It's Sunday so that means it's time for another Lend Them Your Ears. Ready? Then let's go...
Following last week's featured band, Estonians Tallinn Daggers Lend Them Your Ears retains an Eastern European feel with Ukranian singer-songwriter Elena Dana. STOP!! Don't run away at the sight of the 'singer-songwriter' tag. Elena is far more Emmy the Great and Laura Marling than Alanis Morissette or Nerina Pallot (remember her? You poor thing). Although originally from the Ukraine Elena now plies her trade in London, yet the influence of Eastern gypsy folk and jazz is palpable throughout her music - making it something quite different that immediately grabs your attention. The other thing that immediately makes you sit up and notice is Elena's wonderful, husky voice, which is utterly captivating.
Over the last couple of months Elena has enlisted the help of Mardi Williams and Mary Boeker to become Elena Dana and the Pirates who have been playing a number of gigs around London and are hopefully going to come out with new material. As for the material that exists from Elena as a solo artist, it is beautiful acoustic folk music with a Eastern European gypsy twist that showcases that sweet, husky voice of Elena's. She also puts on a wonderful live show - her nervousness and genuine love of the music she's playing combining with the captivating music itself to make a spectacle that is irresistible to any but the most hardened, cynical observer. Tracks such as My Life With You, Autumn Waltz and Scarlett Girl are instantly lovable and have a genuine warmth that you should let nurse you through the cold winter months ahead.
To find out more about Elena Dana, hear her music and to download her new track Sleza for free go to - www.myspace.com/elenazmuzika
You can also listen to her and buy her 2008 EP at www.last.fm/music/Elena+Dana
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