Allison Tartalia

Bio:
"Tartalia is to pop music what granola is to cereal." - NYRock.com.
Indeed, Allison is not your run-of the-mill songwriter. Her unconventional arrangements, brutally honest lyrics, and wry humor make her as unpredictable as she is unforgettable. Audiences have taken notice at clubs, colleges and festivals around the country.
A classically trained pianist, Allison draws upon diverse influences to create her eclectic brand of orchestral chamber pop. The NY Times calls Allison a "singer with a sultry voice" and the Village Voice wrote "This native New Yorker's debut CD sounds legitimately more jazzy than folky--smack-dab in the Laura Nyro/Ricki Lee Jones/Sophie B. Hawkins lineage." Allison's "Spinning Song" won second place in the Indiegrrl Song Writing Contest, and other tunes have been recognized by the Billboard and John Lennon Songwriting Contests.
Allison's first foray into musical theatre as composer and arranger, 1918: A House Divided, was produced by the Pulitzer Prize-winning Theater for the New City. An original cast recording was released in 2008. Tartalia frequently accompanies other artists as a keyboardist and vocalist both on stage and in the studio, and recently co-wrote music for the documentary 5,000 Miles From Home.
Her latest project, the Sweet and Vicious EP will be released later this year.
HIGHLIGHTS Midpoint Music Festival (OH)
GoGirls at SXSW (TX)
Millennium Music Conference (PA)
Cape May Singer Songwriter (NJ)
Airlie Arts Festival (NC)
Estrojam (IL)
Dewey Beach Music Conference (DE)
Rockrgrl Music Conference (WA)
NE Regional Folk Alliance (NY)
Sam Ash Sponsored Band
Performed w Petra Haden & the Sellouts
Reviews
"Wonder of wonders, this native New Yorker's debut CD sounds legitimately more jazzy than folky--smack-dab in the Laura Nyro/Ricki Lee Jones/Sophie B. Hawkins lineage, complete with sax solos warm enough for Baker Street and titles that namecheck Ab Fab and Dorothy.Tell Auntie Em and Toto, too; Oz never did give nothin' to the tin man that he didn't already have." -- Chuck Eddy, The Village Voice



"Allison Tartalia [is] a singer with a sultry voice. . ." -- Marc Santora, The New York Times
“…a standout among female “confessional” singer/songwriters” -- Dale Johnson, Cincinnati CityBeat



". . . a bit edgy, often very fun, sometimes serious and beautiful and. . .stunningly good piano work. . . " Susanne Millsaps, KRCL, Salt Lake City, UT



"The label "singer-songwriter" doesn't fully grasp Allison Tartalia's worldly sound. It's not just guitars and emotional lyrics here. You'll hear a full range of eclectic noise during Tartalia's set at Chicks Rockfest this weekend - jazzy piano, rich percussion and clever lyrics delivered in the singer's commanding voice. Singer-songwriters are always more interesting when they add something extra - and Tartalia's got plenty of extras in her diverse sound." --
Kari Wethington, Cincinnati's CinWeekly



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