The county-based 23-year-old – formerly from East Keal – launched her debut CD, The Aftermath of '96, with a concert featuring a 10-piece band at Lincoln Drill Hall on Friday.
From a baby who sang herself to sleep to a youngster who would often stay up singing until 3am, Abi is now a talented and self-taught multi-instrumentalist and songwriter.
She said: "I suppose I took the usual route, starting in school plays, and I played the keyboard at primary school. We moved to Germany when I was eight and the music director at my new school gave me lots of confidence. I sang solos in shows and that was when I realised music was what I wanted to do for a living."
Returning to the UK, Abi lived in Fen Lane, East Keal, learning the violin and playing in orchestras.
At 17 she began appearing as a solo artist and started writing her own songs in 2000: "It just felt so natural. I love the writing process, recording, playing live... the whole thing. I get inspired by all kinds of things. I think of lyrics in my car and have to stop and write them down."
Having appeared on the cabaret circuit – even playing at the London Palladium in 2002 – Abi decided to move more firmly along the singer-songwriter path.
She has performed at a number of venues around the Boston area, including an impressive set at Party in the Park in 2004.
Abi, whose parents Julie and John Moore still live in the area, says many songs on the album were written in her bedroom at East Keal.

CD review by Mike Lyon:
It is no coincidence the cover of singer-songwriter Abi Moore's debut album is a diary. Inside is an honest and often courageous chronicle of the past decade, of relationships and incidents, and most notably the death of her best friend ten years ago which forms the basis of Holding On.
But there is also a freshness, even an optimism about The Aftermath of '96, mirrored in the quiet strength of several tracks, and the very fact Abi herself has written, played, sung, recorded and produced pretty much the lot.
Her beautiful voice is central to the album's appeal, underlined by gently persuasive melodies and excellent arrangements, notably on opener Circles with its jazzy guitar and the rolling piano and gospel energy of Let It Go.
An impressive and emotionally involving introduction to a bright new talent.

To buy the new album log on to www.abimoore.com – or hear Abi's music and see her video at www.myspace.com/thisisabimoore

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