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eliza blue

About Me

...“Fans of Maddy Prior and Margot Timmins will immediately warm to her hushed, milky vocals and the simplicity of her arrangements… which evoke comparisons to Leonard Cohen, Neil Young and Gillian Welch. While not a gimmicky artist or one likely to get audiences out of their seats, Eliza Blue is a performer capable of mesmerizing listeners with a set of heartbreaking, grown-up lullabies.” Adrienne Van der Valk, Eugene Weekly....Since she began her songwriting career three years ago Eliza has crossed the country several times, and averages over a 150 gigs a year. Recently Eliza has shared the stage with: Billy Bragg, Kelly Joe Phelps, The Watson Twins, Fiona McBain of Ollabelle, Devil Makes Three, Charlie Parr, Lonesome Dan Kase, & Tim Fite. She has appeared in-studio on WGBH in Boston, KFAI in Minneapolis, WNPR in Madison, KWVA in Eugene, WMPG in Portland, WCSA in Portsmouth, and has songs in rotation on independent radio stations both nationally and internationally. In addition, she fiddles and sings with several Minneapolis based groups, including Jenny Dalton, Roe Family Singers, Mary Everest, and John Swardson. When she's not on the road, Eliza lives in Minneapolis with her two dogs, Micah and Lily....The new album, 'Screen Doors & Back Doors,' is available at shows or through www.CDBABY.com. Her first full length release, the album was recorded in cabins, basements, and backyards.
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/7/2005
Band Website: this is it:)
Band Members: eliza blue: vocals, guitar, banjo, violin, mandolin.
Influences: gillian welch and david rawlings, leonard cohen, richard buckner, bob dylan, janis joplin, nick cave, julie miller, anything old and dark.
Sounds Like: gillian welch, cowboy junkies, joan baez, pj harvey, nick drake, patty griffin, maddy prior.
Record Label: lucky micah records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

twin town high vol. X

twin town's annual compilation of local music is out and i'm on it! you can check out the 'final lineup,' here: www.myspace.com/twintownhigh. these are all tracks that are not available anywhere els...
Posted by on Sun, 09 Nov 2008 06:38:00 GMT

holy moly the new york times!!

so...how can i even start this? got to play a show last week with my friends jim walsh and jen markey, that happened to also include billy bragg, ike reilly, and tom morello of rage against the machi...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:06:00 GMT

aw shucks...

so, local folk heroine and radio host ellen stanley (aka mother banjo,) writes a great music blog with some other friends. she said some really kind words about me a few months back in her post about...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:08:00 GMT

a link...

last winter (on my birthday, in fact) i had the good fortune of recording a track for a new album by the band brown bird. the album is quite lovely. you can read a review of it here: http://thephoen...
Posted by on Sun, 04 May 2008 16:57:00 GMT

some beautiful people i would like to thank

i am so lucky and feel so blessed right now. there are so many people whose work and lives make this world a beautiful place so this is by no means an exhaustive list, but i wanted to put it out to t...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:03:00 GMT

the website is no more...

i let my website lapse because i was on a technology hiatus and now it's expired and i can't get it back! this may or may not be a temporary problem...in the meantime, this is it!
Posted by on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:23:00 GMT

new reviews

hey friends...got some new reviews. i'm putting some excerpts below, you can read the whole articles on their respective websites. much thanks to matt perrine of the budgeteer and rob van alstynle &...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:32:00 GMT

you can buy it online

hey folks, you can now officially buy 'screen doors & back doors' online by going to www.cdbaby.com/elizablue2. you can also listen to clips from all the tracks so you know what you're getting yourse...
Posted by on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:14:00 GMT

myspace malfunction!!

hey there friends, something weird is happening in myspace land. i've got quite a few shows lined up for november and december, but i am currently unable to list them on my calendar without the venue...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:09:00 GMT

thank you, reviews, and other things

hello all! thanks so much to everyone who came out for the release last friday. it was amazing to share the night with you all! if you are interested in reading a write-up about the album or listen...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:44:00 GMT