Elliott Blaufuss, a Nashville-based Americana artist, is emerging from behind-the-scenes to develop his own solo project, and also continue work as a producer/writer and session musician, playing 12 instruments.

While serving as a sideman and musical director for Gavin DeGraw, The Fray, Eric Hutchinson and Philip Philips, Blaufuss learned to lean into his passion for music. “Watching them spread their light and love through their own stories has emboldened me to do the same,” says Blaufuss. “It's also something inside that has been gnawing at me since I wrote my first song and will never go away. It could be ego or genuine love, but I also really just want to move people's molecules and make ‘em dance.”

This passion can be found in the roots of influences such as Earth, Wind & Fire, The Allman Brothers, James Taylor, Ray Charles, and other music left of center like a Barnum & Bailey’s Circus record Blaufuss used to play all the time as a kid. “The funk is deep in my blood, but I've always loved Telecasters and great country songs. It's all in me,” says Blaufuss. Blaufuss embodies the melting pot of melodious styles and genres that Music City lives and breathes.