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). - MJVDWilliam Nowik
Notes from the Underground
RAY LA MONTAGNE
Gossip in the Grain
Phil Barry
Between The Carolinas
Jim White
A Funny Little Cross to Bear
Quiet Life
Foggy
Rickie Lee Jones
Evening of My Best Day
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