Product Review

2011 album from the Massachusetts-based singer/songwriter. On Queen of the Minor Key, Eilen Jewell and her ace band conjure up songs depicting broken bottles as protection, bad voodoo and Cupid using a sawed-off shotgun instead of a bow and arrow. The dark, often time's haunted tales on the album are fleshed out at points by surf guitar, pedal steel and upright bass, but always hold Jewell's smoldering voice and unforgettable lyrics center stage.