Abigail Lapell

Abigail Lapell, whose new album “Shadow Child” is out now, selects ten meaningful objects from her home for KLOF’s Off the Shelf series. Her picks span a wooden dala horse picked up in Stockholm while touring with baby Charlie, sand timers that help with focus, marionettes from a favourite music video, and the hood ornament of a beloved camper van.

Following years of IVF and an on-stage miscarriage, Abigail Lapell was pregnant with her first child when she made her album Shadow Child. Nine of the songs represent a month of gestation, embracing moments of joy and loss, and addressing issues such as reproductive health. Sweet and tender, the album is tinged with sadness but comes to full term with hope and joy.

Abigail Lapell shares the title track from her forthcoming album “Shadow Child,” featuring Frazey Ford. Ford’s unmistakable voice meets Lapell’s over sparse guitars and theremin, while a stop-motion clay animation Lapell created years ago serves as the perfect visual accompaniment.

Abigail Lapell shares “Hazel,” the first single from forthcoming album Shadow Child — a nine-song cycle written during pregnancy after years of IVF and loss. Featuring Jill Barber, the track is a spare lullaby addressed to a child whose existence remains uncertain, its plucked guitar drifting through childhood imagery — sandcastles, snow angels, a name carried off on the summer air.

For ‘Anniversary’, Abigail Lapell celebrates commitment and growing old together…with music and songs such as these, let’s hope her albums turn into an annual event.

Abigail Lapell turns to the romantic ideal of growing old together on her forthcoming album Anniversary. Watch the video for her lead single Anniversary Song, recorded live with her band in a 200-year-old church.

It’s often said that lullabies exist in a liminal space, on the ill-defined boundaries between sleep and wakefulness. On this fine album, Abigail Lapell continues to push her own musical boundaries.

On her new album Lullabies, Abigail Lapell illuminates some of the darker themes lurking beneath the surface of so many beloved folk tunes. Watch her video for “Isabeau”, a traditional French lullaby.

Toronto-based songwriter Abigail Lapell shares a live video for Old Flames, recorded at her Toronto album launch at The Dakota Tavern, featuring Jenny Berkel, Dan Fortin, Jake Oelrichs and Rich Burnett.

Organic and intimate in feel, Abigail Lapell’s “Stolen Time” is an emotionally potent offering and one that’s sure to lead to a significant and well-deserved international breakthrough.

Taken from her forthcoming album ’Stolen Time’, Canadian singer/songwriter Abigail Lapell has shared a video for her moving new single ‘Land of Plenty’, which is also our Song of the Day.

Six years on from Abigail Lapell’s debut, Hide nor Hair is a calming 10-song collection of fine-spun folk songs, as much about mood as it is about storytelling. A departure from her earlier efforts, she possesses a persuasive voice, bearing echoes of many of the greats.