It ’ s never been easy to carve out a career in the music business and it may be more difficult now than ever . Despite a plethora of websites to let people discover artists , music fans are largely on their own . MTV gave up on music videos long ago , the power of radio has been greatly diminished , and even by Gary Wien
publications like Rolling Stone are arguably read more for their political writing today as much as their profiles on artists . With that in mind , it ’ s remarkable when artists like Ellis Paul can simultaneously build a devoted fan base throughout the country and remain under the radar for 25 years .