Elisa & Calcutta

Born in 1977 in Trieste, Italian singer Elisa Toffoli's first steps into the music world came through dance, but it was singing that captured her heart and brought out her natural talents. Elisa grew up enamored with music, spending hours of her childhood singing along with recordings by a wide diversity of artists such as Ray Charles, Michael Jackson, Aretha Franklin, Ozzy Osbourne, Whitney Houston, Liza Minnelli, Otis Redding, and Madonna. Later, still not even in her teens, Elisa went from singing with recordings to taking guitar lessons so she could accompany herself and t...