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Experimental folk for a revelatory future

Photo by Gus Johnson

“Abakis has written a beautiful collection of very genuine, heartfelt songs and surrounded herself with a great cast of collaborators, from fellow musicians to visual artists.”
— Wonder Room Recording
“Symphonic folk for inner space travels... Abakis make the internal external. ”
— Style Weekly Richmond
 
 

BIO:

Abakis (a.k.a. Aba Kiser) Growing up in Virginia singing jazz at her father’s restaurant, musical firebrand, and multi-instrumentalist Abakis creates genre-bending experimental folk for a revelatory future.

Hard to pin down, but instantly familiar, her tongue in cheek lyricism, vintage vocals, and Koetke-style picking guitar paint a sonic kaleidoscope. Aba released her debut album "I'm One Too" in New York, NY where the nuanced complexity of her raw folk songs expanded to contain an entire orchestra thanks to composer and producer Kate Copeland.

Abakis was selected as a fellow of the Dosti Music Project, a collaborative music residency bringing together musicians from India, Pakistan and the United States. She has toured nationally as back-up for the likes of Eleanor Murray and Ings. Aba is currently working on her second album, a love letter of living grief to those lost in the turbulence of our times.

 

HIGH-RES PHOTOS

 

ACCOLADES

  • In 2016 Abakis was selected as one of two American fellows of the Dosti Music Project, a collaborative music residency bringing together musicians from India, Pakistan and the United States.

  • Teaching credentials: Centrum’s Voiceworks: Somatic-Led Songwriting

 

RECORDED MUSIC

 

VIDEOS

 

SHOW HISTORY

  • PATSY CLINE IN “ALWAYS PATSY CLINE”

  • SARA IN “MURDER BALLAD”

  • THING FESTIVAL (PLAYING BASS/VOX IN INGS)

  • CAROLINE ROSE (PLAYING BASS/VOX IN INGS))

  • MIRAH (PLAYING BASS/VOX IN INGS))

  • W/ ADRON AT THE PORT TOWNSEND FILM FESTIVAL

  • W/ WILLIE WATSON AT FREMONT ABBEY

  • W/ JOLIE HOLLAND AT THE PALINDROME

  • W/ REGGIE GARRETT AND THE SNAKE OIL PEDDLERS

  • W/ ELEANOR MURRAY (OLY) AND STRONG SUN MOON AT THE PALINDROME

  • PORT TOWNSEND WOODEN BOAT FESTIVAL

  • CONCERTS ON THE PIER PORT ANGELES

  • CONCERTS ON THE DOCK PORT TOWNSEND

  • JUAN DE FUCA FESTIVAL

  • DUNGENESS CRAB AND SEAFOOD FESTIVAL

  • FREE THEM ALL BENEFIT CONCERT WITH ANNA/KATE BAND MEET CARO CARA, BLAIR MEDINA BALDWIN & PETE AND THE STRAY DOGS

  • FIRST FRIDAY DANCE - PORT TOWNSEND

 

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