[FM] Ellis Paul "Live"

[J. Katherine Rossner]

Are other people out there listening to Ellis Paul's new live album?  I 
haven't seen it mentioned yet.

I've been a big fan of Ellis's lyrics for years and loved seeing him in 
concert, but the sound of his studio albums is sometimes just a little too 
close to rock for my tastes.  "Live" is fabulous--almost all acoustic 
(there's still some electric guitar on a few songs), Ellis's singing the 
strongest I've heard him, a wonderful selection of songs from his four 
previous albums plus a bunch of new songs and some of his spoken-word 
pieces.  (It's a 2-CD set, which lasted almost the entirety of the two-hour 
drive I took yesterday.)  My ears have been happy all week.

Katherine Rossner
--
Ye knowe ek, that in forme of speche is chaunge
Withinne a thousand yere, and wordes tho
That hadden pris, now wonder nyce and straunge
Us thinketh hem, and yit they spake hem so.
	- Chaucer, "Troilus and Criseyde"