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Elephant Revival is a folk music group from Nederland, Colorado, formed in 2006. The band currently consists of Bonnie Paine, Bridget Law, Charlie Rose, Dango Rose, Daniel Sproul, and Darren Garvey, and has previously included founding members Sage Cook and Daniel Rodriguez.
The band has referred to their style of music as "transcendental folk," because it transcends several musical categories and incorporates elements of Scottish/Celtic fiddle tunes, original Folk music pieces, traditional ballads, Bluegrass music, and indie rock.Snow, Brady Elephant Revival’s Break in the Clouds Album Review, Mountain Weekly News, (January 28, 2011). Retrieved June 17, 2011. All members of the band are multi-instrumentalists and contribute vocals and to songwriting.
Individually and collectively, the band members have performed with or opened for Dispatch, Bela Fleck, John Paul Jones, Devotchka, Michael Franti, Little Feat, Yonder Mountain String Band, Nickel Creek, George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic, Leftover Salmon, Railroad Earth, State Radio, String Cheese Incident, Shanti Groove, and Trampled by Turtles, among others.
On June 17, 2016, the band narrowly escaped a bus fire the morning before a show at Music at the Mill in Hickory, North Carolina. Several unique instruments and belongings were destroyed in the fire, but the band members were unharmed and played the show that night with borrowed instruments and donated clothes.Valerie Buccio and Tom Neas Elephant Revival Show to go on despite tour bus fire. (June 18, 2016). Retrieved June 19, 2016.
On February 9, 2018, the band announced they would take an indefinite hiatus "due to family matters." Their farewell show was on May 20, 2018.
In fall 2020, Rodriguez announced that he would be releasing an album titled Sojourn of a Burning Sun, produced by bandmate Garvey. In interviews, he explained that the break-up of the band coincided with the ending of a romance between him and another band member.
After a four-year hiatus, Elephant Revival reunited without Rodriguez for a performance in Lyons, Colorado in August 2022. As of 2026, they continue to perform infrequently in the U.S.
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