Folk duo Ordinary Elephant is composed of husband/wife singer/songwriters Crystal Hariu-Damore and Pete Damore. Their self-titled new album is arriving on May 3rd, 2024. After years of non-stop touring, Ordinary Elephant finds the artists “at home in rural Louisiana, sharing stories and embracing stillness.”

The track and accompanying video for “Relic of the Rain” is out now, which offers “a snapshot” of their “personal love story.” The duo head out on tour on April 5th, 2024 in Springville, NY.

For Ordinary Elephant, the duo enlisted producer/multi-instrumentalist Dirk Powell (Joan Baez, Levon Helm), recording the album in Powell’s studio in Beaux Bridge, Louisiana, on the banks of Bayou Teche. All three agreed that the “raw, live takes perfectly encapsulated the essence of Ordinary Elephant.”

Crystal shares:

It was kind of a scary thought at first, to put ourselves out there in such a raw way. But honestly, this album is the purest distillation of our sound we’ve ever captured.

Ordinary Elephant began in 2014, when Crystal and Pete left established careers to pursue their passion for music, jumping into an RV and hitting the road.

The duo later earned the International Folk Music Award for Artist of the Year on the strength of their album Before I Go. They followed up with 2019’s Honest.

Ordinary Elephant 2024 Tour Dates

April 5 – Springville, NY – Art’s Café with Peter Mulvey
April 6 – Rochester, NY – Café Veritas
April 7 – Albany, NY – The Linda
April 10 – Northampton, MA – The Parlor Room
April 11 – New London, NH – The Flying Goose
April 12 – Putney, VT – Next Stage Arts Project
April 13 – Portsmouth, NH – The Music Hall Lounge
April 14 – Haverhill, NH – Court Street Arts
April 16 – Cambridge, MA – Club Passim
April 20 – Middletown, CT – The Buttonwood Tree
April 21 – Frenchtown, NJ – Frenchtown Bookshop
April 24 – Hillsborough, NC – Eno House Artist’s Den
April 27 – Wilmington, NC – Live at Ted’s
April 28 – Bakersville, NC – House Concert
May 2 – Lewes, DE – The Listening Booth
May 3 – Washington, DC – Lucky Penny House Concert
May 4 – Chester, MD – Macum Creek Concerts
May 5 – Fruitland, MD – Delmarvelous Americana House Concert
May 8 – Roanoke, VA – 3rd Street Coffeehouse
May 11 – Hot Springs, NC – Rare Bird Farm with Tim Easton
May 15 – Columbus, OH – Natalie’s Grandview
May 16 – Marshall, MI – Northfield Mandolins Showroom
May 17 – Lake Orion, MI – 20 Front Street
May 18 – Grand Haven, MI – House of Lyrics
May 30 – Houston, TX – Mucky Duck
May 31 – Austin, TX – 04 Center