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Interview w/ Allison Foster

By Stoney ⋅ April 16, 2007 ⋅  Print this post ⋅ Post a comment

She has been praised by the likes of Big Al Beasley and American Skin’s Bryan Panowich. Her songs are sometimes felt in the most gutteral of places. She’s the furthest thing from an Augusta pop diva. Allison Foster is a rock chick through and through. Just ask any of the guys.

With just enough sass to toughen up the girls and the right amount of heart to soften up the guys, Augusta’s Allison Foster has arrived to chip a new notch in the belt of Augusta female musical history!

LL-First off, you just seemed to drop out of nowhere last year, who exactly is this acoustic gal rocker known as Allison Foster?

AF-Wellllll im just me. I’m not sure if there is anyway to pin point the whole essence of Allison Foster [laughing]. Listen to the words in my songs and you’ll get a pretty good idea.

LL-So who and what drove you to get into this singer-songwriter biz?

AF-Life. It’s the craziest thing sometimes ! The good, the bad, the in between; that’s what drives me to write.

LL-On the other hand, what did you ENJOY most about being away from home?

AF-So know that you’ve done it for a while, whatcha like best about about the world of the singer-songwriter?
AF-The free beer! [Laughing] I’m joking! I love the fact that I get to meet incredible musicians. Augusta is filled with them I learn so much from them.

LL-Singer-Songwriters in the area have been known to move away, try other area. People like Steven Jackson, Tara Scheyer, and even Josh Pierce. Any plans on ditchin’ us Augusta folks anytime soon?

AF-I have no plans on leaving, but who knows where i will be 10 years from now. I’ve lived in Atlanta before and I ended up coming back. I love it here. Augusta will always be my home.

LL-What about just gigging out of town anytime soon?

AF-I’m working on something in Atlanta, and hopefully I’ll luck up. and maybe even find somewhere in Athens. I would like to venture out a lil bit. no worries though Augusta is still my home

LL-So decribe the ultimate gig.

AF-opening for Ani Difranco and Melissa Etheridge!!!!!! I would freak out!

LL-There are a few, maybe not a ton, but a few women performers here in Augusta. What makes Allison Foster different than the rest of them?

AF-[Laughing] It’s the hair! nah I think its my voice. It’s kinda different, and I’d like to think my style of writing and playing as well. I just want to convey how I felt at the time of writing the song to the audience. I have a lot of emotion in my music

LL-Now I know you’ve been asked, and we’re gonna ask as well, cuz Big Al (Beasley) REALLY wants to know, when is Augusta gonna get a new Allison Foster CD?

AF-Soon!! I talked to Mr. Rob Boggs a few days ago. Hopefully I will be in the studio again sometime in april.

LL-And when we get this new platter, what can we expect?

AF-There will be some new stuff as well as old. I am planning on getting some people to play behind me add some drums. Stuff like that. I have a little more control over my voice since the last time I recorded so I am going to concentrate more on my pitches this time around.

LL-Any duets?

AF-Not on my cd, I did practice a song with American Skin last year unfortunatley we were not given the oppertunity to show it to the world. It’s cool the world wasn’t ready biatches! [Laughing] I am up for anything musically, so if I had offers sure, why not.

LL-Sorry, just funnin ya…but seriously, any duets? Sorry! Any parting words or shots for the Augusta peeps before ya go?

AF-Yes. To all my guys that are working hard playing the music every weekend, keep it up I love it! There are some kick ass bands here in Augusta and I am really glad I can be apart of the music here! Am Skin, Josh, Dave, Mr. Al : Thank you for all of your support! You guys rock my world! And Stoney thank you so much for helping the LOKAL music scence to be what it is. You are amazing. muah

LL-Thanks Allison!

AF-No problem! Thanks for having me =0)

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