Ellie Jackson takes up residence at Parlor Hotel for a week to record her first full-length album. On Friday, March 7, catch her perform in Parlor’s Lobby.
Hi! My name is Ellie Jackson. I'm a Milwaukee-based musician recording my debut full-length album.
Who am I? I'm a singer-songwriter, entrepreneur and activist. I was born on the East coast but grew up in the Midwest and call Wisconsin home. I grew up singing in school choir and band, and in 2013 I moved to Milwaukee where my interest in music exploded. I organized festivals, played acoustic at some open mics, organized my own open mics, and really developed an understanding of my connection to music. After starting to collaborate in some friends' bands, I picked up my first electric guitar at the ripe age of 32 and have been forever changed.
“delivering determined vulnerability and emotional exploration through guitars, stories, amplification and a careful balance of harmony and dissonance.”
- Ellie Jackson
More about her album project:
“If you’ve encountered Jackson in any of those ways, you know she’s a legit talent who is probably overdue to release a full-length album. That’s a situation she’s well on her way to remedying — with a little help from anyone who loves local music (or just plain good music).
This week, Jackson launched a crowdfunding campaign to help make her debut studio LP a reality. She’s already got a name for the album (stay soft). She has the songs (“too many songs for one album,” she reports). She has the musicians and engineers and videographers. She even has dates and a location booked.
What she could use at this point is financial support. So, before Jackson and her team head up to the Parlor Hotel in lovely Princeton early next month for a week of music-making, she set up a series of perks on Indiegogo related to the album’s development.”
- Published on RadioMilwaukee.org