LOVE LIFE

TAWNY ELLIS

For Immediate Release April 20th 2020- KG Music Press ~ Contact Info Below

TAWNY ELLIS DELIVERS ANOTHER SOULFUL PIECE WITH THE RELEASE OF 
LOVE LIFE PULLING STORIES FROM REAL LIFE TO MAKE A VERY PERSONAL 

RECORD (JULY 24, 2020) 

The Singer-Songwriter Enlists Jesse Siebenberg (Lukas Nelson, Lissie), Ted Russell Kamp 
(Shooter Jennings) And Gio Loria (Jack Johnson) To Co-Produce With Her 
Los Angeles, CA April 15, 2020 – A glance at the song titles on Tawny Ellis’ Love Life reveals a 
clear, unifying theme: “Pretend Love”, “Deep End of Love”, “Spark of Love”. “This record took 
about 3 years to finish,” Ellis says. “I can’t tell you why, it was just the natural progression of it. 
The songs for the most part are very personal stories or perhaps stories I tell about what I have 
observed in relationships. I built these songs mostly with three different people, Gio Loria-my 
husband, Jesse Siebenberg and Ted Russell Kamp. I was lucky to have all of their extraordinary 
talent and input on board.” 
Ellis also had the help of renowned mixer Bob Clearmountian mixing some of the songs and Ian 
Sefchick mastering. Her friend, producer and instrumentalist, Don Was lent his mixing notes. 
“He gave the advice to bring my vocal up in the mixes so you can hear my breath, to let the 
vocals to be center stage. At first I was feeling too naked with the vocal sound being so present, 
but he was right! You can’t argue with geniuses!” 
Ellis met Siebenberg when her husband who is an amp builder (Black Volt Amplification) was 
invited to Austin City Limits to deliver some amps to him. Siebenberg plays steel guitar for 
Lukas Nelson and the Promise of the Real so the couple was invited to see the show and hang out. 
“Jesse was a magic connection because he’s an incredible producer. We bonded over margaritas 
the next afternoon and he asked me to send him some of my ideas. I had a great feeling about this 
connection and the first song we wrote together is a song called, ‘Pretend Love’. After that we 
found a great rhythm in working together.” 
Ellis also wrote and recorded a few songs with Ted Russell Kamp who is the bass player for 
Shooter Jennings, and also a singer-songwriter and producer. “We met in Nashville playing 
Americanafest a couple of years ago. We had a blast writing together and recording some of the 
songs. Ted has incredible instincts.” 

Love Life is her 7th recording and 5th full-length album. On her last release, an EP titled Ghosts of 
the Low Country (2015), the Savannah, GA native explored her southern roots, recording the 
album at the renowned Fame Studios with producer, Rick Hall. The sounds on the EP were as 
soulful as the region matching the very landscape of Muscle Shoals. With Love Life, Ellis claims 
her music has grown with her. “It’s just another chapter, but this definitely has more depth and 
bite to it! I’ve become more confident in my work and I think the work reflects that in many 
ways.” 
Guitar World once said of Ellis’ voice, “It’s the sort of voice one could make a meal of, in the 
vein of Neko Case...” Along with her lush melodies and lyrical storytelling, Ellis says she is 
known as “The girl with the weird instruments” as she plays steel guitar and Omni chord. Ellis 
picked up the Omni chord several years ago when her friend, producer/musician Daniel Lanois 
suggested it. He lent her his Omni chord that Brian Eno gave him back in the 80’s. “I took it 
home for the weekend and dove into it. It’s a wonderful tool for writing and experimenting and I 
ended up writing most of the record on it. It‘s progressions opened up doorways for me, kind of 
like a key to the magic.” 
With the title track, “Love Life” Ellis wrote the song shortly after picking up the instrument. “I 
felt like the song was living in the instrument. It felt like it wrote itself in a way. I am always 
trying to find the light in life and the true underpinnings of this song are about choosing LIFE!” 
Ellis, whose father committed suicide when she was a teenager pushes the message of carrying on 
instead of checking out, singing, “don’t let go, you can defy gravity- through the darkest night, oh 
promise me”. 
Ellis’ lush vocals on “Spark of Love” tell the story of the cycle of life and challenges of aging. 
Written with Siebenberg, the instrumentation creates a landscape of melancholia as she sings, 
“What lies underneath all that you see, Oh humanity, oh frailty.” 
“Powers That Be” was written during the raging California fires in 2018. Ellis’ friend (who plays 
violin on the record), Scarlet Rivera was living in Topanga Canyon when the fires hit the area. “I 
was just there the week before. I watched the news in horror. Tears streaming down my face 
trying to get her on the phone to make sure she was getting down the mountain in time! She did 
finally get out, but it was a close call, and I wrote this song on that day.” 
“Daddy” is a forgiving love letter to her father with just piano and voice. “I have attempted to 
write about my dad my whole life,” she says. “So many crumpled papers on this one. But I 
finally wrote it.” Lightening things up at the end is a cover of Steely Dan’s “Dirty Work”. “It’s 
just for fun, really,” she claims. “It makes me feel nostalgic. And, it’s kind of naughty.” 
Love Life highlights Ellis’ mystical heartfelt crooning and ardent lyrics. “I’ve played the record 
for some of my friends and because they know my life stories they will just bawl,” she described. 
“I think it’s because it feels like a release to finally hear some of these stories in song. It really 
helps people to relate when the stories are real. I hope it helps them as much as it helps me.”

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