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E.S.L.
12+ albums
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E.S.L. is a Canadian folk-pop band from Vancouver, British Columbia. The current lineup is Marta Jaciubek-McKeever (previously of Fan Death), Diona Davies (of Geoff Berner's band and previously of Po' Girl), Tess Kitchen and Joy Mullen. The group formed in 2005 when Marta Jaciubek- McKeever (Polish-born pianist and singer of Girl Nobody) and Cris Derksen (half-Cree cellist) found musical kinship in each other. Joy Mullen joined on drums (The People Verses) soon after and fiddle-playing Diona Davies (Po’ Girl, Carolyn Mark) eventually rounded out the quartet. All other members provide harmonies to lead singer Jaciubek-McKeever. The group released a full-length album, Eye Contact, in 2008. In May 2016, they released an EP, Heart Contact. The band has performed at many notable Canadian festivals. 2012 saw the group perform at Vancouver Folk Music Festival alongside Dan Mangan and The Head and the Heart. Both Jaciubek-McKeever and Davies have been classically trained on their instruments since the age of four, as was Mullen, who studied performance and jazz drumming. Derksen graduated from UBC with a Performance Degree in Cello and has been a session musician for such established acts as Kanye West and Tanya Tagaq. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
