Eli West

Ten to One: Eli West makes music the world needs on “The Shape of a Sway”

October 9, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

With his “The Shape of a Sway” album (Tender and Mild Records, 2025) released, AUK asked Eli West ten questions on a variety of topics. “Making music the world needs” is a defining statement about multi-instrumentalist […]

Eli West “The Shape of a Sway”

August 6, 2025 Alasdair Fotheringham 0

A quietly fiery masterpiece of liberated and liberating bluegrass. Of all the different types of americana, bluegrass can be one of the most challenging to review – but some might say that’s an unintended consequence of […]

Eli West “Tapered Point of Stone”

May 21, 2021 Tim Newby 0

‘Tapered Point of Stone’ is a revelation and a breath of fresh air in the bluegrass world. Eli West’s approach to music, in which he imagines music architecturally and visualizing his compositions spatially, has allowed him […]

Southern Fried Festival, Perth, Scotland, 26-29th July 2018

August 8, 2018 Paul Kerr 0

Eleven years old this year Southern Fried continues to occupy its position as the best Americana and roots music festival in Scotland and perhaps the best of its kind in the UK (although there are three […]

Eli West, Lumpy Hills Adventure Playground, London, 11th May 2018

May 16, 2018 David Allen 0

Turn off the lights, unplug the speakers, and welcome to the woodchip stage one of the finest flatpicking guitarists on the Americana scene today – Eli West. On a cool and breezy evening in a secluded […]