Justin Townes Earle

New West announces Justin Townes Earle rarities collection

June 13, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

It’s almost four years since the music world was rocked by Justin Townes Earle’s untimely death at the age of 38. Earle had released the last two albums of his career on New West, and now […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Justin Townes Earle “Lone Pine Hill”

February 19, 2024 Andy Short 0

Justin Townes Earle gave us his first full length album in 2008 “The Good Life” after a teasing six track EP “Yuma” the previous year. Following the relative success of “Yuma” Earle signed for Chicago label […]

Justin Townes Earle tribute concert postponed until 2023

January 5, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

The planned tribute concert to the late Justin Townes Earle, who died in 2020 at the age of 38, has been put back at the last minute until 2023. The show in honour of Steve Earle’s […]

A Night To Remember: Justin Townes Earle and Jubal Lee Young – Blackfriars, Glasgow, 11th October 2007

October 12, 2021 Paul Kerr 1

On a cold but dry autumn evening in Glasgow, a Thursday if I recall correctly, a few hardy souls gathered in a tiny bar basement in Glasgow to see a show billed as The Sons Of […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Scotty Melton’s “Me and the Devil”

May 4, 2021 Kimberly Bright 0

Linking to Justin Townes Earle’s ‘Harlem River Blues’ is Earle’s collaborator, friend, and roommate, singer-songwriter Scotty Melton and his song ‘Me and the Devil.’ The two met in the ’90s in the men’s toilets at the […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

August 5, 2026 2

The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0

The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]

Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers