Robert Ellis with Alicia Blue — live event on Nov 8, 2026
Robert Ellis live at Sweetwater Music Hall, Mill Valley on Sun, Nov 8, 8:00 PM. Tickets from $31.42. Lineup, start time and tickets on Ckord.
Recorded live to tape in just two days, Robert Ellis’s exquisite new album, Yesterday’s News, is as stripped-down as it gets, with the celebrated songwriter and producer’s delicate, reedy tenor accompanied only by nylon string guitar, upright bass, and the occasional piece of handheld percussion. The arrangements are harmonically sophisticated here, drawing on the open tunings and intricate fingerpicking of English songwriters like Nick Drake or Richard Thompson, and Ellis’s performances are similarly subtle and nuanced, tapping into the bittersweet longing of Chet Baker and the playful poignancy of Bill Evans and Jim Hall. While that might seem surprising coming off 2019’s raucous Texas Piano Man, subverting expectations is nothing new for Ellis. Born and raised outside Houston, he gained early acclaim for his piercing introspection and absorbing narratives, but over the course of five solo albums, he flirted with everything from Paul Simon and John Prine to Elton John and Joni Mitch…
Starts: Sun, Nov 8, 8:00 PM
Ends: Sun, Nov 8, 10:00 PM
Where: 19 Corte Madera Avenue, Mill Valley, California 94941, United States
Price: $31.42
Lineup
Venue: Sweetwater Music Hall
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