Meet Elli Rowe of American Idol Season 20

American Idol

February 26, 2022 By Mark Franklin 0

Elli Rowe from American Idol Season 20

Elli Rowe is one of the singers reported to have auditioned for Season 20 of American Idol.

Idol returns to ABC on Sunday, Feb. 27. Here’s more about Elli.

* She’s a Nashville-based singer-songwriter who started college at Belmont University in the fall of 2020.

* Elli grew up in Minnesota, exposed to music at a young age as she followed her parents to their performances with “Copper Creek,” a bluegrass band.

* She was a member of the Minnesota Bluegrass and Old Time Music Association (MBOTMA) and was a two-time winner of the organization’s talent show.

* At the time “Tomorrow’s Bluegrass Stars” profiled Elli, she was 14 and played the piano, guitar and fiddle and had started playing the mandolin and banjo.

* At age 16, she earned a spot in the singer-songwriter portion of Grammy Camp in Los Angeles.

* In an interview on the organization’s website, Elli said she started writing her own music around the age of 11 and really dove into songwriting when she was 14.

* As for the challenge of being a young songwriter, Elli said: “I think songwriting is just storytelling. I don’t really think there’s an age limit on how old you have to be to tell a story.”

* Elli doesn’t appear to have released music. But friend Evie Grace released a song called “Friends” that they co-wrote.

Elli on social media:
Instagram
Twitter
Facebook
YouTube (not hers, but several performances are posted here)