Concerts

"Put Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell together, add a little Robin Williams, and you've got Eleni Kelakos, a wonderful performer and a great night of entertainment."
-- Martin Stone, Our Times Concert Series, Garden City, NY

Though her recorded work has received much airplay and commendation, it is on the live stage that Eleni truly fires on all cylinders. To coin a theatrical term, Eleni is a "triple threat:"

She SINGS, lushly and commandingly, in a supple voice described by Music Reviews Quarterly as having "...an almost shocking clarity, unlike any singer since Joan Baez", and that Independent Songwriter Magazine describes as "one of the most powerful and dynamic voices in the indie world today";

She WRITES, "songs of poetic grace and moral clarity" (Santa Cruz Sentinel), and an unforgettable narrative spin, that have admitted her into the most prestigious of songwriting competitions;

And she PERFORMS, like gangbusters, with punch and power. Her personal warmth and enthusiasm are contagious. Her way with a funny tale borders on stand-up. The stories she spins, leading from one well-crafted song into the next, are as captivating and entertaining as the songs themselves; and the songs hit the heart or the funny bone with unerring accuracy, often touching on troubling subject matter, like ageism, or gang violence, with a shattering, thought-provoking truthfulness. An evening with Eleni is an exhilarating, entertaining, intimate, cathartic experience, rich with tears and laughter. She leaves her audience filled with hope, and with a heightened awareness of the wonderful details that make us human, and that bind us all, joyously, one to the other.

Among the many concert stages on which Eleni has appeared are the John F. Kennedy Center (Washington DC), the Kerrville Folk Festival (Kerrville, TX), Cain Park (Cleveland Heights, OH), Genghis Cohen, (Hollywood, CA), The Ark (Ann Arbor, MI) and Club Passim (Boston, MA). She loves to share her songs in quiet, listening room situations.

Eleni is available to perform a full musical concert for your event or at your venue, either in conjunction with her Touch the Sky! musical keynote, or separately, as a performance unto itself.

For information about booking a concert, click here.

For a full, downloadable music bio, promotional photos and music press kit, click here.

Want to hear some of Eleni's music, read her lyrics or buy her CDs? Click here.

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