Friday November 17, 2023

"Prolific singer-songwriter delivers a songbook of timeless, heartfelt pieces. His many honors include the Kerrville New Folk Award and the 2019 International Acoustic Music Artist of the Year. He is a 15x winner of the Boston Music Award and his music is on countless TV and film soundtracks. A rare west coast show! Performing at the Annex with Radoslav Lorković Ellis Paul has traveled around the world, writing songs and acting as a self-proclaimed guitar-carrying reporter on the human condition. Like the great folk singers of the Woodstock-era, Paul's music drives home socially relevant messages through poetic lyrics and thoughtful musical arrangements. In 2014, The Boston Globe said Paul is a ""master songwriter and storyteller with captivating vocals...[His music is] literate, provocative, and urbanely romantic,"" and in 2009, the Washington Post called his lyrics, ""as detailed and well-conceived as poetry...they dance around the heart of the song."" Opener: Arielle Silver, folk-rock singer-songwriter Arielle Silver is a Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter. She has captured her expressive lyrics and memorable hooks on five studio albums and performed in festivals, house concerts, and listening rooms around the U.S. Radoslav Lorković, Croatian-born folk and blues musician Radoslav Lorković puts a central European twist on classic folk and blues music, mastering the boogie-woogie style of the greats at age 20 and touring ever since. He regularly performs around the world, appearing at the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival and other prestigious events."