Eilen Jewell Band

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Since her official 2006 debut album, ‘Boundary County’, Jewell has surveyed a wide range of traditional musical styles, from the folk and jug band leanings of her early recordings, through an album-length homage to Loretta Lynn and the country gospel of her work with The Sacred Shakers, right up to 2009's ‘Sea of Tears’, which bristled with the electricity of '60s UK garage rock and Chicago blues. Her latest CD ‘Queen of the Minor Key’ draws on everything from classic country to early R&B with an emphasis on sounds from the seamier side of the tracks. With dirty sax riffs and low-slung guitars, the instrumentals that bookend the album—"Radio City" and "Kalimotxo"—evoke the bump-and-grind exotica of vintage Southern California suburban saloons. Yet on the flipside, Jewell imbues slow, jazzy numbers like "I Remember You" and "Only One" with torch and tenacity that linger long past last call.

‘Queen of the Minor Key’ is also the first Eilen Jewell album to feature a significant number of guest players, even as she continues to work in close consort with her longtime trio of drummer Jason Beek, guitarist Jerry Miller, and upright bassist Johnny Sciascia. Zoe Muth and Big Sandy (of Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys) both contribute vocals. Further augmenting the sound are Rich Dubois on fiddle, David Sholl on tenor and baritone saxophones, and Tom West on organ.


"An undiscovered gem…a layered, shimmering pearl of an album that shines like cut crystal." - American Songwriter

Actor Tom Hanks included Eilen as a “Summer Must” in Entertainment Weekly.

"Once you hear her, you can’t help but stick around for more." - Pollstar

“Not to be missed.” – No Depression

“[Jewell] embellishes the classic Nashville vocal approach with appealing measures of blues, pop, and jazz.” – New Yorker

“A major accomplishment.” – Boise Weekly

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