(Fuckin Awesome Blues) Eilen Jewell - Letters From Sinners & Str

It's hard to tell where the traditional ends and the original begins in the music of Eilen Jewell, a sweet-voiced young singer who steeps her material in the hard times of old, reviving the stories and musical styles of the Depression. On her own "Rich Man's World," she casts herself as a "lonely rambler girl" while conjuring comparisons with Gillian Welch. Another original, "In the End," sounds uncannily like Lucinda Williams, while a revival of Eric Andersen's train-hopping "Dusty Boxcar Wall" and the double-entendre blues of the traditional "If You Catch Me Stealing" reinforce the sense of Jewell as a musical throwback to a time before she was born. Yet there are timeless pleasures here as well: a bittersweet reading of Charlie Rich's "Thanks a Lot," an understated, harmony-laden rendition of Bob Dylan's "Walking Down the Line," the sultry cantina twang of her original "Too Hot to Sleep." When the musical arrangements aren't generic Hot Club and the songs seem more like role-playing, Jewell sounds like a singer with enough promise to develop her own identity. --Don McLeese Once in a great while you put on a CD by an artist you've never heard of before and time stops. The voice is new, yet timeless. The lyrics are all original yet feel immediately familiar. And the melodies carry the easy groove. This is the story of Eilen (rhymes with feelin') Jewell and this is her debut record. Jewell's heart-aching hushed style and intimate grasp of roots music are revealed in the CD's provocative, melodic originals and timeless country and blues classics. For fans of Lucinda Williams and Gillian Welch, this is a rousing and confident tour de force. There's an off-the-cuff manner to the opening songs of Eilen Jewell's Letters from Sinners & Strangers that makes the album easy to like. She builds "Rich Man's World" around bits and pieces of older folk songs, leaving the listener with the impression that she might have heard the song -- somewhere -- before. She follows with Eric Andersen's "Dusty Boxcar Walls," a song that likewise echoed Andersen's folk influences. Jewell's lazy Southern delivery on Letters from Sinners & Strangers, backed by full-band arrangements, reminds one of a mellower version of the Tarbox Ramblers' self-titled release. Like the Ramblers, Jewell delivers her version of traditional folk without slavishly replicating the old music in a familiar way, pulling the music into a more relevant present; unlike the Ramblers, she mixes oldies with originals and, arrangement-wise, is capable of replicating everything from Western swing crossed with rock ("Heartache Boulevard") to jazzy blues ("High Shelf Booze"). Jerry Miller's electric guitar spices up the texture of songs like "Where They Never Say Your Name," while Daniel Kellar's violin underpins the emotional depth of songs like "In the End." Jewell delivers a mellow version of Dylan's "Walking Down the Line" before closing with the sassy, upbeat "Blue Highway." Jewell's low-key, off-the-cuff strategy works well from beginning to end on Letters from Sinners & Strangers, delivering a fine contemporary folk album. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tracklisting --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. (00:02:54) Eilen Jewell - Rich Man's World 2. (00:02:42) Eilen Jewell - Dusty Boxcar Wall 3. (00:03:37) Eilen Jewell - High Shelf Booze 4. (00:02:47) Eilen Jewell - Thanks A Lot 5. (00:02:40) Eilen Jewell - Heartache Boulevard 6. (00:02:29) Eilen Jewell - Too Hot To Sleep 7. (00:02:31) Eilen Jewell - Where They Never Say Your Name 8. (00:03:06) Eilen Jewell - How Long 9. (00:04:32) Eilen Jewell - In The End 10. (00:04:08) Eilen Jewell - If You Catch Me Stealing 11. (00:03:36) Eilen Jewell - Walking Down The Line 12. (00:02:12) Eilen Jewell - Blue Highway mp3 320kbps do you know what? this bitch is good... ...she fuckin is...

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daba_1 (2010-09-12)

As usual I thank you for your great upload!

howya (2010-09-12)

really good, thanks.

otago (2010-09-25)

She is bloody good bro

otago (2010-09-25)

Awesome Bro, awesome

heyrb (2010-10-15)

: ) Right ON! You Rock on your Blues!

zenpablo (2013-06-30)

Thanks for the Eilen Jewell downloads, she rocks.