Timeline of Notable Achievements
-1989-
• Urban Folk Songs, produced by Tom Dube and Bruce Bartone, released on Black Wolf
• September: First Club Passim gig opening for John Gorka
• Oct 23: First paid gig at Club Passim
-1990-
• Am I Home, produced by Tom Dube, released on Black Wolf
• End Construction's Resume Speed, produced by Brian Doser, released on End Construction Productions
-1991-
• Winner Boston Acoustic Underground competition
-1992-
• 1st Boston Music Award for "Outstanding New Folk/Acoustic Act"
Compilations:
• "Ashes to Dust" appears on Windham Hill's Legacy II
Guest appearances:
• Bill Morrissey, Inside
• Chris Chandler, As Seen on No TV
• Billy Pilgrim, Words Without Numbers
• Jon Svetkey, This is Now
-1993-
• February 1: Say Something, produced by Bill Morrissey, released on Black Wolf
• 2nd Boston Music Award for "Outstanding Song of Year, Indie Label" for Conversation with a Ghost
• Say Something chosen as Editor's Big Pick in Hear Music magazine
Compilations:
• "Conversation with a Ghost" appears on the Old Vienna Tapes, Vol. 2
• "Look at the Wind Blow" appears on Leak Magazine winter compilation
Guest Appearances:
• Don Conoscenti, The Code
-1994-
• April 1: Stories, produced by Ellis and Duke Levine, released on Black Wolf
• Winner of the Kerrville Folk Festival "Best New Folk" Award
• Voted one of Falcon Ridge's "Most Wanted"
• Appeared in feature article in January/February issue of Performing Songwriter magazine
Compilations:
• "King of 7th Avenue" appears on Follow That Road
• "Last At the Table" appears on Shelter
• "All Along the Watchtower" (Dylan cover) appears on The Times They are a Changin'
Guest appearances:
• Vance Gilbert, Edgewise
• Billy Pilgrim, Billy Pilgrim
• Don Conoscenti, Beneath Your Moon
• Jon Svetkey, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
-1995-
• September 19: Stories re-issued by Philo/Rounder
• 3rd Boston Music Award for "Outstanding Local Male Vocalist"
• 4th Boston Music Award for "Folk/Acoustic Album of the Year" for Stories
Compilations:
• "Paperback Man" appears on Kerrville Highlights
• "All Things Being the Same" appears on Live at the Postcrypt
• "Last Call" appears on Performing Songwriter, Vol. 2
• "Paperback Man" appears on This is Boston, Not Austin, Vol. 1
• "Last Call" appears on Where Love Goes
• "All Things Being the Same" appears on New Country
Guest appearances:
• Rob Lytle, Rob Lytle
• Jim Henry, Jacksonville
• Kevin McCluskey, This Distant Light
-1996-
• 5th Boston Music Award for "Outstanding Contemporary Folk Act"
• 6th Boston Music Award for "Rising Star"
• Appeared in feature article in January/February issue of Performing Songwriter
• July 12: Best bet for stardom in USA Today
• July 16: A Carnival of Voices, produced by Jerry Marotta, released on Philo/Rounder
• Nov 20: SESAC's New York Music Award for "Contemporary Folk" for A Carnival of Voices
• A Carnival of Voices chosen as #1 album of the year by The World Café
Guest appearance:
• Don Conoscenti, Boxes of Bones [uncredited track]
• Matthew's Brother, Remember the Day
-1997-
• 7th Boston Music Award for "Outstanding Contemporary Folk Act"
Compilations:
• "Weightless" appears on Live at the Iron Horse
• "Did I Ever Know You?" appears on This is Boston, Not Austin, Vol. 2
• "Conversation with a Ghost" appears on the Independent Music Group (IAG) compilation
Guest appearances:
• Mark Erelli, Long Way From Heaven
• Peter Spink, All There Is
-1998-
• End Construction's Resume Speed re-issued by Eastern Front
• July 14: The only performer asked to perform all 3 nights at the 1st Annual Woody Guthrie Folk Festival in Okemah, OK; only American filmed with Billy Bragg in the BBC/PBS documentary The Woody Guthrie Legacy
• Sept 15: Translucent Soul, produced by Jerry Marotta, released on Philo/Rounder
• Appeared in feature article in October/November issue of Dirty Linen
Guest appearance:
• Buddy Mondlock, Poetic Justice
• Carl Cacho, Blue Around the Edges
-1999-
