A stunning array of Alternative Country songs dedicated to the one person in the world that we all have in common. Our mums. 15 tracks written for Rory's mum, the late Shirley Grace Ellis

“It’s my most personal to date,” is how folk troubadour Rory Ellis describes his latest release, and this isn’t something to be taken lightly. In the relatively few years Ellis has been plying his trade (a fair way from his old life, as bouncer at some of Melbourne’s most notorious hotels in the ‘80s and ‘90s), he’s become known for wearing his heart on his sleeve. So to call Yellow his most personal, you know it’s going to hit deep. Inspired in large part by his mother, a collection of stories and memories from her life, the album covers a lot of ground. From the upbeat, pedal steel-led opener ‘Balmoral Street’, which exhibits Ellis’s easy command of country music, through to the slow and steady ‘Goodbye Grace’, delivered in his almost impossibly deep voice, this is a considered work, a true folk album in that the stories take centre stage, as opposed to the playing or instrumentation. Ellis has recently relocated to the UK indefinitely and Australia has lost one of its quiet achievers. The fact he’s left us with this record, however, is a silver lining. Rarely does someone put such truth and honesty into their music – this must have been hard for Ellis to do, but he’s done it with little fuss, much care and even more confidence A fine record. Samuel J. Fell Rhythms Magazine, November 2014