Ordinary Elephant @ Ugly Mug
Schedule
Thu, 05 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm
UTC-08:00Location
The Ugly Mug Café | Soquel, CA
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🗓️ Thu, March 5, 2026🕰️ Doors at 6:30p | Show at 7:00p
📍 Ugly Mug Cafe in Soquel, California
🎟️ Tickets are $30 in advance, or $35 at the door. For reservations, contact Fiddling Cricket at 408-499-9441 or [email protected]. All admissions (including reserved seats) will be paid at the door by cash or check.
Presented by Fiddling Cricket Concerts & Canyon Acoustic Society
Beer, wine, coffee, tea and soft drinks available. Usual coffee shop food. (if you wish, bring your own wine and pay corkage)
—Nominated for 2025 Artist of the Year by Folk Alliance International—
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):
Nominated for Album of the Year by the International Folk Music Awards
“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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