Search - James Jewell and Shew :: Instruments and Controls

James Jewell has released another masterpiece, Instruments and Controls is itself a sort of concept album, about the past, the future, dreams and memories, and especially about leaving and staying, of finding that perfect balance between home and distance. But the beauty of Jewell?s music is that those who get it get it deep. It?s moving and sink?s into the soul, which is not to suggest, in any way, that it?s all serious. Indeed, part of the very reason that Jewell and friends make music is is that creating is itself an important fun act. Creation is what makes us human. The banjo and harmonica, along with the bass and Jewell?s trademark voice, meanwhile, fill the listener with that same sense. The music is so down home that one assumes it?s simple and familiar , but the paths it travels take one far away. It?s a tour de force of simple things that matter more than important things. If that makes any sense to you, dear reader, I recommend you grab a copy of "instruments and controls"