Tinsley Ellis Archives

Tributes pour in after the loss of Atlanta musician Kofi Burbridge (1961–2019)

Scott FreemanFebruary 17, 2019

Kofi Burbridge, one of Atlanta’s most beloved musicians and a longtime collaborator with Derek Trucks, died Friday. He was 57. A native of the Bronx who grew...

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ArtsATL’s top local albums of 2018

ARTS ATL StaffDecember 28, 2018

This year marked a period of transition for the arts community. With several art hubs including Mammal Gallery, Eyedrum and Murmur stuttering after a fatal fire...

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Tinsley Ellis joins with Tommy Castro for post-Thanksgiving blues feast

Scott FreemanNovember 21, 2018

Blues/rock guitarist Tinsley Ellis plays a hometown concert Friday night at City Winery, teaming with another acclaimed new generation blues star -- Tommy Castr...

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ArtsATL’s Legacy Series: Portraits of 12 extraordinary Atlantans in the arts

ARTS ATL StaffJuly 23, 2018

In early 2017, ArtsATL set out to profile 12 arts leaders in the city. We wanted to find out where they began, what set them on their paths, what keeps them goi...

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Legacy Series: Atlanta blues guitar icon Tinsley Ellis and the art of giving back

Scott FreemanJune 30, 2018

It was a late night in the early '80s, and a teenaged Michelle Malone was riding in a car going up Piedmont Avenue near Lindbergh Drive. Traffic began to come t...

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Winning Hand: bluesman Tinsley Ellis has a hot new album and his biggest tour in years

Scott FreemanJanuary 9, 2018

It seems like yesterday when Tinsley Ellis was a young baby-faced blues hipster in snakeskin slippers who ripped out guitar riffs on his Fender Stratocaster, At...

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Review: Tinsley Ellis and his Blues Is Dead band prove the blues are indeed alive and well

Mark GreshamAugust 8, 2017

Legendary Georgia blues-rock guitarist Tinsley Ellis brought his Blues Is Dead band to Terminal West Friday night. A kind of side project for Ellis, the band fo...

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Preview: Five questions with Atlanta guitar legend Tinsley Ellis

Scott FreemanSeptember 7, 2016

Atlanta blues rocker Tinsley Ellis has a hot new album, Red Clay Soul, that debuted at No. 1 on Living Blues magazine’s radio chart in June and he performs Frid...

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Preview: Blues icon Tinsley Ellis on “Tough Love,” Atlanta and his return to the Variety Playhouse

Brenda SteppFebruary 19, 2015

Tinsley Ellis comes home to the Variety Playhouse Saturday night. (Photo by Flournoy Holmes) Largely responsible for keeping the blues alive in Atlanta in the...

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Preview: “Basically Frightened” expertly chronicles long, strange trip of Col. Bruce Hampton

Scott FreemanMarch 29, 2012

It’s impossible to sum up the life of Col. Bruce Hampton (Ret.) in a few sentences. It’s a life filled with many things that seem too outlandish, too absurd, to...

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