Acrpost: A Project of the Pacific Association of Artist Run Centres

Event Description

New Duo from Victoria's Oliver Swain and acclaimed Seattle based multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Eli West. A gifted mulit-instrumentalist, Eli has also grown into one of the Pacific North West's great songwriters in the Americana style. Eli's reputation has grown considerably in the last few years through his collaborations with John Reischman and Cahalen Morrison. Across the Haro Strait When Islands Folk Festival Artistic Director Kelly Nakatsuka brought Oliver Swain and Eli West together for the first time on the Tzouhalem stage in 2018 a lively musical conversation lit up. They shared their perspectives on traditional Appalachian and Mississippi Delta music and indulged in some tangential modern songwriting and performance styles. Like any good conversation there was plenty o... more...