Celebrate New Year’s Eve With Ellis Paul (And A Tribute To Ellis Paul)

Ellis Paul performing at Club Passim, 12-31-16

For quite a while now, Ellis Paul has helped usher in each New Year with a series of concerts at Club Passim in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Typically, he would do two shows on December 30th and two on the 31st, with special guests and some surprising and fun choices of covers. I remember in 2016, for example, he did several songs in tribute to some of the great artists who had died that year, covering songs by Leonard Cohen, Prince and George Michael. This year has, shockingly, been even worse than 2016, and because of the pandemic there will of course be no shows at Club Passim. However, that doesn’t mean there won’t be some excellent music at the end of the month. Ellis Paul is still planning on performing a New Year’s Eve show, though from the comfort of his own home. And we will all be watching it from the comfort of our own homes. That show is scheduled to start at 9 p.m. east coast time, which makes me think it will be a nice long show.

In addition, the folks at Club Passim have organized a special concert for December 30th, a tribute to Ellis Paul, titled “The Songs Of Ellis Paul.” This show is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. eastern time, and boasts a seriously impressive line-up of talent. Artists that are scheduled to perform include David Wilcox, Dan Navarro, Vance Gilbert, Dan Bern, Anne Heaton, Adam Ezra, Radoslav Lorkovic and Jon Svetkey & Heather Quay, among others. That is going to be a wonderful show. Ellis Paul has indicated he will be watching it from his home.

Both concerts are free, but donations are encouraged. Help keep the music venue and music itself going by donating. For the tribute, the suggested donation is $25, and for the New Year’s Eve show, the suggested donation is $50. Let’s not only help bring in the New Year, but kick the hell out of the old. I am seriously excited about both of these concerts, which will be streamed on the Club Passim website. See you then (and by that, I mean, I’ll see your comments on the side of the screen). Let’s have a Happy New Year, everyone.