Luke Elliot

Hailing from New Jersey but catching his big break in Norway, Americana singer/songwriter Luke Elliot has a dark, brooding tone and a storytelling style that have drawn comparisons with Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, and Nick Cave. Born in 1984 in Princeton, New Jersey, the son of a poet and an English-language professor, and brought up in nearby Lawrence Township, he grew up in a music-loving household and began piano lessons at the age of eight. He became interested in rock after his elder brother bought him a Jimi Hendrix tape and he learned to play guitar. He began writing son...