Anna Roberts-Gevalt with Chance McCoy
Anna Roberts-Gevalt with Chance McCoy

Anna & Elizabeth are an Americana/folk music duo formed by Anna Roberts-Gevalt and Elizabeth Laprelle, integrating experimental music with authentic performances of folk songs from both the north and south of the US.[1]

Elizabeth LaPrelle is a banjo player and singer from Cedar Springs, Virginia. She graduated from the College of William and Mary, specializing in traditional Appalachian singing and has three solo albums, apart from her work with Anna and Elizabeth.[2] Anna Roberts-Gevalt is a multi-instrumentalist who was raised in Hinesburg and attended Champlain Valley Union High School. She played violin and viola for the Vermont Youth Orchestra.[3]

The two met in 2010 and have released so far three albums together. Their first album Sun to Sun, was originally released in 2013, and was re-released in 2016.[4] Their 2015 self-titled second album was released on Free Dirt Records in 2015. Their third album, the invisible comes to us, released in 2018, integrates authentic folk music extracted from archives in the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and at the Macdowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire, among others. The album integrates folk music with electronic sounds and sonic experiments.[5][6] Their third album was received with critical acclaim.[1][7]

Elizabeth LaPrelle and Anna Roberts-Gevalt at 2013 Richmond Folk Festival
Elizabeth LaPrelle and Anna Roberts-Gevalt at 2013 Richmond Folk Festival

In 2019, Elizabeth LaPrelle made her acting debut, costarring in the award-winning film The Mountain Minor as a young Eastern Kentucky woman during the Great Depression.[8][9]

References

  1. 1 2 Sullivan, Robert (2018-03-17). "What Can an Old Folk Song Tell Us?". ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
  2. ↑ "About Elizabeth LaPrelle". www.old97wrecords.com. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
  3. ↑ Bolles, Dan. "Anna & Elizabeth Mine New England's Musical Traditions on 'The Invisible Comes to Us'". Seven Days. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
  4. ↑ "Anna & Elizabeth Sun To Sun". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
  5. ↑ "Anna & Elizabeth bridge past and future folk". PopMatters. 2018-03-28. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
  6. ↑ Hussey, Allison (2018-04-11). "Anna & Elizabeth Put a Staggering New Spin on Old Traditions with The Invisible Comes to Us". INDY Week. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
  7. ↑ "Folk Alley | Best of 2018: Devon Léger's Top 10 Trad Albums of the Year". www.folkalley.com. Archived from the original on 2021-04-16. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
  8. ↑ Dickens, Todd. "Old-time singer from Anna & Elizabeth takes acting role that showcases her singing". Roanoke Times. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  9. ↑ Church, Luke. "Elizabeth LaPrelle performs music from the film 'The Mountain Minor' and talks about the making of the movie in which she appears". WVTF. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
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