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Leela and Ellie Grace

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  • Genre: Acoustic / Americana / Folk

    Location Portland, OR/Asheville, NC, Please select your region, Un

    Profile Views: 37954

    Last Login: 2/10/2011

    Member Since 2/24/2006

    Website www.leelaandelliegrace.com

    Record Label Independent

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    Our self-titled debut, our second CD, "Where The Waters Run," and our limited edition T-shirts can be ordered at our website: http//:www.leelaandelliegrace.com Leela and Ellie Grace are singers, multi-instrumentalists, songwriters, and percussive dancers who grew up traveling across North America performing professionally as part of The Grace Family. Leela and Ellie's performances include a compelling mix of music and dance that is rooted in tradition but crosses easily into the contemporary folk realm, including their own acclaimed original songs. The sisters recorded three albums with The Grace Family, in addition to doing studio work with other musicians, and have two acclaimed duo CDs. They have performed at prestigious venues across the United States and Canada, ranging from the Winnipeg Folk Festival to the Lincoln Center in New York City. "Leela's and Ellie's singing is clear, pitch-perfect, and expressive. Soaring is a word that comes to mind." -- The Old Time Herald. The duo is known for their stunning sisterly harmonies, powerful singing voices, multi-instrumental expertise, and unmatched precision percussive dance. Audiences remember Leela and Ellie's evocative original songs, warm stage presence, and toe-tapping old-time groove. Between them, they play mandolin, guitar, fiddle, and banjo and have decades of experience in performing, choreographing, and teaching percussive dance styles that include Appalachian clogging, Irish Step Dancing, and Rhythm Tap. "Two of the finest and most entertaining cloggers around." --Rock River Friends of Folk Music .. As a duo and as solo artists, they have appeared at national folk festivals, collaborated with highly respected performers, and inspired young and old alike as teachers of music and dance. In 2003, they released their long-awaited debut duo CD, recorded in Vermont with revered old-time, folk producer/composer/multi-instrumentalist Pete Sutherland and many of the East Coast's finest musicians. "Leela and Ellie Grace soar off this disc like a breath of fresh air in the smoky atmosphere of singer-songwriters. This lively recording, exquisitely produced by Pete Sutherland, is truly a joy to behold...If you’re hesitant to take a chance on new artists, rest assured this CD will leave you in a state of grace." -- Sing Out! Magazine. After a lifetime spent based in Columbia, Missouri, the sisters have ventured out in search of new and exciting musical opportunities. 2006 saw Ellie relocating to the musical mecca of Asheville, North Carolina and touring with the Dirk Powell Band. 2007 saw a move to Portland, Oregon by older sister, Leela. In 2008, Leela and Ellie released their highly anticipated second duo CD, "Where the Waters Run." This beautiful album was produced by Leela and Ellie and includes nine of their stunning originals and two traditional songs. "Their work is among the freshest and best anywhere on the American folk music scene."-- Kent Anderson, Folk DJ, KCSC. "This second CD from sisters Leela and Ellie Grace is a smart and harmonious set, mostly comprising original songs with a bright sound and an uplifting outlook. Their blend of complementary mountain-clear voices recalls the sound of groups like the Wailin' Jennys and Uncle Earl, and the arrangements featuring mandolin, fiddle, banjo, and guitar also place them firmly in the modern American roots realm." -- Dirty Linen Magazine More information: http://www.leelaandelliegrace.com..

  • Members

    Leela Grace: vocals, banjo, guitar, feet; Ellie Grace: vocals, mandolin, guitar, fiddle, feet..

  • Influences

    Catie Curtis, the Indigo Girls, Sally Rogers, Alison Krauss, Anne Hills, Lori McKenna, Cathy Barton and Dave Para, the Fiddle Puppets, Patty Griffin, Iris DeMent, Sandy Silva, Geoff Seitz and Jim Nelson, the Dixie Chicks, Tim O'Brien, Solas, Jean Denny, the Volo Bogtrotters, Dar Williams, Kris Delmhorst, James Keelaghan, Ginny Hawker, Dirk Powell, Kasey Chambers, the Duhks, Gillian Welch, Pat Humphries, Maura O'Connell, Wild Asparagus, Rayna Gellert, Melissa Ferrick, Cheryl Wheeler, Laurie Lewis, Liz Carroll, Kate Rusby, Maia Sharp, Mary Black, Tracy Chapman, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Emmylou Harris, L.J. Booth, Dean Magraw, Bonnie Raitt, Trevor and Travis Stuart . . . and many more!

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