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Elana Brody at The Back Room
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Wed, September 18, 2024
8:00 pm
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Orchestral folk singer-songwriter Elana Brody will offer a concert premiere of her debut album, The Garden, in concert at The Back Room. Brody is known for her poetic storytelling, adventurous piano playing, and honeyed, heartfelt voice. Be the first to hear the album in its entirety before it is released on September 20th! Woven throughout the concert will be opportunities for interactive communal singing, with Elana offering songs to open the heart. All voices are welcome.
Atop the West Allegheny mountains, in the least populated county east of the Mississippi, Elana Brody grew up on a farm surrounded by untamed forests as far as the eye could see. Every season, she’d see new plants and animals appear. Rhododendrons, mountain laurel and wild orchid lady slippers. Beavers in the pond and barred owls in the spruce forests. Brody’s family kept a reverential practice of going on quiet walks where she learned to keep her eyes and ears wide open, like a tracker. She brings this kind of attunement to her music—listening for the new, noticing the earthly details and staying agile in every moment. On her forthcoming EP, The Garden, Brody brings us back to her childhood homestead, with its fireside harmonies and songs to celebrate the earth’s glory....





