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The Good Life by Justin Townes Earle

The son of Grammy-winning singer Steve Earle releases his debut album. [Country, Alternative]

Published: 2008-04-02 Provider: Metacritic

Single Minded: Death Cab Cover the Cure, Gaslight Anthem Rule “Letterman”

Photo: Winter/WireImage Death Cab for Cutie, “Love Song” [Cure Cover] One sad face deserves another: Ben Gibbard provides further proof that everyone who grew up in the suburbs owned a copy of Disintegration. If only he and Death Cab could swoop in and save Robert Smith from himself. The Gaslight Anthem, “The ‘59 Sound” [Live on Letterman] We’ve had this longstanding rule that no live band sounds good on TV. And then we saw NJ’s Gaslight Anthem on Letterman and concluded that either a) our rule was wrong, b) they are, in fact, the band of our generation, or c) some combination thereof. Absolutely breathtaking. The Police, “Roxanne” [Discotech Remix] Heart-stopping and electrifying, Discotech paint the Police bright pink and take them for a night on the town. Charlie Ash, “I Wanna Sex You Up” [Color Me Badd Cover] The critical reappraisal of Color Me Badd begins right here, with this aggro cover of their most grammatically improbable hit. Various Artists, “The Covers Mixtape” [Covers] Fourteen artists tackling 14 songs that aren’t their own, all of them handling their source material with class and panache. Start with Steve Earle’s rollicking punk/country cover of “Breed” and work outwards from there.

Published: 2009-02-06 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Single Minded

Jewel to kick off ZooTunes 2010 concert series

Music & nightlifeWoodland Park Zoo's ZooTunes is back with a lineup that includes Jewel, Steve Earle and Herbie Hancock.

Published: 2010-04-23 Provider: Seattle Times

Songwriter Steve Earle will channel Townes Van Zandt at Seattle's Moore Theatre

Music & nightlifeFifty-five-year-old country-tinged singer/songwriter Steve Earle is currently on tour for his latest album, "Townes," a collection of Townes Van Zandt covers, recorded in tribute to the legendary songwriter. He'll appear at Seattle's Moore Theatre on Jan. 22.

Published: 2010-01-20 Provider: Seattle Times

Steve Earle's 'Townes' is a hit

For years, country music renegade Steve Earle has been wanting to make an album in tribute to his friend and mentor, Texas-born country-folk singer-songwriter and cult hero Townes Van Zandt, who passed away New Year's Day 1997 at the age of 59 after years of battling alcoholism, drug addiction and manic depression.

Published: 2009-06-09 Provider: Canoe

New Music Report: Steve Earle, Black Moth Super Rainbow

Rolling Stone editor Kevin O’Donnell takes a close look at two reviews in our latest issue (Green Day Fights On) in this week’s New Music Report. First up is Steve Earle, whose 13th studio album, Townes, is a tribute to his songwriting hero, Townes Van Zandt. Listen to “Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold,” which features Earles son, Justin Townes, in our video. The covers album scored three and a half stars, and Will Hermes notes “Mudd” is the “sound of a torch being passed again.” Also, Black Mother Super R

Published: 2009-05-13 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Videos, New Music Report, Podcasts

New Reviews: Green Day, Steve Earle and Cam’Ron

You’ll have to wait until Friday to pick up a copy of Green Day’s 21st Century Breakdown, but we assure you it’s worth the wait: The San Francisco punk trio’s follow-up to 2004’s Grammy-winning American Idiot earned a four-and-a-half star Rolling Stone review from writer Rob Sheffield, who said the album is even better than its rock opera predecessor, “so masterful and confident it makes Idiot seem like a warm-up.” Telling the story of two lovers on the run in post-Bush America, Breakdown finds

Published: 2009-05-12 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Listen Up: Steve Earle pays tribute to Van Zandt on 'Townes'

Back when he was still a brash young whelp, Steve Earle proclaimed, "Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world, ...

Published: 2009-05-12 Provider: USA Today

Steve Earle on Townes Van Zandt and Turning Up the Volume: “I’m Too Loud for My Own Audience”

Photo: Arnold/Wireimage When Steve Earle was just 16 years old he struck up a relationship with songwriter Townes Van Zandt that would change the direction of the budding musician’s life: Van Zandt became a mentor to Earle, and now Earle is repaying the favor by recording a tribute album to his troubled late friend, who died in 1997. Brian Braiker rang up the rabble-rouser in Nashville to chat about the record, Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello, and Earle’s favorite new band: the Kings of Leon. • Q&A: The Music That Moves Steve Earle

Published: 2009-01-12 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

EARLE'S NEW WORLD

ROOTS rocker Steve Earle, ex alcoholic and drug addict, lost five years as a homeless junkie, spent four months in jail and is a socialist. The Texas-raised singer, now 52, was once condemned for his empathetic tune "John Walker Blues" about John...

Published: 2007-09-25 Provider: New York Post Keywords: Earle, album, home, American, John, Street, needed, songs, work, music

Steve Earle - Washington Square Serenade

Artist: Steve Earle Review: Supposedly, this Steve Earle record is unlike all other Steve Earle records because it was recorded with beats. But production by Dust Brother John King notwithstanding, it impacts just like any other Steve Earle record -- lyrics first. So fans will follow the title's hint and take this for the New York record of a Texan turned Nashvillian turned Greenwich Villager. After all, two of its strongest songs are "Down Here Below," a talky pan-New York City meditation from the twin vantages of Central... Rating: 3 Stars

Published: 2007-09-19 Provider: Rolling Stone

Townes by Steve Earle

Steve Earle covers songs by the late Townes Van Zandt for his latest album. [Country, Folk, Rock]

Published: 2009-05-13 Provider: Metacritic