We’re having a bit of an Eilen Jewell moment at the… er… moment. Yeah, new sounds, reflecting on old sounds, it’s all been happening. And here we are again with another new recording as Eilen Jewell brings her mellifluous vocals to take the place of Morrison’s raucous rasp. And wow, it sounds good.
We do have the bummer in the summer side of the message to convey as well. Eilen Jewell has shared that she’s going on an indefinite touring hiatus; darn it all. As she explains: “Twenty years of touring. Twenty years on the road. “My own weariness amazes me,” as Bob Dylan sings to his Tambourine Man. I feel ya, Bob. But the depth of my gratitude amazes me too. I’m humbled by the countless gifts of fanship and friendship throughout the past two decades. I would say it’s been a dream, except I never could have dreamt up most of it. I’ve shared stages and drinks in hotel rooms with my heroes, met children named after me, made friendships rooted in music from Auckland to the Arctic Circle, performed on trains, on boats, for Wall Street men in tuxes and for the muddy denizens of a musk ox farm… Not bad for a lonely rambler girl from Idaho. It was always a nebulous gut feeling that got the show on the road, and so it is now, but in reverse. A gut feeling is telling me to get off the road, at least for now. After 2026, touring and I will part ways for a year, maybe two, maybe fifty… It’s hard to say at this point.”
Which, yeah, is fair enough; it’s not like we can argue with Bob once he’s been brought in to adjudicate. Sheesh, though, and darn shucks to boot.
