Go to Prefs/ColumnsUI/Layout and change the font where it appears in the different parts and/or in the global variables.

Have a look at the Title Formatting Reference docs (Google-it), it's pretty simple. You'll have to add text strings to the Group Header (right click on ELPlaylist/Settings and don't forget to export the skin or it'll be likely to reset).

rightclick at the plylist and hit settings
go to "Group header"
search for :
"//---------------title format"

replace the recent things with:
//---------------title format
$puts(title_margin_left,$add($add($get(art_margin_left),$get(art_size)),18))

$font(,11,bold)
$drawtext(%artist%,$get(title_margin_left),0,$sub(%el_width%,150),$sub(%el_height%,16),$get(title_text_color),vcenter end_ellipsis)
$font(,10,)
$drawtext(%album%,$get(title_margin_left),0,$sub(%el_width%,150),$add(%el_height%,16),$get(title_text_color),vcenter end_ellipsis)


just these 2 colums.

now go to the grouping tab at the top.

click on the new button and add a name(or add the name first and click then..not sure atm)
write
%artist% in the first line
and
%artist% - %album% in the second

Save the settings.

Go to your plyslist and rightclick.
go for the entry "sorting" and activate the one you just made.


This should change the sorting to sort by artist.

hope you could need it.