...ELLEN McILWAINE...

EPCOR Centre 2006: Keven Fedirko

Growing up in Japan as part of an International Community, already playing BoogieWoogie piano at five, and switching to Acoustic Guitar when she moved to Atlanta GA, she was playing everything from Rhythm & Blues to "World Music" long before it was called World Music!

Appearing on the Greenwich Village Scene in the mid-to-late 60's with such greats as Odetta, Richie Havens, Howlin' Wolf, Mississippi John Hurt, Jimi Hendrix, Muddy Waters; (the list goes on and on!) she has recorded twelve albums to date, collaborating with such greats as Jack Bruce of Cream and Taj Mahal. The latest one, Mystic Bridge features Ellen on Acoustic Guitar.

She is accompanied by Tabla Player & Vocalist Cassius Khan, Soprano Sax from Linsey Wellman and Harmonium by Amika Kushwaha. It is on her own newly formed label, Ellen McIlwaine Music. You will find the entire discography of her recordings at Discography

Her career spans some forty years with appearances across the Globe: USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Austria, Switzerland & Japan. She is known for her Blues-World-Hybrid renderings and her Vocal Acrobatics: she is a legendary Slide Guitar Player. She has lots of great stories to tell and puts on a great show.

Booking Information:
Ellen McIlwaine Music
888 - 7620 Elbow Drive SW
Calgary AB T2V 1K2 Canada
tel (403) 228 - 2812
fax (403) 228 - 2219
Email: Contact

To Hear 30sec mp3 clips:
Take Me to the River
(guitar & vocal)
Sitting On Top of the World
(piano & vocal)
Siddu (Grandmother)
(guitar & vocal)
Danger Zone
(guitar & vocal)
Let's Go Down to the Ocean
(harmonica & vocal)

All selections recorded live at the Carolina Down Home Blues Festival October 2004