Versatile and eclectic singer with deep dark and a little bit melancholic voice, Sydney Ellis goes on with any of the musical genres related with her culture, like blues, soul, gospel or jazz For this Tug River Sydney has basically chosen Chicago blues and some gospel Different versions of Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Elmore James or Jimmy Reed masters are some of the songs she handles with, always performed with great enthusiasm and a very personal Stamp This is her fourth cd where you will find Alvin Nicholson on piano, Martin Schmid on upright bass, Stefan Arndt on drums, Christoph Boehm on guitar and Ian Fullwood on tenor sax, all them with a remarkable excellent groove-