Way back in the early 2000s, we first hosted Ellis Paul at our venue at Slater Mill Historic Site. It was a night to remember, as he was becoming a known entity in the singer-songwriter world of folk, and we had never had the opportunity to bring him to Stone Soup Coffeehouse. In a quick conversation, after a great night of music, he told me he had been trying to get a gig at our coffeehouse for a few years. I responded that I had only recently started booking, and thanks to the recommendation of his agent, I was so glad to be given the opportunity to bring him to Stone Soup. And that begins our history with Ellis Paul and the many years he has returned to play on a Stone Soup stage, whether at Slater Mill, St. Paul’s Church or now at the beautiful Music Mansion in Providence. The show begins at 7 pm on Saturday, November 8, 2025. Tickets are $30 and can be purchased in advance on our website. Please note, this show could sell out, so purchase your tickets early.
Parking at The Music Mansion at 88 Meeting St, Providence, RI 02906 is limited and carpooling, ride-sharing, and mass transit are highly encouraged. There is also available parking on Benefit Street, a short set of stairs will lead you right up to the Music Mansion.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Ellis Paul doesn’t just write songs; he’s a guitar-carrying reporter who covers the human condition and details the hopes, loves, losses of those he observes, turning their stories into luminous pieces of music that get under your skin and into your bloodstream. And much like the artists who have influenced him, everyone from Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan and Paul Simon to the singer-songwriter who is undoubtedly his greatest inspiration, Woody Guthrie, Paul weaves deeply personal experiences with social issues and renders them as provocative works that are as timely as they are timeless.
Born and raised in Maine, Paul attended Boston College on a track scholarship and in the evenings became a fixture on the city’s open mic circuit. After winning a Boston Acoustic Underground songwriter competition, he caught the ear of folk luminary Bill Morrissey, who produced his indie album Say Something in 1993. This led to a seven-album contract with Rounder Records and the 1994 album, Stories. His songs have appeared
in several blockbuster films (Me, Myself, and Irene; Shallow Hal, Hall Pass) and have been covered by award winning country artists (Sugarland, Kristian Bush, Jack Ingram). Through a steady succession of albums of his own – a remarkable 23 releases so far – and a constant touring presence around the world, Paul’s audience has grown into a loyal legion of fans.
Along the way, he has picked up an impressive number of awards including the prestigious Kerrville New Folk Award, 15 Boston Music Awards, An Honorary Doctorate from the University of Maine, the 2019 International Acoustic Music Awards Artist of the Year and most recently his album, The Storyteller’s Suitcase, was named the 2019 NERFA Album of the Year.His new album “55” touches on the necessity of gratitude in a difficult era of the pandemic and divided political stances on his own imprint, Rosella Records www.ellispaul.com
Phil Hoffman described Ellis so: “The storyteller closes his suitcase, but the worlds within it keep changing, the traveler keeps moving on, and brand new vistas keep opening up with each twist and turn in the road. From Maine to Big Sur, Okemah to Homer, Alaska, from hardscrabble rustbelt towns to peachy Georgia, from the plains of Texas to the snows of Alberta, these lands are our lands. This land is his land.“Born in Okemah shoes, with the Dust Bowl blues, a friend of the working man,” was how Willis Alan Ramsey described Woody Guthrie, a description that doubles to perfectly situate Ellis Paul’s exploration of the fractured, kaleidoscopic landscape of America’s soul. Ellis Paul shares his land with us. And in sharing it with us, the truth he reveals is that it is also ours.”
We hope you will join us because Ellis has certainly become a national treasure over the past 30+ years that he has been performing, and he is truly one of those artists you do not want to miss.
You may also like the following events from Stone Soup Coffeehouse:
- This Saturday, 11th October, 07:00 pm, Bird & Augur - Recording LIVE! in Providence
- This month, 25th October, 07:00 pm, Stash Wyslouch, Birds of Appetite Opens in Providence
- Next month, 1st November, 07:00 pm, Pete Avitable with Anthony Lee Phillips and Natalie Paige in Providence
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