Ella Korth

Ella Korth is a driving guitar and banjo player, and emotive singer-songwriter. She has toured extensively as a side musician, with Juno Nominated songwriter Leith Ross in the UK, Europe and Canada, with Trent Freeman and Madeleine Roger (The Fretless) and others. With her bluegrass band, Ella has played and taught at a number of festivals and camps including Kluane Mountain Bluegrass Fest (Yukon), Cowichan Valley Bluegrass Festival and NimbleFingers. A passionate collaborator, Ella recently joined the John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project band, based in Nashville, TN and tours as a guitar player and singer with songwriter Philip Bowen and Rachel Baiman. Her songwriting is shaped by her background in bluegrass and old time music and her passion for painting, which shape her sound and lyrics.