| About Liz Abbott | " Tastefully understated, yet positively enchanting " - ARTVOICE "Abbott was a major part of the electric atmosphere at Nietzsche's. She sang with passion & from the heart." - Anthony Violanti, BUFFALO NEWS "Liz Abbott celebrates the release of her 'Change is in the Air' disc inside Nietzsche's, 248 Allen St. , beginning at 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Abbott's 'Change is in the Air' is a remarkable effort, at once intimate and idiosyncratic, broadly emotional and universal. Consisting - save one unlisted techno bonus track, an interpretation of John Lennon's sublime 'No. 9 Dream' - solely of Abbott's acoustic guitar playing and ethereal singing, the record offers surprises at every turn, be they in the poetic imagination evinced in the cliche-free lyrics or in the astute organic melodic and harmonic nuances of Abbott's guitar playing. This is not the wispy, folk-based pop songwriting of the current female singer-songwriter set - Abbott is just too delightfully strange to be lumped in with anything so obvious. Her main influence, one guesses, is Joni Mitchell, another incredibly underrated, eclectic guitarist with a penchant for the exploration of oft-ignored estuaries of modern song. Abbott is, beyond question, in possession of a deep, true talent that she gives of freely and, based on the understated beauty of these songs, humbly." - Jeff Miers, BUFFALO NEWS "Clearly has a sound all her own...sinuous voice, sophisticated lyrics." - Jim Catalano, ITHACA JOURNAL Liz has been privileged to open shows for: Eric Andersen; Suzanne Vega; Shawn Phillips; David Bromberg; Jewel; Rod MacDonald; The Burns Sisters; David Celia; Michael Campagna; Michael C Ford; Hank Roberts; Marc Scibilia; The Mammals, & more.... |
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