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September 11, 2026
Eilen Jewell comes to Tractor Tavern for two shows, Friday September 11th and Saturday September 12th. The Friday show is a standard evening set with doors at 7:30pm. The Saturday show is an early, partially seated matinee with doors at 1:00pm. KBCS 91.3 is honored to present both nights as Jewell steps back from touring after this year.
About Eilen Jewell
After 2026, Eilen Jewell is stepping away from touring, at least for now. In her own words, she has spent twenty years on the road, sharing stages and drinks with her heroes, meeting children named after her, and building friendships rooted in music from Auckland to the Arctic Circle. Not bad, she says, for a lonely rambler girl from Idaho.
That two decades of touring shaped one of Americana's most distinct voices. American Songwriter called her one of America's most intriguing, creative, and idiosyncratic voices. Rolling Stone praised her clever writing. NPR pointed to her sweet, clear voice with a killer instinct lurking beneath the shiny surface.
Her ninth studio album, Get Behind the Wheel, was born out of a period when her marriage, her band, and her career fell apart within months of each other. She left her home in Boise for a remote cabin in the mountains, unsure if she would ever make another record. She wrote anyway, just for the catharsis of it. Her ex-husband, who had also been her drummer and manager, loved the songs so much that he came back into the fold, and the band found its way back to something that felt like normal.
The result is Jewell's boldest record yet — grief, loss, resilience, and redemption set to vintage roots-noir pushed into more psychedelic territory.
Two Nights, One Chapter Closing
Jewell does not yet know how long her break from the road will last. A year, maybe two, maybe fifty, in her own words. These two Seattle shows carry a little extra weight because of it. Choose the evening show on Friday or the early matinee on Saturday, or come both nights. Either way, KBCS 91.3 invites you to be part of this particular goodbye, for now.