ETHAN ASKEY
AND THE ELEVATORS EPK

BIOGRAPHY:
Ethan Askey is creating original rock, rhythm and blues music in the Rocky Mountains of Canada, and reaching audiences around the world. An emerging singer-songwriter on the international scene, he has served a long apprenticeship as studio session player and sideman to all sorts of projects but only recently has launched his exciting new project, Ethan Askey & the Elevators. 

Ethan pulled together some of Canada's top musicians and friends to create his solo debut album. Walk When You Wanna Run is the title of his 2022 independent release, a collection of songs that one might categorize as modern blues. The title track recounts a visit he made to the south side Chicago home of Junior Wells (“godfather of blues”, bandmate of Buddy Guy and Muddy Waters), years after making his acquaintance at Calgary’s infamous King Eddy. Singing of stray bullets, fish delivery and bear country, he shares a pivotal experience in his personal journey as a musician and offers a fresh take on the funky urban electric blues that Junior Wells was known for. The album has had sustained play on public and commercial radio around the world, earning a place in the radio play charts for blues, contemporary blues, and alt-country music. 
 

Now, Ethan Askey & the Elevators have formed to create more new music and share it with the world. Purveyors of fine Rocky Mountain roots and boogies blues, they can reinvent an '80s pop hit as a barn burner for the dancers and then transport them virtually to a smoky '60s Chicago club. With a powerful sound driven by electric harmonicas and guitars, theirs is a contemporary blues band that colours outside the lines. They've lived a little, and they will draw you into tasty tales of faraway places, love gone wrong, and whistling past the graveyard. The fresh and often funky music they present on stage moves audiences in body and soul.