.8283 - http://www.artzribhouse.com
My favorite ribs in Austin.
Saturday, March 21st, 2009 7:30 PM
Songwriters Showcase - Cactus Cafe
Southwest Corner of the Texas Union
Around 23rd and Guadalupe
512.475.6515 - http://www.utexas.edu/student/txunion/ae/cactus/
Hosted by Graham Weber, with Slaid Cleaves, Gurf Morlix, Southpaw Jones, Rod Picott and Amanda Shires and more more more!
(All these are free. No badge, no wristband, no RSVP required!)
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009 9:46 AM
Folk's Most Wanted
Abi was selected as a favorite by the audience at The Falcon Ridge Folk Festival ! She will return for the 2009 Most Wanted Song Swap, along with Amy Speace , Blue Moose and the Unbuttoned Zippers and Lucy Wainwright Roche. The festival will be help July 23-26 near Hillsdale, NY.
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008 1:02 PM
Happy New Year
It's Abi's favorite holiday! Full of reflection and possibility, and "best of" lists. Thanks to Don Grant, Margaret Moser, FAR Chart Reporters , and Tom Geddie for including "The Beauty In the Ruin" in their top picks of 2008!
Monday, December 15th, 2008 1:44 PM
Gift CDs
It's shopping time again! If you want to give Abi Tapia CDs to folks on your list, we can sign, wrap and ship them for free! Place your order direct with Abi by December 21 for this special treatment. Make sure you include special instructions about which CDs youd like, dedications and alternate shipping addresses.
Thursday, December 11th, 2008 10:09 AM
Big in Europe
The Beauty in Ruin is getting airplay and ink all over Europe these days. We're still working on some translations, but there are a few new reviews posted on the Press page. Check out what they think of Abi across the pond.
Monday, November 17th, 2008 9:52 AM
Who mixes well with Abi?
The Beauty in the Ruin has been added to The Music Genome Project, so you can now listen to it on Pandora radio. Add Abi to your mix and see what else pops up. I've heard that artists from Phil Collins to Gretchen Wilson have been played on the same stations. You can also see who else is listening to Abi and check out what other artists they like. Isn't Web 2.0 amazing?!
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 1:47 PM
Podcast Power!
Two cool Americana Music podcasts have recently featured tracks from The Beauty In the Ruin. Freight Train Boogie #4 and Americana Roots Roundtable 11. Both podcasts are also available on iTunes.
Monday, October 20th, 2008 4:48 PM
Steady On
More good reviews keep rolling in. And the tour-mobile will roll through the Northeast next month !
Friday, September 26th, 2008 6:09 PM
Another Rave
Check out the Press page where a new slew of publications have praised The Beauty In The Ruin.
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 11:28 AM
Austin CD Release this Tuesday!
Abi is finally home for a little while and wants to celebrate the release of The Beauty In The Ruin in her hometown. It's a big free party so come on down!
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 8:30 PM
CD RELEASE PARTY!
Cactus Cafe
Southwest Corner of the Texas Union
Austin, TX
512.475.6515
http://www.utexas.edu/student/txunion/ae/cactus/
Band Show
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 11:03 PM
Labor of Love Day
Thanks to the Unions and other workers who fought for 8 hour workdays and weekends off. Without them, no one would have time to go hear music! So Abi will spend Labor Day Weekend working. But since she loves her job, and gets lots of random days off, it's OK. Shows and radio appearances in Tennessee and North Carolina this week. See Tour page for details. Now if we could do something about those long drives, that would be a real respite.
Sunday, August 17th, 2008 10:35 PM
Falcon Ridge Survey Online
If you had to run for cover in the hail storm at the end of FRFF and didn't get a chance to fill out your survey, you can find a copy online . This is where you "vote" for which Emerging Artists you want to come back next year. Hint, hint.
Friday, August 15th, 2008 12:08 PM
Big Event this Saturday in Dallas!
Abi is playing at the Grand Opening of a new Border's store in Allen, TX on Saturday at 3pm. But this event is going on all weekend and features all sorts of great Texas Music, author signings, nice prizes and free chocolate. Hello! Read more about the new store here.
Thursday, July 31st, 2008 11:31 AM
Abi's a driving fool, but we've got....
A new review from the Austin Chronicle in the Press section, new blog about Falcon Ridge, The Beauty in the Ruin is #8 on the RMR Folk Chart, and hear Abi at the Waterloo Records listening station this month!
Sunday, July 20th, 2008 4:01 PM
Mark your calendars
Celebration of the release of Abi's new CD will be at Cactus Cafe on Tuesday, Sept 9. More more details check the tour page.
Saturday, July 5th, 2008 10:55 AM
Chart Activity
This week, The Beauty in the Ruin is #13 on Roots Music Report's Folk Chart ! I'm right in between Natalia Zukerman and Tift Merritt. Ahhh!
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 12:41 PM
Firecracker Fest this Saturday
The 4th Annual 5th of July Firecracker Festival of Independent Women will be at Cactus Cafe on July 5. Featuring Abi, Jess Klein, BettySoo, The Ginn Sisters and Melissa Greener! Details on the tour page. See you there. POW!
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 8:02 AM
Top 5
The Beauty in the Ruin was one of the "Top 5 Most Added" albums on the Americana Chart today!
