Eilen Jewell returns to the Mauch Chunk Opera House, 14 W. Broadway, Jim Thorpe at 8 p.m. Friday.

The Boise native has recorded five studio albums for Signature Sounds with her road-tested touring band, and two more as a member of the Boston-based gospel-charged Sacred Shakers (also on Signature Sounds). Her latest, "Sundown Over Ghost Town," is a culmination of Jewell's work to date.As hard as it is to categorize Jewell's music, terms like alt-country, roots-rock, country-noir and Americana get used a lot, it's even harder not to become thoroughly enraptured by the singer-songwriter's powerful versatility, musical stories and images.• Friday, CSN, the music of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, 8 p.m.• Saturday, Eilen Jewell Band, 8 p.m.• Sept. 8, An Evening with Nyke Van Wyk and Friends, 8 p.m.• Sept. 15, Kilmaine Saints, 8 p.m.• Sept. 16, The Stranger, 8 p.m.• Sept. 22, The Damn Truth, 8 p.m.• Sept. 23, Willy Porter & Carmen Nickerson, 8 p.m.• Sept. 28, The Young Novelists, 7:30 p.m.• Sept. 30, 70's Flashback, 8 p.m.Tickets are available online at MCOHJT.com or by calling the opera house box office at 570-325-0249. Tickets are also available for walk up in person at Sound Check Records, 23 Broadway in downtown Jim Thorpe (phone 570-325-4009.)