“Ellis delivers a powerful punch of deep roots blues and wicked guitar…a foot-stomping, raucous good time…a joyous and triumphant celebration of acoustic music. Labor Of Love is his second acoustic album (after 2024’s Blues Music Award-nominated Naked Truth), and first acoustic album to contain all original material. For complete performance details visit: www.xbklive.comWith Labor Of Love, Ellis delivers a raw, edgy, self-produced set of 13 original compositions, all performed with pure, emotional honesty. The songs spin modern tales of floods, conflagrations, voodoo spirits, personal travails and heaven-sent prayers. From the feral opener “Hoodoo Woman” to the John Lee Hooker-groove of “Long Time” to the evocative, Skip James-inspired “To A Hammer” to the Son House-style stomp of “Sunnyland,” Ellis inhabits his songs in a way that is simply astonishing.