Short Bio:

(Eli)zabeth Owens is an avant-pop harpist & songwriter based out of Richmond, VA. Blending folk, prog, pop, art rock, latin and jazz with lush looping tracks and the effortless magic of the harp, Eli’s work seamlessly weaves genres to serve the purpose of their practice: a call to confront and share in the deep and beautiful mysteries of being human.

Long Bio:

(Eli)zabeth Owens is an avant-garde music producer, harpist, multimedia artist and educator based in Richmond, VA. After graduating college with dual degrees in Photo/Film and Psychology in 2015, they rekindled their passion for music and has devoted the last several years to crafting spiritual experiences through the alchemy of music, experimental video and interactive digital art. 

In 2019, Eli was gifted a small 22-string Celtic harp. With their experience in piano, guitar, and voice they were able to teach themselves how to play and from the moment that first chord spilled out, Elizabeth was under it's spell.

Combined with their love of experimental time-based media and background in atmospheric sound design, Owens’ multi-instrumental, mutli-media approach is a genre bending, communal, contemplative experience. Through their vulnerability and expression, the stage becomes a shared practice space inviting the audience to participate in the deep listening, feeling, and expressing the art calls for.

Influences include Holly Herndon, Kate Bush, FKA Twigs, Bjork, Joanna Newsom, and Caroline Polacheck.

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Previous releases included Knock Knock — a three-act visual album about sobriety and what it means to be fully human — and Coming of Age, a folk/rock record about unraveling toxic myths.

For the last five years, Eli has also been passionately pursuing music education, teaching both private lessons and K-12. In what little free time they have, they also help run Grimalkin Records, a nonprofit record label and collective that supports marginalized artists.