Paul Celebrating 30 Years Playing Passim Club Passim October 17, 2019
Background information
Birth name
Paul Plissey
Born
(1965-01-14) January 14, 1965 (age 59) Fort Kent, Maine, U.S.
Origin
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Genres
Folk-pop[1]
folk rock[2]
Occupation(s)
Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)
Vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards
Years active
1987–present
Labels
Rounder
Website
ellispaul.com
Musical artist
Ellis Paul (born Paul Plissey; January 14, 1965) is an American singer-songwriter and folk musician. Born in Presque Isle, Aroostook County, Maine, Paul is a key figure in what has become known as the Boston school of songwriting, a literate, provocative, and urbanely romantic folk-pop style that helped ignite the folk revival of the 1990s.[3] His pop music songs have appeared in movies and on television, bridging the gap between the modern folk sound and the populist traditions of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger.[4]
Paul grew up in a small Maine town. He attended Boston College on a track scholarship, majoring in English. Injured during his junior year, Paul began playing guitar to help fill his free time and soon began writing songs. After graduating college Paul played at open mic nights in the Boston area while working with inner-city school children. He won a Boston Acoustic Underground songwriter competition and gained national exposure on a Windham Hill Records compilation which helped him choose music as a career.[5]
Paul had released 19 albums by the end of 2014 and received 14 Boston Music Awards, considered the pinnacle of contemporary acoustic music success by some.[6] He has published a book of original lyrics, poems, and drawings and released a DVD that includes a live performance, guitar instruction, and a road-trip documentary. In 2014, his children's CD Hero in You was published as a book by Albert Whitman & Company. Paul plays almost 200 live shows a year.[7]
^"Ellis Paul to play in Portsmouth". South Coast Today. January 19, 2012. Archived from the original on October 22, 2020. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
^Miller, Jay N. (May 2, 2019). "It's party time with the South Shore Folk Music Club and Ellis Paul". The Register. Archived from the original on October 23, 2020. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
^Alarik, Scott. Sound choice. Boston Globe, April 24, 1998.
^EllisPaul.com. Ellis Paul biography. Archived February 13, 2018, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved January 10, 2007.
^Wood, Arthur. "Maine native Paul now a national name in Folk music". Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine FolkWax E-zine. Retrieved February 17, 2007. (Free with registration.)
^Hughes, Troy. A Conversation with Ellis Paul Archived February 9, 2013, at archive.today for Writer's Write, June 2000. Retrieved January 13, 2007.
^Healy, Benjamin. "For a song: Ellis Paul's six-step program." Archived January 22, 2007, at the Wayback Machine Boston College Magazine, Summer, 2004, p. 3–4. Retrieved February 10, 2007.
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