Eleni Mandell (usa)

Eleni Mandell - a supremely talented and critically acclaimed songwriter with a singular gift for writing wry, literate songs that synthesize jazz, country, folk, blues, rock and pop - will release her new album Artificial Fire February 17, 2009 on Zedtone Records. The 15-song collection builds on Mandell’s 2007 breakthrough ‘Miracle of Five,’ adding a more direct, full-band sound to Mandell’s sharp-edged tales of romance, lust and love. The New Yorker says "Mandell was weaned on artists like Tom Waits and X, and her dark and sexy songs have been compared to those of everyone from Chan Marshall to Patsy Cline. She has a sometimes smoky, sometimes wistful delivery, and, more often than not, her songs take on love from some new perspective."