Earle, Isbell, EYB deliver new sounds
For Earle, "So You Wanna Be An Outlaw" represents a return to the Warner label, where he released music until about 20 years ago. Earle, 62, mines Outlaw Country sounds. Earle's long-time backing band, The Dukes, satisfied that role again. Willie Nelson, Johnny Bush, and Miranda Lambert provide help as well on the disc produced by Richard Bennett.
Isbell's career has been on the steady rise since he left Drive-By Truckers. He's hoping to continue that with "The Nashville Sound." This is his sixth solo album and first since "Something More Than Free" two years ago.
Eli Young Band returns with the 11-song set, "Fingerprints." Ross Copperman and Jeremy Stover co-produced the release, which marks the band's debut for the Valory Music Group. The 11 songs include the lead-off track, "Saltwater Gospel," which was released as a single a year ago. This is EYB's sixth CD release.
More news for Steve Earle
- 06/28/24: Earle release "Copperhead Road" in advance of live disc
- 05/27/22: Earle pays tribute to "Jerry Jeff"
- 11/02/20: Nashville Songwriters Hall names new members
- 06/09/20: Earle looks at "Times Like These"
- 04/22/20: Earle receives theatre award nomination
- 04/03/20: Earle commemorates Upper Big Branch mine disaster Sunday
- 02/27/20: Earle & Dukes set "Ghosts of West Virginia" for release
- 02/26/19: Earle launches record tour
CD reviews for Steve Earle
A decade after recording his tribute to Townes Van Zandt, Steve Earle has released an album of Guy Clark covers. It includes, perhaps, Clark's best-known songs, "L.A. Freeway" and "Desperados Waiting For A Train," as well as a slew of songs not known quite so well. Most significantly, it's an album that showcases the breadth of Clark's work. Clark was a songwriter's songwriter, something many of the best Americana songwriters - including Earle - know well. ...
If Steve Earle had never done another album after "Guitar Town" and "Copperhead Road," he'd still have cemented his place in the musical firmament for skillfully creating a ragged and beautiful tapestry from the stray threads of rootsy rock and authentic country. And that may well be why his catalog over the past three decades has been so compelling and satisfying; he has consistently proven that he has nothing to prove.
"So You Wannabe an Outlaw" is the latest ...
In the Instagram era where people use apps to turn digital snapshots into sepia-toned portraits, Steve Earle's 16th studio release finds its place with an old-school sound. It's a Polaroid of rural country, blues and bluegrass frozen in time. But instead of outdated, it plays on the nostalgia of its modern audience.
Named for the 1930s Hudson muscle car model, "Terraplane," the cover is a cacophony of vintage graphics hinting to the fun times that lie beneath. ...
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