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A Justin Townes Earle Tribute Concert, Delayed by a Year, Revives the Late Singer’s Eclectic Songbook
Jason Isbell, Emmylou Harris, Shooter Jennings, and Steve Earle were among those performing Justin's songs onstage in Nashville
- EntertainmentLexington Herald-Leader
Two veteran voices of songcraft have three Central Kentucky shows this weekend
Their personalities remain remarkably different, but they share many commonalities.
- EntertainmentBeaver County Times
Steve Earle talks about healing, songwriting ahead of tour stops in PA
Country rocker Steve Earle plays tribute to fellow musicians, fields questions about tour headed to Warrendale, Phoenixville and State College
- EntertainmentRolling Stone
Steve Earle Is Chasing Broadway Success — By Trying to Write a Mainstream Country Song
"It’s completely and totally calculated. I want a Broadway hit before I die," says the against-the-grain songwriter, who also pays tribute to Jerry Jeff Walker on a new album
- EntertainmentThe Tennessean
Justin Townes Earle tribute rescheduled due to rising COVID-19 cases
The Ryman Auditorium hosts a tribute concert for Justin Townes Earle in early 2023.
- EntertainmentLexington Herald-Leader
10 best albums of 2021: Kingfish, Carlile and Bela Fleck
Critic Walter Tunis on the music that moved him this year.
- EntertainmentThe Albany Herald, Ga.
Steve Earle, Los Lobos thrill Sweetland Amphitheatre crowd
Sep. 4—LaGRANGE — Eight songs into his concert at the Sweetland Amphitheatre here, after winding up "Copperhead Road," perhaps his most beloved song, veteran country/rocker Steve Earle looked at his watch and said, "See how that worked out? Those of you on paper can now go home and be legal before your f---ing ankle monitor goes off. The rest of us are going to be here a while." Indeed. Earle ...
- EntertainmentVariety
Wanda Jackson and Producer Joan Jett on the Rockabilly Queen’s ‘Encore’ — and Whether It’s Really the End of the Road
Before discussing country-rockabilly legend Wanda Jackson’s so-called final album, it’s best to clear up a few things. When most think of the last 20 years of Wanda Jackson’s career, and her return to secular music after a decade doing songs of praise, it is often more in consideration of the producers and collaborators who aided […]
- EntertainmentStar Tribune (Minneapolis)
Steve Earle pays tribute to coal miners and his late son in Twin Cities concert
Steve Earle fans are accustomed to waiting until the end of his concerts to hear their favorites. But the die-hard troubadour opened up his concert Saturday night at Canterbury Park with a 10-song string of beloved hits, including "Guitar Town" and "Someday." "Now you can go home before your ankle bracelet blows up," Earle said after a blistering version of "Copperhead Road." "Those are songs ...
- EntertainmentVariety
The Sober Rebranding of Rock ‘N’ Roll
Throughout modern music, the mantra “sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll” has been both a catalyzer and a destructor. The cautionary tale practically writes itself: Artist finds purpose in music, sees commercial success, indulges in every substance known to man, falls, bottoms out, loses a career, climbs back out of the darkness through sobriety. That’s […]
