Eli Lev’s New Album Past Lives Brings Ancestors’ Voices to Life Through Music

SILVER SPRING, MD (June 2025) – Independent folk-pop singer-songwriter Eli Lev announces the release of Past Lives, the second installment in his transformative Three Worlds Project, following the acclaimed debut Present Journey. With this powerful new record, Lev bridges the space between memory and melody, using the actual voices of his ancestors to illuminate the stories that shaped him—and, by extension, all of us.

Past Lives will be released gradually—one song every three weeks starting June 25, 2025, with the full album available on October 8, 2025. Lev will celebrate the release with a special hometown concert on October 3rd, 2025 at Blue House Productions in Kensington, Maryland, followed by a Northeast U.S. tour throughout October.

An Intimate Time Capsule of Family, Memory, and Resilience

Past Lives is more than just an album—it's an oral history in song. Each track is woven with audio recordings from Eli’s actual relatives, gathered through years of family interviews. Their voices—his Bubbe Sarah, Uncle Ben, Aunt Evelyn, and more—are heard in poignant interludes and vivid recollections that provide a living heartbeat to each track.

“This album honors my ancestors,” says Lev. “Their voices and stories are the foundation of who I am. I wanted to bring them forward—not just in memory, but in sound, in rhythm, in life.”

Stories Etched in Song

Opening with the track "Echo", Past Lives introduces listeners to a world “washed in waves of time,” where heritage flows like a river through generations. Listeners hear Bubbe Sarah recounting her 1892 birth in Poland and Uncle Ben describing farm life and mill work in the American South—real voices, real memories.