Robert Ellis at Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant

Tickets are available for A-Train Member Presale until FRI, OCT 20, 2023 at 10am. They will go on sale to the public at that time. Tickets are available online until 4pm the day of the performance.  Any further sales must be completed through the Box Office via phone at 612-332-5299 or in-person, and after 6pm in-person at the Will Call Desk. We are not affiliated with any third-party sellers. Thank you—see you soon!
"soft rock with a singer-songwriter edge." - Pop Matters
 
Recorded live to tape in just two days, Robert Ellis’s exquisite new album, 2023's Yesterday’s News, is as stripped-down as it gets, with the celebrated songwriter and producer’s delicate, reedy tenor accompanied only by nylon string guitar, upright bass, and the occasional piece of handheld percussion. The arrangements are harmonically sophisticated here, drawing on the open tunings and intricate fingerpicking of English songwriters like Nick Drake or Richard Thompson, and Ellis’s performances are similarly subtle and nuanced, tapping into the bittersweet longing of Chet Baker and the playful poignancy of Bill Evans and Jim Hall....

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Tickets are available for A-Train Member Presale until FRI, OCT 20, 2023 at 10am. They will go on sale to the public at that time. Tickets are available online until 4pm the day of the performance.  Any further sales must be completed through the Box Office via phone at 612-332-5299 or in-person, and after 6pm in-person at the Will Call Desk. We are not affiliated with any third-party sellers. Thank you—see you soon!
"soft rock with a singer-songwriter edge." - Pop Matters
 
Recorded live to tape in just two days, Robert Ellis’s exquisite new album, 2023's Yesterday’s News, is as stripped-down as it gets, with the celebrated songwriter and producer’s delicate, reedy tenor accompanied only by nylon string guitar, upright bass, and the occasional piece of handheld percussion. The arrangements are harmonically sophisticated here, drawing on the open tunings and intricate fingerpicking of English songwriters like Nick Drake or Richard Thompson, and Ellis’s performances are similarly subtle and nuanced, tapping into the bittersweet longing of Chet Baker and the playful poignancy of Bill Evans and Jim Hall.
 
While that might seem surprising coming off 2019’s raucous Texas Piano Man, subverting expectations is nothing new for Ellis. Born and raised outside Houston, he gained early acclaim for his piercing introspection and absorbing narratives. Over the course of five solo albums, he flirted with everything from Paul Simon and John Prine to Elton John and Joni Mitchell. His sound has been a series of sonic and visual transformations that run the gamut from Redneck Steely Dan to Lone Star Liberace. NPR hailed his “musical daring and impeccable songcraft,” while Rolling Stone praised his “sharp eye for storytelling,” and the New York Times lauded his writing as an emotional “gut punch.”
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