EILEN JEWELL’S OPEN-EARED AMERICANA VISION OF ‘SUNDOWN OVER GHOST TOWN’ ALBUM STREAMING AT ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, OUT NEXT WEEK ON SIGNATURE SOUNDS

JEWELL ADDED TO AMERICANA MUSIC FESTIVAL AT NASHVILLE’S CITY WINERY SEPTEMBER 17

Entertainment Weekly is streaming Eilen Jewell’s new album ‘Sundown Over Ghost Town,’ out next week on Signature Sounds. EW writes, “Packed with vivid lyrics, steel guitars, and hot licks, Jewell’s Americana-driven brand of country music sounds tailor-made for sweltering, stagnant summer nights."

Jewell’s acoustic guitar sports signatures by her living heroes Wanda Jackson, Emmylou Harris, Mavis Staples, Loretta Lynn, and Lucinda Williams. Immediately after one notices that these are all strong women, one can see the variety of music in Eilen’s personal canon. That broad-eared Americana approach has bled into Jewell’s own music. In concert, Jewell will cover material as varied as Lynn songs, “Drop Down Mama” by blues great Sleepy John Estes, rock n' roll classic “Shakin’ All Over,” Stonewall Jackson's country classic “Why I’m Walkin’,” Eric Andersen’s “Dusty Boxcar Wall.” As a bandleader and writer, her musical experiences have culminated in new album ‘Sundown Over Ghost Town,’ out May 26 on Signature Sounds. Jewell has been added to the Americana Music Festival with a show at Nashville’s City Winery on September 17 in addition to many other tour dates listed below.

“Hallelujah Band” is based on two true stories from Eilen’s life growing up: “The first is about an experience I had as a teenager with my best friend. Her boyfriend somehow knew of an unmarked, underground cave in the middle of the desert. We climbed down there with flashlights in our teeth and hiked around for hours. There was water down below and freight trains up above. It was a religious experience for me that has stuck with me to this day. Something poignant like that happens and you realize what a big life it is, what a glorious world. I may not be worthy but I’m going to join in anyway. And the second story in that song is about how, when I was a little girl I had a secret land that I would go visit. It was just a little indentation in the ground, and I’d sit on the pine needles with my doll. But it carried a lot of importance for me and still does.” Meanwhile, the refrain pays tribute to her love of gospel music, which she also performs in side project the Sacred Shakers.

Eilen Jewell Tour Dates

May 23 - Grass Valley, CA - Strawberry Music Festival
May 27 – Eureka, CA - Palm Lounge at the Eureka Inn
May 28 – Winters, CA - The Palms
May 29 - Berkeley, CA - Freight and Salvage
May 30 - Santa Cruz, CA - Kuumbwa Jazz Center
June 10 – Portland, OR – Alberta Rose Theatre
June 11 – Seattle, WA - Tractor Tavern
June 12 – Palmer, AK – Palmer Musk Ox Farm
June 13 – Soldotna, AK – Kenai River Festival
July 3 - Berwyn, IL - Fitzgerald’s American Music Festival
July 8- Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair
July 9 - New Haven, CT - Cafe 9
July 10 – Greenfield, MA – Green River Festival
July 11 - Hudson, NY - Club Helsinki
July 12 - Woodbridge, NJ - Woodbridge Country Sundays
July 14 – New York, NY – City Winery
July 16 – Washington, D.C. – The Hamilton
July 17 - Philadelphia, PA - World Cafe Live
July 18 – Pittsburgh, PA – Club Café
July 19 – Wakeman, OH – Music at Riverdog
August 7 – Challis, ID – Braun Brothers Family Reunion
August 9 – Bozeman, MT – Sweet Pea Festival
August 22 - Liberty, UT - Ogden Valley Roots & Blues Festival
September 3 – Collinsville, CT – Bridge Street
September 4 – Charlestown, RI – Rhythm & Roots Festival
September 9 – Portland, ME – Port City Music Hall
Stepember 16 – Asheville, NC – The Grey Eagle
September 17 – Nashville, TN – City Winery (Americana Music Festival)
September 19 – Tampa, FL – Skipper’s Smokehouse
September 20 – Decatur, GA – Eddie’s Attic

GRACE ASKEW LAUNCHES FALL TOUR AS RELIX LIKENS HER TO WANDA JACKSON AND HOWLIN’ WOLF

WANDA JACKSON SUPPORT SLOT PLANNED OCT 15

Grace Askew – the Tennessee Tumbleweed – will launch a fall headlining tour amidst raves from SPIN, Rolling Stone, Yahoo! Music, LA Magazine, and beyond. It will include an October 15 concert opening for Wanda Jackson.

Most recently, in a review of 'Scaredy Cat' in the September issue of Relix Magazine, Jeff Tamarkin writes, "Grace Askew, on Scaredy Cat, is some kind of moonshine-soaked cross between Wanda Jackson, Howlin’ Wolf and one mean, coiled-up rattlesnake."

Grace Askew Fall Tour:

Oct 03 - Windy City Grille - Como, MS
Oct 04 - Bar DKDC - Memphis, TN
Oct 09 - Beat Kitchen - Chicago, IL
Oct 10 - Nippersink Music and Arts Fest - Mundelein, IL
Oct 10 - Loaded Buffalo - Mundelein, IL
Oct 12 - Rozz-Tox - Rock Island, IL
Oct 15 - The Dakota - Minneapolis, MN (with Wanda Jackson)
Oct 16 - Rich's Bar and Grill @ Russell's - Annandale, MN
Oct 17 - Brew Ales & Eats - Perham, MN
Oct 26 - Pony Bar - Pony, MT (with Montana Rose)
Oct 28 - The Alibi Pub -Laramie, WY
Oct 30 - Lion's Lair - Denver, CO
Oct 31 - Lost Love Saloon - Red River, NM
Nov 05 - The Cowgirl BBQ - Santa Fe, NM
Nov 07 - Pecos Flavors Winery - Roswell, NM
Nov 08 - The Blue Light - Lubbock, TX
Nov 13 - Minglewood Hall - Memphis, TN (with The Dirty Guv'nahs)
Nov 18 - Mucky Duck - Houston, TX
Nov 22 - The Booksellers at Laurelwood - Memphis, TN
Nov 22 - The Continental Club Austin - Austin, TX
Nov 30 - The Frog Pond - Silverhill, AL

GRACE ASKEW OPENING FOR CORB LUND IN NASHVILLE TOMORROW, SUPPORTING WANDA JACKSON OCT 15

ASKEW WINS JOHN LENNON SONGWRITING CONTEST

Grace Askew will open for Corb Lund tomorrow at the High Watt in Nashville, TN. It’s also been announced that she will support Wanda Jackson at the Dakota in Minneapolis, MN on October 15.

She has also won the John Lennon Songwriting Contest in the Folk category for her 2013 song "Empty Rooms." George Clinton, The Black Eyed Peas, Prince Royce, 311 and Jim Steinman are some of the members on its Executive Committee of Judges.

Askew’s new album ‘Scaredy Cat,’ recorded at Sun Records, is out now.