Eli Elkus

Eli Elkus

When

November 15, 2024    
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Event Type

Eli Elkus is a musical storyteller, song craftsman, and folk activist currently residing in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts. He began sculpting his craft as a young troubadour fishin’ for songs by the riversides and busking in the streets of New England. It was here the love of folk music and storytelling found him, connecting with perfect strangers through meter, melody, and merit-making story and song. Music for the people, by the people. No frills and no show business. And so it goes. The ramblin’ folk singer plays and tells for multigenerational audiences across the USA and beyond, freewheelin’ in his road sweet home ‘JeBus’ with his trusty hound Bronco.

His performances draw upon a vast repertoire of original songs and stories from his travels and rekindlings of old-timey Americana, folk and blues songs dating back to the early 1900s. The songs tell tales of humanity and treasures of the natural world. Recent works have been in cahoots with his partner in life and songcrafting Lara Wahl, including their first album together, Postcards From Heaven, and short musical film, “Lazy-Eyed Dreamer.”