Elana Stone is a vocalist, songwriter, pianist, accordion player, and band leader based in Sydney, Australia. Described by John Bailey from Sunday Age as 'One of the most impressive singing voices in the country' , her album In the Garden of Wild Things was released in 2006 on the Jazzgroove label. Her album Your Anniversary was released in 2009.
Stone studied music at Newtown High School of the Performing Arts, the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the Australian National University.
In 2004, she was named Best Jazz Artist at the Musicoz Awards. She also won a National Jazz Award at the 2005 Wangaratta Jazz Festival.
Elana sings with her own band The Elana Stone Band www.elanastoneband.com and The Rescue Ships The Rescue Ships
Stone has also toured with The Cat Empire, Bluejuice, Jackson Jackson and Tripod
In August 2008, Stone was invited by Deborah Conway to take part in the Broad Festival project, which toured major Australian cities including performing at the Sydney Opera House.[1] With Stone and Conway were Laura Jean, Liz Stringer and Dianna Corcoran – they performed their own and each other's songs.[2]
In 2010, she performed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and at Edinburgh Fringe Festival with Tripod in the show Tripod vs the Dragon. [3] [4]