2007-07-23
Eilen (rhymes with feelin') Jewell checks in with her second release. She's based in Boston, but her hometown is Boise, Idaho, where dad and mom weaned her on Bob Dylan and Howlin' Wolf records. She does a Dylan number on this set (#11), but critics have most commonly compared her to Gillian Welch. I don't know that I'd go that far in comparison, but Eilen does a bit of "atmosphere" about her songs that give them a depth of feelin' (hey, that rhymes). I liked the Charlie Rich nugget "Thanks a Lot" (#4) and "Heartache Boulevard" (#5) was impressed by her putting music to the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. for the song "How Long" (#8). - MJVDTHE INDIGO GIRLS
Poseidon and the Bitter Bug
LEONARD COHEN
Songs of Love and Hate
The Weepies
Say I Am You
Jack Radcliff & Al Oliveira
Two Hot to Handle
Billy Talbot Band
Dakota
INARA GEORGE
Accidental Experimental
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