Elle King

When
Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024
7 p.m.
Cost: $50
Where
701 SW 6th Ave
Portland, OR 97204

The following description was submitted by the event organizer.

New York. London. LA. Firebrand. Punk. Renegade. Bold-faced icon. Startling songwriter.  Grammy nominee. Pop sensation. Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association Award winner. Record setter. Brash live force. Brazen recording artist. Spider monkey on a tear.
 
What if the story began with a banjo? With a residency, trying to figure out how to write songs? Perhaps a high gloss but busted life and ultimately a secessionist raising in Jackson, Ohio? No wonder Elle King is hotter than a pepper sprout. Even more than ZFG attitude, there’s the forthright attack on a life lived frayed at the edges and pulling at the scenes. Sure, she had famous parents, but when it gets real for King, it all happens with her Maw-Maw and Paw-Paw in a scrappy Southern Ohio town that puts the “just” in getting by.