Angie Aparo comes home to Eddie’s Attic

The Atlanta songwriter behind "Spaceship" and Faith Hill's "Cry" returns to the Decatur room where he restarted his career after a 2016 stroke.

Some artists play Eddie's Attic. Angie Aparo practically keeps a standing date there. He headlined the Decatur room last November and came back in May. A week from tonight, Friday, November 6, he plays it again. Tickets start around $32 through DICE.

Our own records put the count at 31 Atlanta-area shows, more than anywhere else he plays. That's no surprise. Aparo was born in Atlanta, and this city is where his career has always come back to.

If you only know one Aparo song, it's probably one you heard without his voice on it. He wrote "Cry," which Faith Hill took to radio. His own breakthrough came in 2000 with "Spaceship," from the album *The American*, a big-hearted, slightly cosmic rock song that sounded like nothing else on alt-rock radio that year.

The more important story is what happened in 2016. That April, Aparo tore his carotid artery and had a stroke that left him immobilized at first, and later with aphasia that affected his speech. For a singer, that's about as frightening as it gets. He worked his way back. And when he returned to the stage, Eddie's Attic was where he did it.

When Aparo came back from a stroke, he came back at Eddie's Attic.

That history colors every show he plays in that room now. The Attic is a listening room, the kind of place where people actually stop talking when the song starts. An Aparo set there tends to feel less like a gig than a visit with someone the room has been rooting for over the years. Last year's November show had Davin McCoy as a special guest.

There's also something to be said for catching a songwriter of his generation in a room this size. Fewer than 200 people, a good sound system and an artist who knows every board in the floor. That's the Atlanta version of a hometown show. No arena, no production, just the songs and the guy who wrote them.

Angie Aparo plays Eddie's Attic in Decatur on Friday, Nov. 6. Check the venue for set times, and buy ahead. His Attic shows have a way of filling up.

Sources: DICE: Coming Up in Atlanta (Angie Aparo, Eddie's Attic, Fri Nov 6) (dice.fm); Eddie's Attic: Angie Aparo with special guest Davin McCoy (eddiesattic.com); Eddie's Attic: Angie Aparo (May 2026) (eddiesattic.com); DICE: Angie Aparo, May 29, Eddie's Attic (dice.fm); Wikipedia: Angie Aparo (en.wikipedia.org); Angie Aparo artist profile (album and documentary in progress) (concerts.hypebot.com); The evolution of Eddie's Attic (AJC) (ajc.com)