June 1, 2015

Country-Folk Artist Eilen Jewell Sings About Love and Dusty Roads

Otto Kitsinger

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Eilen Jewell
Sundown Over Ghost Town
Signature Sounds
 

A cabaret artist masquerading as a country-folk performer, Idaho’s Eilen Jewell sings with an unhurried elegance that evokes late-night intimacies and dusty roads with equal skill. (A Billie Holiday tribute album wouldn’t be inappropriate.) Though her fifth album consists entirely of original songs, Sundown Over Ghost Town feels like a welcome return to a set of classics you’ve known forever, gently touching on desire, loneliness, and the longing for home. Paced by guitarist Jerry Miller and steel guitarist Jake Hoffman, Jewell’s underrated band gracefully mixes breezy rockers and luminous ballads without straining for effect. Perfect for fans of Madeleine Peyroux.

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