About
Born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Saint Louis, Missouri, award-winning singer-songwriter and premier entertainer Eldraco employs music, dance, and artistic visuals to create dynamic and lively performance experiences. A Kranzberg Arts Foundation Artist in Residence (2024-2025) and 2-time recipient of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest Stuck At Home Series Award (2020&2024), Eldraco and his band FreeNation have been the headlining act for many Festivals such as the historic Whitaker Music Festival where they performed to an audience of 13,000+ in 2023 or their mainstage appearance to a crowd of 17,000 at Music At The Intersection in 2025. Recently he had the honor of performing alongside legendary singer Patti Labelle. Eldraco is a premiere entertainer and performer in the private events industry with prior contracts/appearance with noted event band: The Lustre Lights at: SLU's bicentennial celebration, The Festival of the Little Hills, STL 4th of July Celebration in Kiener Plaza, The Mayor Ball 2021, STL Zoo's Jungle Boogie and Zoo-A-Do's events(2018-2022), as well as hundreds of high-end weddings and parties since 2017. The Lustre Lights have been recognized as a leading event entertainment provider by several publications including The Knot Magazine. Graduating with Honors from the Webster University Music Conservatory, Eldraco is trained in several music disciplines. He has been classically trained in the voice studios of prominent STL educators Diane Davenport and Debby Lennon. Studied under award winning composer and arranger Kim Portnoy and songwriter Melissa Bishop. In addition to this he is a frequent collaborator with award winning music producer and songwriter Daniel Mehrmann (Jettson Bloom). As a composer and songwriter, Eldraco tackles subjects of societal ills and the human condition with a simultaneously direct yet eloquent voice; investigating modern subjects through the lens of his personal experience. Eldraco fuses genres to create music that defies category. He decidedly mixes elements of Funk, Rock, and soul with a Pop framework that combine to form a feel-good bombastic aura. Loving both electronic and live instrumentation Eldraco blends lush sounds with poignant lyricism and his unique 4 octaves voice making his music singular in its presence! For 9 years Eldraco has worked towards his artistic mission to create music and art that inspires and moves! His attitude to that end: is that the most impactful art is that of the collaborator. Combining the artistic ideas and passions of fellow creatives garners truth and beauty that help bring joy to the masses.