The Ear – review of Live at Club Helsinki
The Ear By Reuben Klein Jan 10, 2017 This conclusion to this review goes as follows: This is likely to be the most impressive release of 2017. Get it now. Live at Club Helsinki is as [...]
WBUR – The Tricky Moroccan Rhythm Behind Club d’Elf
Posted by Jeremy Goodwin, February 7, 2018
BostonVoyager – Meet Mike Rivard of CLUB D’ELF in Jamaica Plain
BostonVoyager Meet Mike Rivard of CLUB D’ELF in Jamaica Plain Today we’d like to introduce you to Mike Rivard. Mike, can you briefly walk us through your story – how you started and how you got [...]
All About Jazz – Jazz In Its Present Tents | Jazz sets up camp throughout different geographies—and centuries
Jazz In Its Present Tents Jazz sets up camp throughout different geographies—and centuries. By CHRIS M. SLAWECKI June 1, 2017 Live at Club Helsinki Face Pelt Records 2017 Dean Johnston and [...]
CLUB D’ELF WITH JOHN MEDESKI @ THE LIZARD LOUNGE | Sound Podcast | JD Cohen | February 9, 2018
This was Club d’Elf’s 20th birthday celebration with old friend John Medeski sitting in for two shows at the Lizard Lounge. The Lizard Lounge has been the bands home for 20 years where they have [...]
A ‘Secret Society’ Blooms Underground, To The Music Of Club d’Elf | Jeremy D. Goodwin | February 7, 2018
February 07, 2018 by Jeremy D. Goodwin WBUR link “I’m from Missisippi,” the guy seated next to me yelled ecstatically into my ear, “I’ve never been somewhere like this!” The place [...]
Moroccan-dosed dub-jazz collective Club d’Elf celebrates its 20th anniversary | February 9, 2018 (Boston) & February 16, 2018 (Marlboro, NY ) with special guest John Medeski | Releases: Deluxe Anniversary editions of Electric Moroccoland and So Below
Special anniversary shows featuring John Medeski Feb 9 (Lizard Lounge, Cambridge, MA) and Feb 16 (The Falcon, Marlboro, NY) “Club d’Elf sounds [...]
ACOUSTIC LEVITATION NEW YORK | BEST OF 2017 | STEVE KOENIG
Club d’Elf. Live At Club Helsinki. The promo material described this group as a “Boston-based, Moroccan-dosed dub-jazz collective” which includes John Medeski. They cover [...]
Jazz Weekly | George Harris | March 2, 2017
Club D’Elf: Live at Club Helsinki by George W. Harris • March 2, 2017 • 0 Comments Famed keyboardist John Medeski forms a new band that mixes grooves with electronics and [...]
Expose | Jon Davis | February 27, 2017
by Jon Davis, Published 2017-02-27 Club d’Elf is a Boston area band that’s been around more than a decade, though this is the first time I’ve encountered them. The band is built around bassist [...]