Andy Cohen + Eleanor Ellis + William Lee Ellis

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Acclaimed folk/blues artists Andy Cohen, Eleanor Ellis, and William Lee Ellis come together for the first time in decades to celebrate their new trio album for Riverlark, Whistlin’ Past the Graveyard, a collection of 21 traditional and original songs and instrumentals that marks a return on record following their classic 1990s Marimac outing, Preachin’ in That Wilderness. ANDY COHEN is a virtuoso finger-style guitarist described as “a walking, talking folk-blues-roots music encyclopedia.” During the Sixties folk revival, he got hooked on the music of luminaries old and young, from Big Bill Broonzy to the Jim Kweskin Jug Band, although his most profound experience came at 16 when he first heard blues/gospel icon Rev. Gary Davis. He has since devoted his life to studying, performing, and promoting traditional blues and folk music of the pre-World War II era and has toured and played with, among others, Martin, Bogan & Armstrong, John Jackson, Rev. Gary Davis, Jim Brewer, and Honeyboy Edwards. Based these days in Memphis, Tenn., Andy holds a master’s degree in anthropology and has more than a dozen recordings to his credit, including Oh Glory, How Happy I Am: The Sacred Songs of Rev. Gary Davis and numerous albums on the Earwig label. He is a recipient of both the Eisteddfod Award from the Eisteddfod Traditional Music Festival and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the California Autoharp Gathering. ELEANOR ELLIS has been praised “a celebrated master of the country and Piedmont blues, one of the most significant women in the acoustic genre” (Living Blues). The Louisiana native has performed at clubs, festivals, and concerts in the U.S., Canada, and Europe, notably with gospel street singer Flora Molton, bluesman Archie Edwards, and, on occasion, Delta blues great Eugene Powell. She is a founding member of the DC Blues Society and the Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation and is producer/editor of the noted Piedmont blues documentary Blues Houseparty. Among…

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