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Lena Elizabeth performs at Radio Heartland

Singer-songwriter Lena Elizabeth
Singer-songwriter Lena ElizabethNick Meza
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by Mike Pengra

November 28, 2018

Lena Elizabeth - Nobody Wants You (Live at Radio Heartland)
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Lena Elizabeth - Dementia (Live at Radio Heartland)
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Lena Elizabeth - Always (Live at Radio Heartland)
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Lena Elizabeth is just releasing a new collection of songs this week on an album titled Get It Right. She blends the lovely sound of her voice with the mellow chords of a baritone ukulele, and writes songs about everything from love, anxiety, dementia … and … boogers. Yup, that's right. Besides writing beautiful songs about the serious side of life, Lena Elizabeth teaches a ukulele class to children, and she's having them help her write a song about something they can relate to.

Lena stopped in our studio to talk about her new record, which includes a song she wrote for her recent wedding, and to perform a snippet of the aforementioned children's song, which — we can only hope — will be on a future release.

Songs Performed


"Nobody Wants You"
"Dementia"
"Always"
All songs from Lena Elizabeth's independently released 2018 album, Get It Right.

Lena Elizabeth - ukulele, vocals
Taylor Donskey - upright bass, vocals

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You Need To Know: Lena Elizabeth, a singer-songwriter making ukulele cool Lena Elizabeth, who performs under her first and middle names, is a singer/songwriter from the Twin Cities. She plays the baritone ukulele and sings, and Jeff Krause (electric guitar), Taylor Donskey (upright bass), and Daniel Staddon (drums/percussion) compose her backing band.