Ordinary Elephant @ Cruces Creatives
Schedule
Fri Sep 20 2024 at 07:00 pm
UTC-06:00Location
Cruces Creatives | Las Cruces, NM
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Come enjoy snug harmonies, stellar songwriting, and intertwined clawhammer banjo and guitar with Ordinary Elephant, International Folk Music Awards 2017 Artist of the Year--all while raising funds for local charities!Thanks to generous support from A Still, Small Voice, all proceeds from the concert support Las Cruces charities: Cruces Creatives, Border Servant Corps, Casa de Peregrinos, and Children's Reading Alliance.
Event Schedule:
Date: Friday, September 20, 2024
6:30 p.m.: Doors open
7:00-9:00 p.m.: Performance, with roughly 20-minute intermission
Tickets are $20.
Ages: This event is open to all ages. However, just like life, the performance may include occasional strong language and some challenging topics.
About the Performers:
Mesmerizing folk duo Ordinary Elephant has spent the better part of the last decade on a never-ending tour that’s earned married couple Crystal and Pete Damore widespread critical acclaim and made fans of luminaries like Tom Paxton and Mary Gauthier. In 2017, the pair took home the International Folk Music Award for Artist of the Year on the strength of their breakout album, Before I Go, and two years later, they returned with the similarly lauded Honest, which the Associated Press hailed as “one of the best Americana albums of the year.”
The band’s new stripped-down, self-titled collection is the purest distillation of their sound yet, showcasing the arresting power of the couple’s gorgeous harmonies and intricate fretwork. The songs are timeless, rooted in rich, character-driven storytelling, and the performances are similarly transportive, fueled by delicately intertwined banjo, guitar, and octave mandolin. Though the songs were born out of a period of deep uncertainty, the record itself is a work of profound self-assurance, one delivered by a duo whose personal and professional lives embody the limitless possibility of honest, organic collaboration. Press play on Ordinary Elephant and you’ll hear more than just a husband and wife; you’ll hear the sound of sincerity and commitment, of patience and gratitude, of learning to let go of expectation and revel in the simple beauty of the moment.
Praise for Ordinary Elephant (2024):
"A real contender for album of the year." �
— Paul McGee, Lonesome Highway
"As can be heard in the album’s early singles, the writing and harmonies are rather stunning." �
— Saving Country Music
“…beautiful, soulful, exquisitely simple, and totally essential.”�
— Ben Salmon, Bandcamp Daily
“…earthy economy of the songwriting, where songs are plucked and crafted with care. It results in something ornate, carefully curated, a neatly woven tapestry, time and experience in every stitch.”�
— Tom Harding, Americana UK
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Where is it happening?
Cruces Creatives, 205 E Lohman,Las Cruces,NM,United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
