Tinsley Ellis

Name: Tinsley Ellis
Start: 2025-08-21T19:30:00-04:00
Location: One Market Square, Newburyport, MA, United States, Massachusetts 01950

Schedule

Thu, 21 Aug, 2025 at 07:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

One Market Square, Newburyport, MA, United States, Massachusetts 01950 | Newburyport, MA

Coming to the Firehouse Center in Newburyport on August 21st:
“An exciting, emotional guitarist and a strong, evocative songwriter…One of modern blues’ greatest performers.” –Vintage Guitar
According to Atlanta-based blues guitarist, singer and songwriter Tinsley Ellis, his new, first-ever solo acoustic album, Naked Truth, is both “a departure and an arrival.” Ellis has been recording and travelling the world for over four decades, delivering his feral, guitar-fueled, original electric blues-rock to ever-growing audiences at concert halls, festivals, and clubs. Naked Truth is steeped in the folk blues traditions of Muddy Waters, Skip James, Son House, Robert Johnson and even Leo Kottke.
On the Naked Truth tour, Ellis will bring his music directly to his fans. “Two guitars and a car,” he says of the simplicity of his North American touring situation. “When folks come to see me, I’ll have the guitars I used on the record with me, so what fans hear on the album is what they’ll get live. It’s not easy. Now I’m the whole band and there’s nowhere to hide. It’s scary every single time I go up on stage alone. But nothing could be more honest.”