Abby Lappen

Artist Information

Biography

Abby Lappen is a singer-songwriter in the acoustic folk tradition, with strong jazz, rock and blues influences. Whether singing her own songs in concert or popular covers personalized for any gathering, her sweet, smoky voice lends a vibe that is both sexy and soothing.

Abby’s own witty, soulful work is quickly gaining devotees. With influences ranging from the sultriest of blues to activist folk, to rock both bouncy and hard-hitting, as well as her unique instrumentation including acoustic and steel guitar and soul-twanging use of harmony, Abby’s music is a must for many fans.

She has played in many venues across the Northeast, as well as various fairs and festivals.

Abby works with several populations each week
leading song and movement groups as a therapeutic tool. Her growing repertoire evolves with each group's personal requests exploring collective memory.

Playing the guitar since a child she has a natural connection with her instrument, producing warm radiant sound. She believes music is like a dance and relies on kinetic knowledge and improvisational skills fueling her voice as her prominent instrument. Always developing her style and abilities her song-writing challenges her to reach higher levels.

Abby is currently working on her third album.

Instrumentation

Steve Collins - Percussionist
Michael Carr - Guitar and Mandolin

Discography

Soul Reasons (2007)
Outside the Box (2004)
Mad Dogs and Angels- Rhett Tyler (2007) "He Carried Me"
WKZE- Red Hook, NY www.wkze.com
WRPI- Troy, NY Stormy Monday Blues w/ Steve Daub
WRIP- Hunter Mountain w/ Sonny Rock
WXYG- Hudson, NY
WCVF- Fredonia, NY
WAIF- Curved Air- Live Broadcast
WBAI- NYC Bob Fass
WBCR- Great Barrington, MA
indieartistradio.com
She Gooves Live NYC
2008 Peacedriven honorable mention/Conquest
2007 Finalist IAMA Folk/Americana/Roots Paradigm
2007 Finalist American Songwriter Lyrics James
2006 JPF Americana Song Nominee Doggone Love
2006 Peacedriven song contest honorable mention
2005 Great American Song acoustic/folk Beef Queen honor award

Official Website

http://www.abbylappen.com

Audio

• Virtual Permanence
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• Louise
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• JAMES
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• Paradigm
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• Industrial Signs
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• Barometric Blueprint
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• Soul Reasons
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• Little Boxes
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• Blues in A
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• Three Bells
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Lyrics

• Industrial Signs
• Conquest
• Soul Reasons
• Piece of Green
• Little Boxes
• Beef Queen
• Techno Perfect

Video

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Press

• "Vintage take on Americana..." [+ Show ]
  

  "With her vintage take on Americana, Abby Lappen hit the Folk fest circuit and released the magical ..."With her vintage take on Americana, Abby Lappen hit the Folk fest circuit and released the magical CD, Outside the Box. Lappen doesn't limit herself stylistically, jumping through the worlds of Jazz, Blues, Gospel and great American standards on the disc. But it's Lappen's sweet, soulful vocals that are the main draw." City Beat Cincinati's News and Entertainment Weekly 9/23
  
  Dig it: That "Little Boxes" song currently serving as the theme to the TV show Weeds (Lappen does her own great version), Over the Rhine, Victoria Williams (MB)

• "Best cd of this type I've heard in a long time" [+ Show ]
  

  Reviewer: Marlene Vidibor "This compilation of original songs by Abby Lappen goes as deep as Dyla...Reviewer: Marlene Vidibor
  
  "This compilation of original songs by Abby Lappen goes as deep as Dylan and Buffy St.Marie. I think Abby is here to stay on the scene and can't wait for her second recording to come out. I replay this one constantly and never tire of hearing it or watching her in person. She is a real poet."

• "Outside The Box Is A Masterpiece" [+ Show ]
  

  Reviewer: E L D "Outside the Box showcases songs that are intense, funny, engaging and heart wren...Reviewer: E L D
  
  "Outside the Box showcases songs that are intense, funny, engaging and heart wrenching. These are wonderful expressions of what is best and what is most troubling about the human condition.
  Abby's songs will make you savor friendship and love, and strive to right the world's wrongs. This is a CD to listen to again and again!"
  

• "... soulful and fluidly organic [+ Show ]
  

  "... soulful and fluidly organic end result... Lappen's lyrics are also above par... a less snoozy N..."... soulful and fluidly organic end result... Lappen's lyrics are also above par... a less snoozy Nora Jones with a Folk- Americana bent..."

Setlist

I like to mix up originals and covers.
I have pretty good endurance and can play what ever is expected of me.

Soul Reasons (2007):
Barometric Blueprint, Beef Queen, Blues in A, Conquest, Clone Me, Industrial Signs, It Moves Me, James, Louise, Paradigm, Soul Reasons, Spears, This Side Up, Wildwood Flower

Outside The Box (2004):
Ballad of Pedro, Barnyard Blues, Blue Iris, Canyons, Doggone Love, Hat Trick, Martin's Lilacs, Mass Infatuation, Peter, Piece Of Green, Sand, Techno-Perfect and This Song

Favorite covers include:
All My Loving, April Come She Will, Baby Can I Hold You, Blackbird, Don’t Think Twice, For What It's Worth, Fishing Blues, Give Me One Reason, In Your Eyes, I Shall Be Released, It's a Frame, Lazy River, People Get Ready, Since I Fell For You, Sweet Surrender, Take A Giant Step, Tell It Like It Is, The Wind, 'Till There Was You, Town Without Pity, Two Brothers, Waist Deep in the Big Muddy, What A Wonderful World, What I'm Trying to Say, You Don't Know Me, Zimbabwe

Basic Requirements

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