Elana Stone

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.

Early life and education

Stone studied music at Newtown High School of the Performing Arts, the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the Australian National University.

Career

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 and The Rescue Ships with Brian Campeau. 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]}

References

External links

• Elana Stone website
• Sydney Morning Herald review: "In the Garden of Wild Things"
• Sydney Morning Herald: "A smorgasbord of sound piled on one plate"