Photos of Jenny Lewis from 2022 Hinterland Festival in St. Charles, IA
Photos of Jenny Lewis at 2019 Austin City Limits Music Festival in Austin, TX
Photos of Jenny Lewis at 2018 Newport Folk Festival in Newport, RI
Photos of Jenny Lewis at White Eagle Hall in Jersey City, NJ on July 27th, 2018
Photos of Jenny Lewis at SXSW 2016 in Austin, TX
Photos of Jenny Lewis at Beacon Theatre in New York, NY on February 3rd, 2016
Photos of Jenny Lewis at 2015 80/35 Festival in Des Moines, IA
Photos of Jenny Lewis at 2015 Gentlemen of the Road Stopover in Waverly, IA
Photos of Jenny Lewis at Bass Concert Hall in Austin, TX on January 31st, 2015
Photos of Jenny Lewis at Terminal 5 in New York, NY on November 5th, 2014
Photos of Jenny Lewis at 2014 Austin City Limits Music Festival
Photos of Jenny Lewis at Stubb’s in Austin, TX on October 3rd, 2014
Whereas Jenny Lewis was once an indie darling girl in bands with guys, such as Rilo Kiley, The Postal Service, and Jenny & Johnny (and before that, a child actress), she has successfully become an alt-country songstress in her own right. She keeps that up with On the Line.
While country, Line often leans more piano-country, a maudlin songstress who’s weary with the world in pieces like “Hollywood Lawn” (Lewis may have gone rural, but she’s still an L.A. native at heart), “Dogwood”, and “Taffy”. But there’s also the long road twang of “Red Bull & Hennessy”, literal wasted country youth sway “Wasted Youth”, and sweet girl left behind on the title track. Lewis’ wry side has long been strong, and comes out well in pieces like “Wasted” and party veteran “Party Clown”.
Keeping in the theme of 2014’s The Voyager (QRO review) – including the album cover being a shot of Lewis’s well-dressed chest (perhaps a remark on being a solo female artist, after all that time as one of the guys) – Jenny Lewis again delivers On the Line.