March 6th, Tinsley Ellis: Labor of Love Tour

Atlanta-based musician Tinsley Ellis—known for decades as one
of the greatest electric blues-rock guitarists of his generation—is
now also recognized as one of the very best contemporary acoustic
blues guitarists, songwriters and performers in the world. With
2024’s critically acclaimed, Blues Music Award-nominated Naked
Truth, Ellis unplugged with his first-ever acoustic album. On it he
mixed his own striking original songs—inspired by Son House, Skip
James, Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters—with a few reinvented
covers. According to No Depression, “Even though it’s just Ellis and
his acoustic guitars, there’s plenty of hell-raisin’ blues going on.
With the ghost of Elmore James looking over his shoulder and Wolf
leaning in...Ellis proves he’s an icon.”
Now, with his new album, Labor Of Love, Ellis delivers a raw, edgy,
self-produced set of 13 original compositions, all performed with
pure, emotional honesty. The songs spin modern tales of floods,
conflagrations, voodoo spirits, personal travails and heaven-sent
prayers. From the feral opener “Hoodoo Woman” to the John Lee
Hooker-groove of “Long Time” to the evocative, Skip James-inspired
“To A Hammer” to the Son House-style stomp of “Sunnyland,” Ellis
inhabits his songs in a way that is simply astonishing.

Listen to Tinsley Ellis  HERE!