Justin Townes Earle about to start work on new CD
Monday, September 29, 2008 – Justin Townes Earle is about to start work on a new CD. Earle released his first full-length, "The Good Life," earlier this year on Bloodshot Records with the disc receiving positive reviews. Earle said late last week in Boston that he would enter the studio in October to record new music. Once again, RS Field will produce the disc.
Earle, who is on tour opening for Old Crow Medicine Show, said he hoped the new music would be out in early 2009. Bloodshot, once again, is slated to release the disc. Before signing with Bloodshot, Earle released an EP on his own to very limited release.
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Midnight at the Movies
Justin Townes Earle opts for a singer-songwriter realm that instantly brings to mind Kevin Welch, especially on the gorgeous title track. From there, it's a slow, honky-tonk song entitled What I Mean To You which falls a bit flat early and seems much too forced. The same can be said later on when he romps through the train-chugging Black Eyed Suzy.
When Earle keeps things on the straight and narrow, the performances shine as is the case on They Killed John Henry, a sparse toe tapper that »»» |
The Good Life
Despite being Steve Earle's son and named after the late Texas troubadour Townes Van Zandt, Justin Townes Earle's full-length label debut owes much more to the work of legendary artists like Hank Williams, Lefty Frizzell and Jimmie Rodgers than it does the singer/songwriter music of both his father and his namesake.
The 10 tracks skip around loosely through a variety of traditional country music styles and showcase Earle's considerable skills as both a composer and songwriter. »»» |
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Taylor Swift's showing at the Country Music Association awards Wednesday night was no surprise. In some respects, it was invigorating to see someone who was not male and not around umpteen years like some of her male counterparts take home the biggest prize of the night, entertainer of the year. »»»
Concert Review: Radney Foster sparks a revival –
Radney Foster told fans that he came home from the University of the South one weekend early in his college career and told his parents in the wee hours of the morning that he wanted to quit college and head to Nashville to pursue a music career. His parents agreed...fortunately.
Three decades later, that resulted in Foster playing songs on this... »»»
Concert Review: Neko Case overcomes obstacles –
The opening of Neko Case's show was unusual to say the least. "I'm angry right now," said the red head. "We just had a big fight with the promoter. We're going to sing weird, but we're actually very happy to be here."
Making quite clear that she was not a happy camper, Case still channeled her musical energies... »»»
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