• 8th Boston Music Award for "Outstanding Contemporary Folk Album" for Translucent Soul
• 9th Boston Music Award for "Outstanding Singer/Songwriter; Indie Label" for "Take Me Down"
• 10th Boston Music Award for "Outstanding Male Vocalist; Indie Label"
• April: Rob Laurens' The Honey on the Mountain, produced by Ellis Paul, released
• July 13: Served as emcee for the first night of the 2nd Annual Woody Guthrie Folk Festival in Okemah, OK
Guest appearance:
• Darryl Purpose, Traveler's Code
• Rob Laurens, The Honey on the Mountain
• John Wesley Harding, Dynablob 3
Compilations:
• "Never Lived At All" appears on Chris Chandler's Collaborations
• "Just Like Jim Brown" (duet with Don Conoscenti; Pierce Pettis cover) appears on Have A Heart: A Benefit for Uncle Mark Reynolds
• "Take Me Down" and "Translucent Soul" appear on Philo/Rounder's Touring Troubadours
• "The World Ain't Slowing Down" appears on WNCW's Crowd Around the Mic, Vol. 3
• "She Loves A Girl" appears on WYEP's Live and Direct, Vol. 1
• "Angel in Manhattan" appears on The Revolution Spreads
• "Take Me Down" appears on the New Music Series Review, Vol. 19
• "Love's Too Familiar a Word" [poem] appears on spoken word CD Out of the Mouths of Men
• "Saturday 2:15" appears on WUMB's Folk Radio Voices II
• Nov 5: "The Holiday Song" recorded for NPR at the Brick Alley in Cleveland to be part of WKSU's Christmas radio broadcast Ornaments and Icing
-2000-
• March 14: Ellis Paul Live released on Philo/Rounder
• June 13: "The World Ain't Slowing Down" released on the "Me, Myself and Irene" soundtrack
• June 21: Ellis sings National Anthem at Fenway Park
• June 23: Release of the movie "Me, Myself and Irene" featuring "The World Ain't Slowing Down"
• June: Featured in Smithsonian Magazine article on the Kerrville Folk Festival
• June 14: Appeared in feature article in The Improper Bostonian
• June 27: In a review of "Me, Myself and Irene", USA Today refers to Ellis Paul as "New England cult rocker"
• October 20: Boston Citysearch awards Ellis Paul the 2000 Editor's Award for Best Local Songwriter
• October 20: Urban Folk Songs and Am I Home re-released on CD
Compilations:
• "Martyr's Lounge" appears on All Folked Up: A Rounder Sampler
• "The World Ain't Slowing Down" and "Conversation with a Ghost" appear on Rounder New Release Sampler
• "The World Ain't Slowing Down" appears on the "Me, Myself and Irene" soundtrack
• "Conversation with a Ghost" appears on WDIY Studio Sessions, Vol. 1
• "Conversation with a Ghost" appears on Massachusetts For Folk
• "All Things Being the Same" appears on WERS' Live from Emerson College
• "The World Ain't Slowing Down" appears on Progressions #52: New Music for Progressive Adult Radio
• "Maria's Beautiful Mess" appears on WBJB's Live at the Night, Vol. 1
Guest Appearances:
• Vance Gilbert, Live
• Christopher Williams, The Silence in Between
• Bernice Lewis, Religion and Release
• David Wilcox, What You Whispered
• Adam Dorfman, The Difference
• Dave Nachmanoff, A Certain Distance
• Don Conoscenti [EP]
Covered by:
• Gregg Cagno, Present Moment Days ("Look At the Wind Blow")
-2001-
• April 20: 11th Boston Music Award for "Outstanding Male Singer/Songwriter"
• September: Appeared in feature article in Acoustic Guitar magazine
• November 9: Release of the movie "Shallow Hal" featuring "Sweet Mistakes"
• November 6: "Sweet Mistakes" released on the "Shallow Hal" soundtrack
• November 15: Sweet Mistakes released on Black Wolf
• Kevin So's That Oriental Guy includes the song "Standing in the Shadow of Ellis Paul"
Compilations:
• "Take Me Down" appears on New Music Made in New England
• "Sweet Mistakes" appears on "Shallow Hal" soundtrack
Guest Appearances:
• Lori McKenna, Pieces of Me
• Don Conoscenti, Paradox of Grace
• Darryl Purpose, A Crooked Line
• Don Conoscenti [advance single]
-2002-
• January 11-14: 1st Ellis Paul FanClub cruise to the Bahamas
• January 17: Named FolkWax 2001 "Artist of the Year"
• April: Featured in the book "Letters to JD Salinger" edited by Chris Kubica and Will Hochman; published by University of Wisconsin Press
