Tinsley Ellis to Appear on Georgia Public Broadcasting's PEACH JAM on July 28, 2025
On Friday, July 28, Georgia Public Broadcasting will premiere the new episode of Peach Jam, featuring world-renowned Atlanta-based guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Tinsley Ellis. The program, hosted by Jeremy Powell, includes performance and interview segments, and airs locally at 9:30pm Eastern time. It will be available to watch on-demand online starting at 9:00pm that same evening Eastern time here.
According to Ellis, performing on Peach Jam is important -- and fun -- for many reasons."The show is a perfect example of what Public Broadcasting does for American roots and blues music. No other form of mainstream television comes close."
On Naked Truth, Ellis' latest release, he swaps his blistering, guitar-fueled full band workouts for equally passionate, soul-searching acoustic folk blues.His famed guitar chops and musical creativity are on full display throughout the album’s 12 songs, including nine newly written originals.It is steeped in the folk blues traditions of Muddy Waters, Skip James, Son House and Robert Johnson. Whether intricately fingerpicking or playing hair-raising slide, Ellis delivers each song with unvarnished intimacy.
Since his first Alligator album in 1988, Georgia Blue, Ellis has gone from local Atlanta club favorite to become an internationally touring blues rock giant. He has brought his music to fans live in person to all 50 United States, as well as in Canada, across Europe, Australia and South America. He’s earned the love and respect of many of his fellow musicians, having shared stages with The Allman Brothers, Warren Haynes, Oliver Wood, Buddy Guy, the Tedeschi Trucks Band, Gov’t Mule, Widespread Panic, and more. Over the years, legends including Otis Rush, James Cotton, Gregg Allman, Jimmy Buffett, Son Seals, Koko Taylor and Albert Collins invited Ellis to join them on stage. Mega-star guitarist Joe Bonamassa calls Ellis “a national treasure.”
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Ellis Nominated for 2025 Blues Music Award
The Blues Foundation has just announced the nominees for their 46th Annual Blues Music Awards. From the Foundation's website:
"The Blues Music Awards brings together Blues performers, industry representatives, and fans from all over the world to celebrate the best in Blues recordings and performances from the previous year.
The BMAs are generally recognized as the highest honor giver to blues musicians and are awarded by vote of Blues Foundation members."
Tinsley's latest album NAKED TRUTH is nominated in the Acoustic Blues Album category. Ellis said he is "very grateful to be nominated for the Blues Foundation's Acoustic Blues Album of the Year category."
relix - "Video Premiere: Tinsley Ellis Covers Son House on Solo Acoustic Debut, ‘Naked Truth' "
"Today we premiere the official video for his [Tinsley's] version of Son House’s “ Death Letter Blues.” Ellis explains, “Son House’s ‘Death Letter Blues’ is one of the greatest delta blues songs of all time. It has been the centerpiece of my acoustic performances for a long time. Eddie 9V’s gritty, low fi production gave it the perfect hard edge. On this song I’m playing my 1937 National O series steel resonator guitar with a brass slide.”
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Alligator Records Announces Tinsley's Debut Solo Acoustic Album
On Friday, February 9, 2024, Alligator Records will release Naked Truth, the first-ever solo acoustic album from world-renowned Atlanta-based guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Tinsley Ellis. The new album is steeped in the folk blues traditions of Muddy Waters, Skip James, Son House, Robert Johnson and even Leo Kottke. To the casual fan, this might seem to be a new direction, but for Ellis, it’s an extension of his music, as he taps into the raw essence of the blues.
“This is a record I’ve always wanted to make, and one that my longtime fans have been asking for,” he says, noting he’s included an acoustic mini-set in his concert performances for years. In the last 12 months, Ellis has already performed over 100 solo shows, many as co-bills with his Alligator label-mate Marcia Ball. “I’m having so much fun playing these shows,” he says.
On Naked Truth (his 21st album), Ellis swaps his blistering, guitar-fueled full band workouts for equally passionate, soul-searching acoustic folk blues. His famed guitar chops and musical creativity are on full display throughout the album’s 12 songs, including nine newly written originals.
Naked Truth was produced by Ellis, with the foot-stomping cover of Son House’s Death Letter Blues produced by Atlanta roots musician Eddie 9V. The album was recorded live in the studio using Ellis’ beloved 1969 Martin D-35 (a gift from his father) and his 1937 National Steel O Series guitars. Whether intricately fingerpicking the Martin or playing hair-raising slide on the National Steel, Ellis delivers each song with unvarnished intimacy.