Bio

Elise Leavy's breezy Laurel Canyon-tinged music belies her depth as a songwriter. On A Little Longer, Leavy's first major solo artistic statement, she deftly explores nostalgia and melancholy over ten tracks that wash over the listener like a gentle ocean tide. Indeed, the record's sound hearkens to an era when the SoCal sound dominated the FM dial. Now a resident of Bellingham, WA, this collection of songs was written while Leavy was living in Boston and New York. However, it's clear that growing up on California's central coast was foundational to Leavy's songwriting.

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. She has been writing songs since she was 8 years old, and recently was selected as a New Folk Finalist at the Kerrville New Folk Songwriting Competition. Since graduating from the New England Conservatory of Music at the tender age of 19, she has taken to the road, armed with her father’s first guitar, a wry sense of humor and a startlingly cohesive and masterful tone to her writing. Take note because this young artist has arrived as a songwriting force.

She sang harmonies on Eamon O’Leary’s record, titled “The Silver Sun”, as well as Alexa Wildish’s “After Love”, and sang harmonies and played accordion on Liv Greene’s most recent record, “Deep Feeler”. She has opened for the likes of Olivia Barton, Sam Amidon, The Brother Brothers, The Murphy Beds, and Nora Brown & Stephanie Coleman, and has shared bills with Viv and Riley, Liv Greene, KC Jones, Gina Leslie, and Chris Acker, as well as many more.