• April 20: 12th Boston Music Award for "Outstanding Male Singer/Songwriter Album" for Sweet Mistakes
• June: "Notes From the Road" published by Black Wolf Press
• November 5: "If You Break Down" featured on the TV show "Ed"
• September 10: Speed of Trees released on Philo/Rounder
• December: Appeared in feature article on the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival in Dirty Linen
• December: Appeared in New Release Spotlight in Performing Songwriter
Compilations:
• "Conversation with a Ghost" appears on Before Their Time: Memorial Songs and Music, Vol. 2
• "Weightless" appears on Rounder's The Singer Songwriter Collection
• "Sweet Mistakes" appears on Progressions #68: The Triple A Sampler
• "Speed of Trees" appears on Fresh Picked: Live in Studio
• "Sweet Mistakes" appears on City Folk Live V
Guest Appearances:
• Justin Brooks, Take To the Wind
• Alastair Moock, A Life I Never Had
• Carl Cacho, Spark
• Vance Gilbert, One Through Fourteen
• Joel Raphael, Woodeye
Covered by:
• Joel Cage, Professional Stranger ("Jumpin' A Train")
-2003-
• January: Appeared in feature article in Paste Magazine
• February: Spends entire month on the road as part of the Woody Guthrie "Ribbon of Highway, Endless Skyway" tribute tour
• February: 3000 Miles DVD released
• March: Prominently featured in the book "Deep Community: Adventures in the Modern Folk Underground" by Scott Alarik
• Sept. 9: Side of the Road released
• October: Jack Kerouac's "Doctor Sax" screenplay published [with voice of Ellis Paul as Lousy]
Compilations:
• "Paperback Man" appears on Best of the Kerrville Folk Festival, Vol. 1
• "(This Train is) Bound for Glory" [with the Ribbon of Highway players] appears on KGSR Broadcasts, Vol. 11.
• "Angel in Manhattan" appears on We Are All Each Others' Angels.
-2004-
• May 1: Recipient of the 2nd Annual Boston College Arts Council Alumni Award
• Sept. 30: 13th Boston Music Award for "Outstanding Male Singer/Songwriter"
Compilations:
• "Sweet Mistakes" appears on WFDU's Odds and Ends: Ten Years of Crash on the
Levee.
• "The Only Way" (with Vance Gilbert) appears on the Kennebunk Coffeehouse Best of 5
Live.
• "Maria's Beautiful Mess" appears on WCLZ's Greetings from Area Code 207. (The
song is on Disk 2 specifically titled Greetings from "Studio Z" 2003-2004.)
• "Comfort You" (with Vance Gilbert) appears on Keeping Music in Mind
Guest Appearances:
• Kort & Beth McCumber, Until I Return
-2005-
• April 5: American Jukebox Fables released on Rounder/Philo.
• April 6-19: Appeared in feature article in The Improper Bostonian.
Compilations:
• "If You Break Down" appears on Notes of Hope: A Benefit for Brian and Alex.
• "Jukebox on My Grave" appears on Best of the Mansion, Vol. 1.
• "Blacktop Train" appears on MVY Radio Fresh Produce 1
Guest Appearances:
• Flynn, An American Wake
Covered by:
• Brian Joseph, If I Never Sleep Again ("9 Months to Fix the World")
-2006-
Guest Appearances:
• Antje Duvekot, Big Dream Boulevard
• Woody Guthrie Coalition, Woody Sez, A Tribute to Woody Guthrie (DVD)
Covered by:
• Burns Sisters, Wildflower Bouquet ("God's Promise")
-2007-
• Feb. 23: Ellis Paul Wikipedia article receives Feature Article rating
• May 22: Ellis Paul Wikipedia article appears as Today's Feature Article on the Wikipedia main page
Compilations:
• "God's Promise" appears on Ribbon of Highway, Endless Skyway CD
Guest Appearances:
• Flynn, The Answer's Not Enough
-2008-
• Jan. 8: The Dragonfly Races released on Black Wolf
• April: The Dragonfly Races awarded a Silver Medallion by the Parents' Choice Foundation
• October: A Summer Night in Georgia: Live at Eddie's Attic released on Black Wolf
Compilations:
• "Jukebox On My Grave" appears on WYEP's Live & Direct, Vol. 10 CD
Guest Appearances:
• Robbie Schaefer, Strange and Lovely World
-2009-
• Dec. 3: 14th Boston Music Award for "Folk Act of the Year"
-2010-
• Jan. 12: The Day After Everything Changed released on Black Wolf
