Coco Elysses Page

11/09/2025

11/08/2025

My two year old grandson loves the diddley bow. I thought I had enough time to make him one for Christmas, he bogarts his way into my practice and construction moments. I was trying to finish the fret board…and

Oh well…

11/01/2025

Happy Halloween everyone

Be safe out there ✨🫶🏽✨

10/26/2025

🎵 Music majors — quick question!

Do you ever see sounds, feel notes, or sense colors when you play? 🎨✨

If that sounds like you (or a classmate you know), I’d love to chat for 20–30 minutes about your experience. I’m a MBA student conducting research on synesthesia.

It’s not a test — just a conversation about how you learn, hear, and see music.

DM me or drop a 🎨 below if you’re open to sharing your story!

10/11/2025

Liner notes - Book of Elysses: Vol. I, Chapter VII

BOOK OF ELYSSES

Nothing that Coco Elysses has done as a musician, poet, actress, beatmaker, or creative remotely hints at stillness.
To be certain throughout her amazing career every beat moves, every bar speaks.

This latest affirmation BOOK OF ELYSSES serves multiple purposes.

It’s a salute to Chicago’s iconic beat makers.
It’s House — earthy, hypnotic, mad danceable.
It’s a lesson in poetic discourse with Coco speaking to and from a spiritual authority. It’s undeniably sexy and sonically it is true to its own words and like its creator honest and sincere.

The Diddley Bow is the other voice —
moaning, bending, teaching. Serving as the underlying theme much like The Bomb Squad set the tone for Public Enemy, the Diddley Bow is the playful antagonist urging you to not be afraid.


Rhythm, reflection, release.
There is no other high.

Fast, funky, and alive —
Book of Elysses keeps the party, the prayer, and the pulse in motion. A body of work that honors where it comes from and most importantly, where it’s going next.

Mario Smith
WLPN-LP Radio Personality,
Producer, Poet, Writer

10/04/2025