Description
Label Review.
2019 album. Americana Singer/Songwriter. Also available on Vinyl.
Our Overview.
At long last, a new album of originals from Eilen Jewell - the honey-voiced songstress, who blends influences of surf-noir, early blues, classic country, folk and 1960’s era rock ’n’ roll into her mix - arriving in the form of ‘Gypsy’. Eilen is calling this her favourite album yet, both personal and much more political. New sounds. Old sounds. Electric guitar driven rockers. Classic country. Tender ballads. A Pinto Bennett cover. A protest song.
From Boise, Idaho — Eilen Jewell who is described as “one of Americana’s most intriguing and creative voices” (American Songwriter) - laughs when told her label’s president called her a musicologist. But she confirms she and her husband and bandmate, drummer Jason Beek, have a passion for studying American music. “We really love to uncover the past. It’s almost like digging for buried treasure,” she says. “For me, that’s where music is at. I like all kinds of music as long as there’s the word ‘early’ in front of it.” Then, like expert stonecutters, they chiseled them into exciting new shapes and forms, honoring history while breathing new life into each discovery.
And ‘Gypsy’ continues to solidify Jewell’s reputation as one of the most distinctive and potent voices in the Americana world today.