Armed with her father’s first guitar, a wry sense of humor and a startlingly cohesive and masterful tone, Elise Leavy writes and sings folk songs that sound like they came straight from Laurel Canyon in the 70’s. Often likened to Joni Mitchell and Judee Sill, Elise says it must be the California seawater getting inside her head and heart from an early age. “I’ve always loved folk songs, and I think I should have been alive in the 70’s, but since I wasn’t, I do my best to bring that world that I love to my world today.”

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