“Womanhood” Lyric Video
“Time” Lyric Video
Darko / Time EP
These two songs and their acoustic twins are a before and after. “Darko” was written for a person in my life while they were still here / “Time was written for myself in the wake of their absence. Both were written with a tender heart and I’m happy to finally set them free <3
Humboldt Street
Humboldt Street is an 8 track search for myself, mostly in the wrong places. I’ve lived on Humboldt Street since I moved from rural Virginia to Bremen, Germany in 2019. Searching for home in other people, in other cultures, in habits that didn’t fulfill me, taught me that home is not found by trying harder or reaching farther but by softly turning within.
This album is a musical deep dive into the most formative relationships, rock bottoms, and self-reconciliations of my life on Humboldt Street. And the realization that I’m all I’ve ever needed.
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bio
Ellen Atwood is a musician and indie-pop artist with a lot of big feelings. Following her stage-fright-ridden classical piano studies, she found musical and emotional freedom through songwriting during the pandemic. Her singer-songwriting career started taking shape while living in northern Germany, where she released two studio albums David (2021) and Humboldt Street (2023) and performed at venues and festivals throughout Bremen and Lower Saxony including Überseefestival, Open Space Domshof, and SummerSounds. In the fall of 2024, she was chosen as one of ten songwriters to attend the INK24 Songwriters Retreat in Upstate New York. She is now based in Philadelphia.
“minimalist portraits that capture the soul of their subject with half as many lines as should be possible,” her songwriting shifts between raw piano ballads and driving guitar pop, exploring themes of uncertainty, relationships, and the heartache that accompanies self discovery.
upcoming live shows
November 28th
The Little Grill, Harrisonburg, VA
7pm
CONTACT
Booking / Inquiries:
ellenjatwood@gmail.com
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