Maar ook met het gitaargeluid van Jerry Miller, waar ik dan weer erg blij van word. Laat het maar even dit weer blijven, deze muziek met het volume lekker hoog, biertje of glaasje rosë en dan in de hangmat. Zoiets.
"Jewell is in wonderful voice using her Billie Holiday phrasing to infuse soul and emotion to the slow, sticky swamp of “Down the Road,” the sweet Neil Young styled country folk of “Some Things Weren’t Meant to Be” and “Here With Me”’s languid, sultry club noir.
Ik ben nu feitelijk nog steeds aan het nagenieten van Roots in the Park (zie ook hier), maar kan ook alweer uitkijken naar de indoorvariant van dat festival: Ramblin' Roots op 24 oktober. En laat nou op dat festival Eilen Jewell + band geprogrammeerd staan! En overigens ook Jimmy LaFave (zie mijn vorige post). Komt dat even fijn uit...Longtime guitarist Jerry Miller whose reverbed lines have been such a distinctive element of Jewell’s music, especially live, is in fine form, particularly on the surfy/spaghetti western “Hallelujah Band” and the reserved rockabilly of “Rio Grande.” Lyrically Jewell keeps things close to home with “Needle & Thread,” a sweet country track about her father’s town, and “Half Broke Horse” that describes the titular animal caught between being wild and tamed, a metaphor for life’s larger picture. The closing “Songbird” finds Jewell stripped down to just a single acoustic guitar and Dylan-ish harmonica for a touching, entirely unpretentious tune to her young daughter.As usual, Jewell keeps her tunes tightly compressed with everything under four minutes and some even less than three. The twilight star lit sky with her silhouette featured on the disc’s cover reflects the more laid back, bucolic, introspective groove she follows here. So, even though there are no peppy, rollicking “Shakin’ All Over” covers, this slightly restrained, beautifully crafted and enticing Eilen Jewell disc proves she remains one of American’s most intriguing, creative and idiosyncratic voices."(American Songwriter)
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