upcoming

The 51 has one more (both of us) show on the agenda this year: Eilen Jewell. I've long had an interest in her - "she's someone I'd like" - but hadn't done a real jackknife into her music. A few years ago I was at The Burren in Somerville MA for Amanda Anne Platt and the Honeycutters (who've I've listened to around a gazillion times) and my tablemate asked if I'd seen Eilen Jewell. I hadn't, but he let me know she's fantastic (his favorite) which is high praise for someone who drove his wife and kids up from Hartford for the Honeycutters. I finally order some CDs (yes) and have been listening to get up to speed on her large catalog, but today I hit "Santa Fe". Okay, I'm all in now. All. In. If you knew me and loved me you'd know this song would get me.

There'll be more talk of solo shows with Kasey Chambers, Mipso, Billy Strings, Ordinary Elephant, Gabe Lee and Jason Eady, and I'm With Her.