Elana Stone
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Elana Stone is a vocalist, songwriter, pianist, accordion player, and band leader based in Sydney, Australia. Described by John Bailey from Sunday Age as 'One of the most impressive singing voices in the country', her album In the Garden of Wild Things was released in 2006 on the Jazzgroove label. Her album, Your Anniversary, was released in 2009.
Early life and education
Stone studied music at Newtown High School of the Performing Arts, the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the Australian National University.
Career
In 2004, she was named Best Jazz Artist at the Musicoz Awards. She also won a National Jazz Award at the 2005 Wangaratta Jazz Festival.
Elana frequently performs as a solo artist The Elana Stone Band and with the country music influenced female harmony band, All Our Exes Live in Texas . The ongoing status of another band,The Rescue Ships with Brian Campeau is less clear. Stone has also toured with The Cat Empire, Bluejuice, Jackson Jackson and Tripod.
In August 2008, Stone was invited by Deborah Conway to take part in the Broad Festival project, which toured major Australian cities including performing at the Sydney Opera House.[1] With Stone and Conway were Laura Jean, Liz Stringer and Dianna Corcoran – they performed their own and each other's songs.[2]
In 2010, she performed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and at Edinburgh Fringe Festival with Tripod in the show Tripod vs the Dragon.[3] [4] Stone, along with bandmate Brian Campeau, featured on Passenger's 2010 album, 'Flight of the Crow'.
References
- ↑ Elliott, Tim (19 August 2008). "Lady's Night at the Beckoning Microphone". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
- ↑ "Broad 2008". Broad Festival. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
- ↑ Tripod versus the Dragon
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