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). - MJVDBILL MORRISSEY
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BLACK JAKE AND THE CARNIES
Where The Heather Don't Grow
LEONARD COHEN
SELECTIONS FROM LIVE IN LONDON
WALTER HYATT
Some Unfinished Business (Volume 1)
FIONN REGAN
The End Of History
Weyes Blood
Front Row Seat To Earth
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