Eleni Mandell
Encyclopedia
United States
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singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
. She currently publishes albums through Zedtone in Toronto
Toronto
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, Ontario
Ontario
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. She is also a member of folk
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
super group
Supergroup (music)
In the late 1960s, the term supergroup was coined to describe "a rock music group whose performers are already famous from having performed individually or in other groups"....
, The Living Sisters
The Living Sisters
The Living Sisters is a folk supergroup consisting of Inara George, Becky Stark and Eleni Mandell. The members began collaborating in 2006 during breaks from their other projects...
, with Inara George
Inara George
Inara Maryland George is a Los Angeles, California-based singer-songwriter, one half of The Bird and the Bee, a member of the band Merrick, with Bryony Atkinson, and a member of the trio The Living Sisters, with Eleni Mandell and Becky Stark...
and Becky Stark
Becky Stark
Becky Stark is an artist, singer, songwriter and entertainer from Los Angeles, California. She is the voice of the band Lavender Diamond. She was raised in Maryland where she began performing as a child. At the age of 13 she travelled to the former Soviet Union as part of a U.S. State...
.
Discography
| Year | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Wishbone | Mr. Charles Records |
| 2000 | Thrill | Zedtone Records |
| 2001 | Turn On the Lights (7") | Heart of a Champion Records |
| 2001 | Snakebite | Space Baby Records |
| 2003 | Country for True Lovers | Zedtone Records |
| 2004 | Los Fishes (split 7" with Mike Gunther) | Heart of a Champion Records |
| 2004 | Maybe, Yes (EP) | Heart of a Champion Records |
| 2004 | Afternoon | Zedtone Records |
| 2007 | Miracle of Five | Zedtone Records |
| 2007 | Voxhall and WUK | Mr. Charles Records |
| 2009 | Artificial Fire | Zedtone Records |
Press
Around 2001, The New YorkerThe New Yorker
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magazine described Mandell "as perhaps the best unsigned artist in the business." In the same year, Mandell won the Los Angeles regional poll at the first Independent Music Awards
The Independent Music Awards
The Independent Music Awards is an international program that honors top-ranked independent artists and releases in more than 50 Album, Song, Music Video and Design categories....
for "Pauline".