Idaho native Eilen Jewell began her music career 12 years ago as a college student playing in bars, becoming a constant presence in the Boston-area music scene after teaming up with drummer Jason Beek. Together, they created a return-to-tradition form of Americana country blues on the 2006 album Boundary County. Breezy folk tales and spunky instrumental arrangements draw emotion from Jewell's forlorn singing and the clip-clopping of Beek's percussion. Jewell's latest album, Sea of Tears, further plays on these motifs, drawing deeper from the dark soul music of the '60s.
Eilen Jewell
Tonight @ Shank Hall, 8 p.m.
