Vinyl Record
Jakob Dylan - Women + Country
Jakob Dylan - Women + Country on LP vinyl. A 2010 record available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel, Ireland.
LP ยท 2010
Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.
Buyer notes: 2010 LP, currently available from the Kilmorna Collection vinyl shelf. Pay for pickup in Listowel or ship within Ireland for EUR 5.50.
Women + Country is Jakob Dylan's second solo album and the point where his stripped-down turn grows into something more cinematic. Released in 2010, it keeps the adult gravity of Seeing Things but widens the palette through T Bone Burnett's production, a dusky country-soul atmosphere and the crucial presence of Neko Case and Kelly Hogan on backing vocals. The result is not a return to The Wallflowers' radio-rock profile. It is a nocturnal roots record: elegant, bruised, and arranged with enough space for the songs to feel lived in. Nothing But the Whole Wide World opens with a weary kind of hope, the kind that knows how little it can promise and still chooses motion. Down on Our Own Shield, We Don't Live Here Anymore and Everybody's Hurting trace domestic and civic unease with a slow-burn patience. Lend a Hand lurches into rougher blues colour, while Smile When You Call Me That and Truth for a Truth keep the record's emotional stance guarded but humane. What makes Women + Country work is the balance between atmosphere and discipline. Burnett gives the songs shadows, but Dylan's writing stays plain enough to avoid theatrical excess. Case and Hogan do not decorate the record; their harmonies widen its moral and emotional field, often making loneliness sound communal. The album feels like a drive through dark towns after the arguments have ended, when the only useful language is simple, tired and true.
It matters because Women + Country shows Jakob Dylan's solo work gaining depth rather than merely continuing in a quieter lane. The album connects his measured songwriting to a richer roots setting, with T Bone Burnett shaping the atmosphere and Neko Case and Kelly Hogan adding vocal gravity. For collectors, it is the stronger full-colour companion to Seeing Things and a persuasive example of 2010s adult Americana craft.
For a collection, Women + Country is the Jakob Dylan solo album to own when you want mood, arrangement and songwriting to matter equally. It pairs well with modern roots records that value restraint over revivalism. Collectors should treat it as a complete album experience: the songs accumulate slowly, and the harmonies, low light and country textures become more powerful when heard as a sequence.
Dusky Americana and country-soul with T Bone Burnett atmosphere, restrained songwriting, shadowy grooves and rich Neko Case/Kelly Hogan harmonies.
Recommended for: Jakob Dylan listeners who want the fuller solo-band palette; Fans of T Bone Burnett-produced roots records; Collectors drawn to nocturnal Americana with strong harmony vocals.
What year was Women + Country released? Women + Country was released in 2010. Who produced Women + Country? T Bone Burnett produced the album. What makes it different from Seeing Things? It is richer and more cinematic, adding fuller roots arrangements and prominent harmony vocals to Dylan's restrained songwriting.