Following the Covid-cancellation of her 2020 Australian tour, Love Police is more than thrilled to present the return in 2023 of EILEN JEWELL and her incredible band for their first shows down here since 2018. With many shows set to sell out, Eilen has today announced two additional shows, including her first visit to the regional Victorian town of Yackadandah, where she’ll play the Star Hotel on March 5, and, on March 12 at the Brunswick Ballroom, a special show in tribute to her heroine, the great Loretta Lynn.
Eilen notably paid tribute to Loretta, who passed away aged 90 on October 4 of last year, with the 2010 release of her Butcher Hollar A Tribute To Loretta Lynn album, a complete album of songs written and first recorded by the woman whose life was made into the award-winning, box office smash film The Coal Miner’s Daughter back in 1980.
In the 1960s and 70s, Loretta Lynn dared to write songs about topics that were widely considered off-limits, especially for women – songs like “The Pill”, “Rated X”, “Fist City” and “Don’t Come Home A-Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ On Your Mind)”. A mother of four by the time she was 19, Lynn went on to become the most-groundbreaking female artist in the history of Country Music and sustained a hugely successful career for over six decades. In 2004 Jack white produced her Grammy winning Van Lear Rose, and her final album, 2021’s Still Woman Enough, featured duets with Carrie Underwood and Margo Price amongst others.
EILEN JEWELL on LORETTA LYNN:
“And so, a toast: to the woman with more banned songs than anyone can count; to that voice that reaches the very grain of the theatre walls around her; to our national treasure. Gratitude is not enough, so I sing these songs for any who will listen.”
EILEN JEWELL & BAND
Australian Tour March ’23
Fri 3 – ARCHIE’S CREEK HOTEL, VIC w/ The ReChords
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Sat 4 – THEATRE ROYAL, CASTLEMAINE, VIC w/ The ReChords
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Sun 5 – THE STAR HOTEL, YACKANDANDAH, VIC w/ Pete Denahy
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Tue 7 – FACTORY THEATRE, SYDNEY, NSW w/ Lo Carmen
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Thu 9 – THORNBURY THEATRE, MELBOURNE, VIC w/ The ReChords
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Fri 10, Sat 11 – PORT FAIRY FOLK FESTIVAL, VIC
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Sun 12 – LORETTA LYNN TRIBUTE SHOW, BRUNSWICK BALLROOM, MELBOURNE
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Tue 14 – THE ESPY, MELBOURNE, VIC w/ The ReChords
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Wed 15 – ELTHAM HOTEL, NSW w/ JB Paterson
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Thu 16 – THE ZOO, BRISBANE, QLD w/ JB Paterson
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Fri 17, Sat 18 – BLUE MOUNTAINS FOLK FESTIVAL, NSW
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