Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles, plus The Eilen Jewell Band
Friday Nov 20 8:00PM
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Skipper's Smokehouse
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Two of the outstanding acts at the 2009 Tropical Heatwave come back for a powerful double bill or roots rock!!
Tickets are no longer available for advanced purchase ~ $20 at the door (open at 7pm), or check an outlet...
Praise for Sarah Borges
"The incendiary live sets from the Telecaster-wielder and her band are becoming near-legendary..."
-- Austin American-Statesman
"There aren't many buzzed-over young rockers with Smokey Robinson and NRBQ tunes floating around their heads, but Sarah Borges covers both on her third LP... 'Stars' shows off Borges' friendly pop-rock attack and tosses in bits of twang, rockabilly and Fifties pop... thanks largely to Borges' warm, perky voice, Stars is tuneful and unhip in a hip kinda way."
-- Rolling Stone
"A modern-minded honky-tonker with a retro streak"
-- The New York Times
"Borges and her band, the Broken Singles, ripped into a version of Bob Dylan's "Outlaw Blues" that was impressively reshaped, and had Borges standing on top of a bar stool in her St. Patrick's Day party dress [they're a] working rock-and-roll band intent on putting their all into their live show" -- Philadelphia Inquirer
Eilen Jewell
Praise for Eilen Jewell
LA Daily News: Sometimes as darkly damaged as Lucinda Williams, at others as defiant and teasing as prime Peggy Lee and always authentically Americana in the Gillian Welch tradition....She's mighty good.
Independent Weekly (NC): Eilen Jewell's Sea of Tears has the feel of a breakout record. The Boston-by-way-of-Boise singer/ songwriter already has built an avid following with three rootsy recordings teeming with songs that sound born of speakeasies and honky-tonks and train rides, all without—and this is the truly impressive part—a whiff of contrivance. But Sea of Tears seems sparked by a crush, a new old-soulmate called early rock 'n' roll, and a glorious take on Johnny Kidd & The Pirates "Shakin All Over" is love-letter exhibit A.
Songs:Illinois: This record should be a wake-up call to Lucinda Williams, Lyle Lovett, Steve Earle etc, etc; that they somehow need to get back to their roots, get back to when they were hungry, back to when they were doing it all themselves without high priced producers and impeccable session players; basically back to when they gave a damn.
No Depression: Jewell is showing she can wander with the best of them, and write riveting song-stories about her adventures along the way”.
Check out this great piece by Leilani Polk in the new Creative Loafing.
Skipper's Smokehouse
Directions from North - I-275 to Bearss exit, then left one block to Nebraska. Go right on Nebraska for 1/4 mile to Skipper Road. Turn left and then left into parking lot.
Directions from South or East - I-275 N to Fletcher exit, then right one block to Nebraska. Go left on Nebraska to Skipper Road. Turn right and then left into parking lot.
