Биография

Songwriter, producer, and artist Eleanor Murray has spent the past twelve years creating and recording music out of the Pacific Northwest. Informed by folk tradition while adhering to no rules, Eleanor Murray’s music exists in a genre all its own. Her songs are often structurally complicated, while also sparse and open, full of warmth and light. Her chord progressions, rhythms and melodies draw as much from Appalachia as they do from jazz. Her lyrics are as cryptic as they are simple and straightforward. Each album’s sonic landscape is completely its own. Eleanor's newest album Compass feels both intimate and wide in scope, with an enlivening range of sonic elements that swing between points of soaring clarity and somber reflection. Guided by lyrics exploring the ever-alternating journey of being lost and found within states of uncertainty, the album’s tonal movement mirrors the continuous shifting of nature in and out of light. With Compass, Murray has created a nuanced meditation on learning to embrace impermanence that’s as celebratory as it is cathartic. Eleanor’s music catalog includes 11 releases, 7 of which under her own name, and the remaining 4 as collaborations. Since her debut album in 2008, Eleanor Murray has been making music that refuses to repeat itself. Her music has spanned from sweet folk ballads to raucous marches, while never feeling forced. It’s the sound of a sincere artist ever-evolving, never slowing down, always growing.