Peter Elkas is a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

, signed to MapleMusic Recordings

MapleMusic Recordings

MapleMusic Recordings is a Toronto based record label.The MapleMusic Recordings label is a project of Canadian roots rock band Skydiggers and entrepreneur Grant Dexter...

. He spent twelve years as part of the Montreal band Local Rabbits

Local Rabbits

Local Rabbits were a Canadian alternative rock band, active in the 1990s and early 2000s.-Background:Based in Montreal, the band consisted of vocalists and guitarists Peter Elkas and Ben Gunning, bassist Ryan Myshrall and drummer Jay Tustin...

, with whom he started playing as a teenager. He released his first solo album, Party of One

Party of One (Peter Elkas album)

-Track listing:# Party of One# In My Den# Gone, It's Gone# Turn Out the Lights# I See Fine# Skipping Stone# Build a Harmony# Everybody Works# Only You# Still a Flame...

, in 2004, and has opened for such artists as Ron Sexsmith

Ron Sexsmith

Ronald Eldon "Ron" Sexsmith is a Canadian singer-songwriter from St. Catharines, Ontario, currently based in Toronto. He started his own band when he was fourteen years old, and released the first recordings of his own material seven years later, in 1985...

, Joel Plaskett

Joel Plaskett

Joel Plaskett is a Canadian rock musician originally from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. He grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia and now resides across the harbour in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia...

, Feist

Leslie Feist

Leslie Feist , known professionally as simply Feist, is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, both as a solo artist and as a member of the indie rock group Broken Social Scene....

 and k-os

K-os

Kevin Brereton , better known by his stage name k-os , is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer...

.
Charlie Sexton

Charlie Sexton

Charles Wayne Sexton is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter best known for the 1985 hit Beat's So Lonely and as the guitarist for Bob Dylan's backing band from 1999 to 2002 and since 2009...

 produced Elkas' 2007 release, Wall of Fire

Wall of Fire (album)

Wall of Fire is the second solo album by Canadian singer-songwriter Peter Elkas, produced by former Bob Dylan collaborator Charlie Sexton. It was released 20 March 2007 on MapleMusic Recordings.Ron Sexsmith sings harmony vocals on the track "Willpower"....

. Along with Ian McGettigan, Elkas produced an album of all original material, 2011's Repeat Offender

Repeat Offender (Peter Elkas album)

Repeat Offender is the third solo album by Canadian singer-songwriter Peter Elkas, produced by Peter Elkas and Ian McGettigan. It was released 22 February 2011 on New Scotland Records.- Track listing :# "Anticipation"# "Cruel Thing To Do"...

on New Scotland Records.

Local Rabbits

• 1993: The Super Duper EP
• 1994: Put on Your Snowsuit, You Are Going to Hell! (7")
• 1995: You Can't Touch This
• 1998: Basic Concept
• 2001: This Is It Here We Go

Solo Albums

• 2004: Party of One
  Party of One (Peter Elkas album)
  -Track listing:# Party of One# In My Den# Gone, It's Gone# Turn Out the Lights# I See Fine# Skipping Stone# Build a Harmony# Everybody Works# Only You# Still a Flame...
  
  
• 2007: Wall of Fire
  Wall of Fire (album)
  Wall of Fire is the second solo album by Canadian singer-songwriter Peter Elkas, produced by former Bob Dylan collaborator Charlie Sexton. It was released 20 March 2007 on MapleMusic Recordings.Ron Sexsmith sings harmony vocals on the track "Willpower"....
  
  
• 2011: Repeat Offender
  Repeat Offender (Peter Elkas album)
  Repeat Offender is the third solo album by Canadian singer-songwriter Peter Elkas, produced by Peter Elkas and Ian McGettigan. It was released 22 February 2011 on New Scotland Records.- Track listing :# "Anticipation"# "Cruel Thing To Do"...
  
  

External links

• Peter Elkas at CBC Radio 3
  CBC Radio 3
  CBC Radio 3 is a radio station that consists of two parts devoted to Canadian arts and music: a radio service which is available on Sirius Satellite Radio and streaming audio, and several daily and weekly podcasts from the CBC Radio 3 website...
  
  
• Peter Elkas BalconyTV Toronto performance