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Eleanor Ellis, a brilliant voice of the acoustic blues scene today, performs with varied musicians from in and around the DC area, including with Phil Wiggins, Rick Franklin, Bill Ellis, Andy Cohen, Neil and Erin Harpe and many others.
Eleanor Ellis | Kennedy Center. Eleanor Ellis, a native of Louisiana, has since performed at clubs, festivals, and concerts in the United States, Canada, and Europe. She has also traveled and played with the late gospel street singer Flora Molton and bluesman Archie Edwards, and sometimes accompanied Delta Blues great Eugene Powell.
F or Eleanor Ellis, her musical career was what happened while she was doing what she liked to do. Fortuitously, what she likes to do creating, recreating, preserving and performing basic American blues is also what she believes in. And what she does well. Ellis grew up in Louisiana near New Orleans, a region where the music, like the food, is ...
Eleanor Ellis. Genres: Acoustic Blues. Website: www.thecountryblues.com/artist-reviews/eleanor-ellis. Eleanor Ellis is a celebrated master of the country and Piedmont blues, one of the most significant women in the acoustic genre, carrying on the music in major festivals nationwide. Upcoming Shows. June 8.
