Eilen Jewell at The Filling Station

“We really love to uncover the past. It’s almost like digging for buried treasure,” says Idaho’s Eilen Jewell. “For me, that’s where music is at. I like all kinds of music as long as there’s the word ‘early’ in front of it.”
For her new album, Down Hearted Blues, released in 2017, she and husband/drummer Jason Beek unearthed 12 vintage gems written or made famous by an array of artists both renowned and obscure, from Willie Dixon and Memphis Minnie to Charles Sheffield and Betty James. Then, like expert stonecutters, they chiseled them into exciting new shapes and forms, honoring history while breathing new life into each discovery.