Folk Artist, Singer-Songwriter

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If music is a journey of discovery to be savoured and enjoyed, then Elfin Bow is carving out her own exciting and unique path and loving every moment. With sounds reminiscent of Sandy Denny, Kate Bush and even the odd reminiscence of Pink Floyd, she loves to pen her own songs as well as collecting jewels from the musical history books to reinterpret in her own way, playing guitar, mandolin, banjo, ukulele, violin and piano. 

 

Elfin grew up in a strict Baptist family and was not allowed to listen to contemporary music. Early influences were 1970’s Sunday school songs and the family folk group, The Beukemas, singing three-part harmonies with her sisters and improvising violin harmonies with the church band. With her classical training on the piano, it was the romantic Aria’s by Sterndale Bennett and the well-known themes of Mozart, Chopin and Tchaikovsky that gave her a grounding in subtle emotion and poignant melodies. Her musical horizons widened further as she discovered Tori Amos, Bjork and PJ Harvey, artists whose rebellious spirit touched a nerve and empowered Elfin Bow to develop her lyrics, individual song writing style and artistic direction. 

 

At Art school, she developed a respect for the writings of Allan Kaprow and the ‘happenings’ of the 1960’s, where art began to imitate life. Boundaries were blurred between art, music and performance and Elfin began to use multi-disciplinary methods to express her ideas. More recently, it was the writings of Elle Luna, Brene Brown and Tara Mohr that helped Elfin to confidently launch her career as a professional artist and musician. 

 

Since bravely leaping off the musical cliff, Elfin has encountered many serendipitous moments that has only added fuel to her belief that she made the right decision to follow her dreams. She has sung harmonies with folk legend, Bonnie Dobson, has supported many artists of note including Robin Williamson (The Incredible String Band) Bronwynne Brent and Chris Wood, and had airplay on BBC 6 Music (Gideon Coe) and BBC Radio Wales (Wynne Evans, Adam Walton.)  She is well supported by BBC Radio Merseyside, BBC Radio Shropshire and many local and internet radio stations including Blues and Roots Radio, Dublin City FM, Salford City Radio and Radio Caroline where her self-produced debut album reached number 5 in the Album Countdown Chart. 

  

After a successful crowdfunding campaign, Elfin Bow completed her self-titled and self-produced debut album, which features fiddle by Tom Kitching and banjo by Jamie Francis. Also appearing are Oscar South on bass and digital performance technology, traditional Sakha vocalisations of nature sounds by Saydyko Fedorova, vocal harmonies and flute by her sister, Victoria Wasley and Muireann McDermott Long and percussion by Daniel J. Logan. Her collection of twelve original songs were recorded at Hound Dog Studios, Liverpool, by Allan Crookes, mixed and mastered by Gary Lloyd and produced by herself and Gary Edward Jones. Elfin Bow released her album with a live session on BBC Radio Wales and has since launched her album in both The Epstein Theatre, Liverpool and Theatr Clwyd, Mold; both distinctive events that included storytelling, art installations, public art workshops, dance a and multi-media experience.  

  

With the further backing of her growing fan base, she released a double a-side vinyl single with Fruits de Mer Records, featuring her version of a classic Sandy Denny song, Who Knows Where the Time Goes and her own song, The Wisdom. Both songs have strings composed by Gary Lloyd, recorded with The Scottish Session Orchestra at The New Auditorium in Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall and mixed by Grammy Award-winner, Khobus Frick. Previously only released on vinyl, this will be re-released on all digital and stream platforms this winter.

 

Rainbows and Gallows was released in 2019, re-released this year, and features Tom Kitching, Daniel J. Logan, Jon Fellows, Tracey-Anne Green and Terry Clarke-Coyne. The raucous, toe-tapping, banjo-led track, ‘Take Me out in Your Old Bread Van’ celebrated her parents 50th Wedding Anniversary, whilst ‘Miles Away’ and ‘Mother Said’ offered very different, yet still biographical flavours.

 

Since joining the audio-only app, Clubhouse during the pandemic, Elfin has connected and collaborated with creatives from around the world. She co-founded The North Café with instrumentalist, John Silvers and together with Brandon Skidmore, they are releasing an episodic album series of storytelling and instrumental pieces, called ‘The Journal.’ Chapter I (The Writer) and Chapter II (The Artist) are available now, with Chapters III and IV available later in December.

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In the spirit of a true, independent musician, Elfin taught herself music and video recording and production during the pandemic, and her latest offering, The Autumn Fall, is a seasonal single inspired by her walks in the hills and forests of North Wales and offers a gentle and uplifting retreat into Mother Nature's arms, as she waits for 'warmer lands.' 

 

Elfin Bow has been described as a ‘juggernaut’ of passion, energy and drive - an essential quality for any modern musician - and whilst her presence may be gentle, she isn’t launching her music on the world with anything other than a loud, and very artistic, roar. 

 

"An album that gets the mind thinking, the body moving and the spirit soaring." Neil King, Fatea Magazine

 

 

"Serenity embodies Elizabeth Kearney...a great interesting voice, on par with the likes of Natalie McCool, Rags Nordset, Kaya Herstad Carney and the young women from The Sundowners, her singing is undoubtedly one to savour." Ian D. Hall, Liverpool Sound and Vision