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Relix Magazine 6/01/02 Creekside Jamboree (Forksville, PA) A little after two AM—over two hours after main stage headliner Lake Trout called it a night-Club D'Elf began methodically [...]

If you are ever in Boston, go to the Lizard Lounge, Thursday nights, Club D’elf, not so much of a band but fluid experimentation, its the brain child of the bass player and along with the [...]

MyRootDown.com 2002-2003 An Interview with Mike Rivard Pt 1 (see original text here): MIKE RIVARD PART 1 OF 3 Mike Rivard is the driving force behind some of the best music that you may have [...]

The second set of Club d’Elf at the Lizard Lounge: Club d’Elf are a rotating collective of some of the best and most innovative musicians in town, fronted by smooth-cat bassist Mike [...]

Club d'Elf is currently in the midst of a Pennsylvania / New York club tour in support of As Above, live documentation of their rather incredible sound on two CDs. Club d 'Elf began in [...]

The old dude was clearly out of his gourd. But he was also a red herring. I stood there watching him for a whole set of music by Club d’Elf thinking that he was the bandleader. After all, [...]

For several years, the musical aggregate known as Club d’Elf has been building a fan base in the Boston area. The band brings its improvisational mix of styles to Philadelphia on Saturday [...]

Club d’Elf puts musical risks and unpredictability aside to give listeners a wild ride. In 1970, Miles Davis’ album Live Evil took experimental music to new heights. Today, in the [...]

The next time someone says, “There’s no good music today,” I’m handing him a copy of As Above: Live at the Lizard Lounge. Surely the most engaging CD to cross my desk this [...]

Long before music became a business venture, the African rhythms now associated with reggae, funk, jazz, hip-hop, rock and almost everything else popular in American music were part of an [...]