Who (and what) defines the Boston-based, dub-jazz Club d'Elf is an enigma. At the core, the "group" is bassist and composer Mike Rivard and drummer Dean Johnston. Rivard has far-flung history ranging ...

In overseeing Club D'Elf since its inception over 25 years ago, founder-leader-bassist Mike Rivard has maintained a core lineup around which has revolved a colorful cast of collaborators as eclectic ...

‘Live at Club Helsinki,” the new release from Club d’Elf, is that rarest of documents: something that captures a highly improvisational band working its magic and somehow bottles the feeling of ...

Boston-based jazz-dub-world music collective Club d’Elf have announced they’ll release their third full-length album, You Never Know, on April 1. The double album spans 10-tracks and showcases the ...

HUDSON, N.Y. -- Club d'Elf is a band without members, playing music without category. It's by no means a solo project -- group interplay is key -- but bassist, musical ringleader and seer-in-chief ...

Psychedelic jazz collective Club d’Elf have added a special guest to this evening’s concert at City Winery Boston. The ensemble shared that they will welcome Dana Colley on stage during tonight’s ...

Those words can be a pandemic or post-pandemic mantra. Or a grand philosophical principle. Or a mission statement for making art. They can be all those things, and the name of the Boston-based, ...

Boston-based Club D’elf produces jazz that traverses many genres and styles. Its trance-like grooves and improvised inventions includes trace elements of early Pink Floyd, the Grateful Dead, “Bitches ...

Club d’Elf is an ever-shifting phenomenon — a musical ensemble of rotating membership led by convener Mike Rivard. Onstage he’ll sometimes stand in a circle of musicians, anchoring an ...

Club d’Elf is the perfect group for Club Helsinki. Their particular brand of artful Moroccan-infused trance music fits in with the artsy feel of the club. The décor, the bar, the tables, the dance ...

For twenty-five years now, Boston-based dub-jazz collective Club d'Elf has been helping audiences lose track of time while creating mesmerizing musical chimeras that weave their distinct, Moroccan ...