Evening of Music and Words by Eli Finberg, at Bushel on Sat, Sept 6

DELHI — Margaretville-born MC Eli Finberg returns from Europe to perform for the first time in Delaware County on Saturday, September 6, 8 pm at Bushel, 106 Main Street, Delhi. Tickets are available for $12 in advance on Bushel’s website, www.bushelcollective.org, or $15 cash or Venmo at the door. Doors at 7:30 pm; program begins at 8 pm.

For over two decades Eli has lived abroad and created an opus of hip-hop songs exploring themes of personal and social transformation. On this occasion, he will present a collection of songs that speak to the notion of home and that sense of belonging. Home/Boy is the search for self, the balance of the personal and universal, the journey back home.

Eli Finberg, alias Mr. E, is an author, MC, and performing artist. Originally from Margaretville, New York, he settled in Strasbourg, France in 2005 and has been making music since. He currently performs with the bands Goldencut, Mojo Sapiens, Uprisers and Unblock Project. Over the years, he has been the frontman for groups such as Art District, Blockstop, Big Nowhere, Caterva and FREEZ.

Eli founded Freestyle Mondays, a monthly open mic which he hosts, in Strasbourg in 2011. Since 2007, he has released a dozen records, performed over 1,000 concerts in Europe and Africa and won numerous awards: FAIR 2018, Ricard Music Live Finalist 2017, Prix Chorus Finalist 2017, FAIR 2012, Découverte Printemps de Bourges 2012, M6mobile Music Live 2010, DNA Impul’sons 2012, SNCF Prize for Eurockéennes 2012, Zone51 Super Bowl 2011, 2009 Le Mans Electric City Winner, France O Folies Winner 2011, EuroGlobe 2009 Poetry Competition, Finalist John Tripp Spoken Poetry Competition 2005 (Wales).

BUSHEL is a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit, volunteer-led, mixed-use space dedicated to art, agriculture, ecology, and action. It is located at 106 Main Street in Delhi. For more information, go to www.bushelcollective.org.