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). - MJVDMICHAEL CLEM
1st & 40
BETH ORTON
Comfort of Strangers
Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited
Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited
JONATHON EDWARDS
My Love Will Keep
BLAZE FOLEY & THE BEAVER VALLEY BOYS
Cold, Cold World
Quiet Life
Foggy
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