Justin Townes Earle "Slippin' and Slidin' in video
Shot and directed by joshua black wilkins, the footage provides a look at Earle's adopted hometown, New York City. Earle will headline a free-show in Brooklyn's Prospect Park this Thursday, June 30 as part of the Celebrate Brooklyn! series. Additional tour dates - including newly announced west coast shows with Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit and Caitlin Rose - are :
June 30 - Brooklyn, NY / Prospect Park Bandshell (free show)
July 3 - Roskilde, Denmark / Roskilde Festival
July 15 - Vancouver, BC / Vancouver Folk Music Festival
July 16 - Vancouver, BC / Vancouver Folk Music Festival
July 20 - UK, Milton, Keynes / The Stables
July 22 - UK, Perth / Southern Fried Festival
July 23 - UK, Gateshead / The Summertyme Americana Festival
July 24 - UK, Oxfordshire / Truck Festival
July 26 - UK, York / The Duchess
July 27 - UK, Sheffield / The Greystones
July 29 - UK, Cambridge / Cambridge Folk Festival
July 31 - Newport, RI / Newport Folk Festival
Aug. 6 - Apple Valley, MN / Minnesota Zoo Amphitheater @
Aug. 11 - Birmingham, AL / Sirote Theatre at Alys Stephens Center
Aug. 12 - Mobile, AL / Saenger Theater *
Aug. 18 - Pittsburgh, PA / Mr Smalls Theater %
Aug. 19 - Schwenksville, PA / The Philadelphia Folk Festival
Aug. 20 - Alexandria, VA / The Birchmere %
Aug. 22 - Northampton, MA / Iron Horse Music Hall %
Aug. 23 - Portland, ME / Port City Music Hall %
Aug. 25 - Ottawa, ON / Ottawa Folk Festival
Aug. 26 - Toronto, ON / Horseshoe Tavern %
Aug. 27 - Detroit, MI / The Magic Stick %
Aug. 29 - Columbus, OH / The Rumba Cafe %
Aug. 30 - Louisville, KY / Headliners %
Sept. 16 - Bristol, TN / Rhythm & Roots Festival
Sept. 28 - Los Angeles, CA / The Music Box * $
Oct. 5 - Portland, OR / Aladdin Theater * $
Oct. 10 - Seattle, WA / Showbox * $
@ w/ Wanda Jackson
% w/ Shovels & Rope
*co-headline w/ Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
$ w/ support from Caitlin Rose
Earle is part of an all-star cast of contributors who appear on the Buddy Holly tribute album, "Rave On," due June 28 through Fantasy Records/Concord Music Group. Other artists on the compilation include The Black Keys, Cee Lo, Paul McCartney and label mates Detroit Cobras.
More news for Justin Townes Earle
- 06/11/24: Earle is "All In"
- 12/01/20: Earle dies of fentanyl-related overdose
- 09/16/20: Steve Earle announces tribute album to his late son
- 08/24/20: Justin Townes Earle passes away at 38
- 04/03/19: Earle takes on "The Saint of Lost Causes"
- 05/26/17: Earle, Bare release new music
- 03/02/17: Earle heads to New West
- 01/13/15: Earle, RaeLynn, Ickes/Hensley release new music
CD reviews for Justin Townes Earle
When your Dad's Steve Earle and your namesake is Townes Van Zandt, you probably aren't destined to be a shoemaker. A native of Music City, Justin Townes Earle ate well from the horn of plenty that is the Nashville scene. He kicked around in some bands, but also generally raised a lot of hell. Around 2007, he started releasing albums regularly - "Saint of Lost Causes" is his eighth release and the first since 2017's critically well-received "Kids In the Street. ...
With "Kids In The Street," Justin Townes Earle moves comfortably between country, blues, folk and rock. The strongest country tunes are the traditional sounding weeper "What's She Crying For," featuring slick pedal steel guitar work from Paul Niehaus, and the catchy ballad "Faded Valentine," a sweetly melancholic tale of lost love that highlights producer Mike Mogis on mandolin.
The nostalgic title track finds Earle reminiscing about his unspectacular childhood ...
Fans of the early Justin Townes Earle might be disappointed in the work that fills "Absent Fathers," his 2015 album that shows the once reckless outlaw-wannabe has grown up past the anger and found a home in therapeutic songwriting. For the rest of listeners, however, it's a cathartic and thought-provoking journey through his atonement, not with his muddy past, but instead with his own pain.
Earle's voice hints of the same grittiness found in Black Keys front man Dan ...
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