Eleanor Murray

Informed by folk tradition while adhering to no rules, Eleanor Murray’s music exists in a genre all its own. On her latest outing, Bury Me Into the Mtn, she has created an album that is structurally complicated, while also sparse and open, full of warmth and light. Her chord progressions, rhythms and melodies draw as much from Appalachia as they do from jazz. Her lyrics are as cryptic as they are simple and straightforward. The album’s sonic landscape is completely its own. Eleanor Murray has spent the last seven years playing and recording music out of the northwest part of the United States. Her five albums and hundreds of live shows have established her as a prolific force in indie folk music, while along the way gathering a dedicated fan base and sharing the stage with artists such as Tune-yards, Mountain Man, and Kimya Dawson. Her albums have spanned a wide range of material – from the firm folk roots of her 2008 debut album For Cedar, to the more unhinged and foreboding work explored on 2010′s Oh Thunder and 2011′s Thunderling. Her side projects extend this range even further, with the haunting post rock of AANTARCTICAA, the bluegrass swing of Tattered Dress, and the electronic pop of Cavegreen. Present, Past, and Future Members: Eleanor Murray, Pamela Margon (violin), Joshua James (bass), Pat Maley (drums), Ben Kamen (guitar), Joe Capoccia (bass), Austin Cooper (drums), Abigail Peachtree (backing vocals)