SWBMAI Member Band eleike will head up a night of young folk and bluegrass talent on Friday, June 26  at the the Wild Hog in the Woods Coffeehouse in the Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center in Madison.

eleike  is a dad and daughter duo that plays and sings music from North Atlantic Land.  Eleven-year-old Eleanor is a fiddling phenom and Michael is an accomplished mandolinist and guitarist.  They play traditional music, old and new, including their own compositions.  Their set begins at 8:00 pm.

Following eleike are The Ready Boys,  three young brothers who play bluegrass and original compositions.  Joseph, age 15, jumped from fiddle to banjo and landed at the guitar, which he plays well.  Jonathan, almost 13, plays mandolin and guitar and is currently taking up the dobro.  Joshua, age 10, started with the fiddle and has added, guitar, mandolin and dobro.

The Wil-Mar Center is located at 953 Jenifer Street. Admission is $2 for Wild Hog members and $3 for non-members.

SWBMAI’s newest member band is eleike (pronounced el-IKE-a), a dad and daughter duo, playing and singing music from the North Atlantic lands, as well as their own compositions.

Fiddler Eleanor Mayerfeld is a sixth grader at Hamilton Middle School in Madison, Wisconsin.  She has acted and sung in two MadCAP musicals, and can sometimes be seen busking on Madison’s State Street, during the summer months.  She also performs with Suzuki Strings of Madison.  Eleanor was born in Ames, Iowa, and has lived in Dunedin, New Zealand and in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.

Eleanor’s father, Mike Bell, is a composer whose folk tunes have been recorded by many folk artists. An accomplished mandolin and guitar player, Mike is an emeritus member of the Iowa-based Barn Owl Band. He appeared with the Barn Owls on the long-running National Public Radio show A Prairie Home Companion in 2002 and in a reprise performance in 2005.

For more information on eleike, check out their web site here.