Damien Jurado Album Editorial:
It#146;s a special thing when you#146;re hearing new Damien Jurado songs for the first time. Just In Time For Something is a beautiful little postcard from Jurado#146;s neck of the woods. Self-recorded during a long weekend using a #145;67 tube-powered reel-to-reel these new tunes sound like Alan Lomax field recordings from the mid-#145;60s. It feels as though Jurado is just in the next room on the other side of the door playing new songs for the first time and hitting them spot-on. Just as Nick Drake was able to convey a complicated sense of uplifting sorrow in his songs Jurado has both the songwriting and the performance gift#133;and his full-length On My Way To Absence will be released in early 2005.

Damien Jurado Album Review:
Good at 2003-07-02
This is a good album and Abilene is in my opinion one of his best songs. Even still, if I had to compare it to his others I would put this one at the bottom of the pile. If your a fan youll love it.
Damien Jurado Album Review:
Strongest album to date at 2004-04-25
On the Jurado scale, definitely a 5. This is the third Jurado album I own and the best. Of particular note to me are Omaha and Abilene. Abilene and Window could have been on the Oh Brother, Where Art Thou soundtrack. Theyre anachronistic, but in a fresh way. If you get my meaning. Intoxicated hands almost sounds Beck-ish, and Texas to Ohio manages to sound like a sort-of sequel to Abilene while stylistically moves a century-plus ahead. Just a great, imaginitive, brilliantly produced album that is not only the best of the bunch but is also possibly the most accessible to new listeners.
Damien Jurado Album Review:
This ones a keeper at 2004-08-27
This a must have for any indie-folk,roots, or even alt-country fan. Damien Jurado has done some great things on this album. His voice carries alot emotion, its kind of deep and effortless. The instrumentation is simple, mostly accoustic with droning electric undercurrents in many places. My only complaint is that is too short, clocking in at around 31:00. Omaha and Abilene are devastatingly haunting, and beautiful, conjuring up visions of lonely plain states. These songs are just too short. If he had stretched them out longer they could be true epics. Texas to Ohio is just right, and really rocks out too. Window is simple accoustic piece with vocal duets sounding like some southern gothic hymn. The same guitar line shows up at the beginning of a couple songs though, but his vocals take it other directions. This is definately worth it digging into, my music collection would not be complete without it.
Damien Jurado Album Review:
Unbelievable at 2006-02-02
Where Shall You Take Me is an album that only comes along every once in a while and just manages to insert itself into your life in a way that few can. it is absolutely a must have, no questions asked. i cant believe that Jurado is still such a well kept secret- he has made wonderful albums before this one (Rehearsals For Departure comes to mind), and his latest, On My Way To Absence is great, too, but there is something about the deep melancholy of this record that reminds me how painful and beautiful music can be.
Damien Jurado Album Review:
Excellent, diverse work by a real talent at 2005-10-10
This album by Damien Jurado reminds me of the work of Jose Gonzalez, M. Ward and Josh Ritter, or what you might call new folk. Its an excellent collection of music, and Damien Jurado demonstrates his ability as a songwriter to use the spaces between lyrics as effectively as a turn of phrase. The album does a great job of making diverse songs (the upbeat Matinee is a world apart from Intoxicated Hands and the haunting Amateur Night) seem to fit together the spaces of forgotten Americana like a Cormac McCarthy novel.Unfortunately, this album doesnt break new ground musically or lyrically. In fact, the new album by Iron and Wine and Calexico (In the Reins) sounds very similar. For examples of the finest in the genre, check out Lucinda Williams Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, or the work of the late, great Johnny Cash.