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THE GUEST HOUSE ABOUT ELLIS A gifted songwriter and performer, Ellis is known for her stirring lyrics, open- hearted performances and contagious laughter. She got her start at coffee shops and now tours the folk circuit with nine albums to her credit. She has been a four-time guest on A Prairie Home Companion, and Ellis has won more than a dozen songwriting and live performance awards. ABOUT THE ALBUM: THE GUEST HOUSE Like the poem by Rumi, the collection of songs on The Guest House cover the joys and pain of life and death, inviting them all in as guests with a hopeful spirit. Ellis recorded her ninth full-length album in three states, starting with Kevin Bowe in Minnesota, Ben Wisch in New Jersey, and a string quartet recorded in New York featuring string arrangements by Rob Mathes. REVIEWS “Ellis got some pretty sizable help with her elegant new record, The Guest House. The personal and relentlessly hopeful collection was named after a Rumi poem and inspired by death, motherhood and (legal!) marriage. " — Chris Riemenschneider, Star Tribune "Ellis is basically the nicest person on Earth, and you can hear that in her music. Her aptly-titled new album, The Guest House, is sure to be a cozy place to curl up, full of the solid songwriting and precise but warm arrangements." — Jay Gabler, 89.3 The Current "If you've seen her perform live, you already know that Ellis is totally engaging. She exhibits a true sense of joy when she sings.” — Mike Pengra, Radio Heartland TRACK LIST 1. Wherever You Are * 2. Songs On The Sea * 3. Driving In This Storm* 4. What Makes You Happy 5. The Guest House 6. Five Hundred Crows 7. I’m On Fire 8. Times Like These 9. You Are Royalty To Me 10. Moab In November * Featured Tracks FCC CLEAN IN STORES ON 2/5/2016 www.ellis-music.com twitter.com/ellismusic facebook.com/ellismusic patreon.com/ellis Management Terri Delaney 612-729-3322 [email protected] Publicity Krista Vilinskis 612-375-1113 [email protected] Photos ellis-music.com/presskit Modern folk music to open your heart “If ever there was a feel-good folk musician, this is the woman – somebody who really does send you off feeling better about the world." — John Davy, No Depression
