Eilen Jewell

Eilen Jewell “Soul Kitchen” – breakin’ on through to the other side

June 26, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0

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 […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Eilen Jewell Albums

June 4, 2026 FredArnold 9

Let’s just start with this: Eilen Jewell has one of the smoothest voices in popular music; she sings with a jazzy tinge; she can sing honky-tonk without a twang; she can interpret rock’n’roll or country or […]

Eilen Jewell “Deportee” – a timely cover

April 1, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0

Today it’s good news and bad news – the first being that Eilen Jewell has a new single out, and the second being that it is accompanied by the announcement that after twenty years of touring […]

Eilen Jewell “Get Behind the Wheel”

July 14, 2023 Guy Lincoln 1

Idahoan crafts optimistic melodicism from the hardest of times. The powerful and ominous sounding ‘Alive’ is the opening track on Eilen Jewell’s 13th long player ‘Get Behind the Wheel’. With its reverbed, Morricone-esque guitar figures and […]

Eilen Jewell “Lethal Love” – you or nobody

March 24, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Eilen Jewell could be forgiven for reflecting that life can throw you a curve ball or two, and she does say that “They say things have to get worse before they can get better and for […]

Phil Odgers & John Kettle “The War is Over – The Songs of Phil Ochs Vol 2”

August 6, 2026 0

A respectful and traditional tribute to Phil Ochs. Volume 1 of this collaborative tribute by Phil Odgers of The Men They Couldn’t Hang and John Kettle of Merry Hell was birthed in the dark days of […]

Freddy Trujillo takes flight with his fifth solo album

August 6, 2026 0

For more than two decades, Freddy Trujillo has quietly built one of the most distinctive careers in American roots music. Whether anchoring the rhythm section as bassist for Richmond Fontaine and The Delines or as a […]

Railcard “Unstable Neighbour” – let’s get on, ok?

August 6, 2026 0

Railcard’s new single from their debut album Two Steps At A Time, is a softly sunny power pop take on a common problem – the unreasonable person who lives next door. Tell us about it. Although […]

Eilen Jewell “Soul Kitchen” – breakin’ on through to the other side

Essentials: The Top 10 Eilen Jewell Albums

Eilen Jewell “Deportee” – a timely cover

Eilen Jewell “Get Behind the Wheel”

Eilen Jewell “Lethal Love” – you or nobody

Phil Odgers & John Kettle “The War is Over – The Songs of Phil Ochs Vol 2”

Freddy Trujillo takes flight with his fifth solo album

Railcard “Unstable Neighbour” – let’s get on, ok?

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