Abra Moore

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Abra Moore (born June 8, 1969 in San Diego, California) is a folk-styled alternative rock singer-songwriter. She is an icon of the Austin, Texas music scene. Her 1997 album Strangest Places spun off the hit "Four Leaf Clover", which saw airplay in Midwest U.S. radio markets and VH1 and MTV2 rotation. Moore's parents named Abra after the heroine of John Steinbeck's East of Eden. She was raised in Puna, Hawaii in a bohemian household that had very strong jazz influences, including jam sessions by guest musicians. When she was 19 she founded Poi Dog Pondering with a group of friends, moving to Los Angeles in 1988 and to Austin in 1992. Moore left the band shortly afterward to pursue a solo career. Her first album was Sing (1995), followed by Strangest Places (1997), which had a companion CD "Live from the Strangest Places", featuring acoustic versions of several tracks from the album.

Abra continued to work on her next studio album "No Fear", while contributing songs to several soundtracks. However rumored creative differences and contractual conflict resulted in a change in management, recording companies and eventually the shelving of the album (although promo copies still exist, released by J Records, her label at the time). Most of the songs later appeared in slightly altered versions on her latest album, "Everything Changed" (2004) released on Koch Records.

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