Latest Release
- 10 MAY 2024
- 1 Song
- The Sharon Shannon Collection 1990 - 2005 · 1998
- El Corazón · 1997
- Transcendental Blues · 2000
- The Life & Songs of Emmylou Harris: An All-Star Concert Celebration (Live) · 2016
- J.T. · 2021
- J.T. · 2020
- The Mountain · 1999
- J.T. · 2021
- Washington Square Serenade · 2007
- Yer So Bad - Single · 2024
Essential Albums
- Copperhead Road was country outlaw Steve Earle’s full-fledged kiss-off to the Music City mainstream, and his love letter to rock ‘n’ roll. The snarling, stomping title track revealed him to be a kind of alt-country Bruce Springsteen, and Earle almost enters AC/DC territory on “Back to the Wall”, all the while unveiling the left-leaning politics that gave his growl some political gravitas. In stark contrast, the openhearted love songs on the album’s endearing second half showed the tough guy’s tender side.
- 1986
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- A primer on this accomplished country music master.
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About Steve Earle
Steve Earle is a singer-songwriter and actor known for his enduring outlaw spirit and deft musical storytelling, which incorporates country, folk, blues, and rock. ∙ He learned guitar at age 11, then moved to Nashville in 1974, playing bass and writing songs for country icon Guy Clark before eventually moving to Texas. ∙ Guitar Town, his 1986 debut, topped Billboard’s Country Albums chart and was included in Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. ∙ A longtime critic of the death penalty, Earle wrote “Ellis Unit One”—told from a prison guard’s perspective—for the 1995 Oscar-winning film Dead Man Walking. ∙ Earle won Grammy Awards for 2004’s The Revolution Starts Now, 2007’s Washington Square Serenade, and 2009’s Townes, honoring his musical mentor Townes Van Zandt. ∙ He had roles in acclaimed TV series The Wire and Treme—the latter earning him a 2010 Emmy nomination for his song “This City.” ∙ In 2017, he made his off-Broadway debut as the narrator in experimental playwright Richard Maxwell’s Samara, for which he also composed the score.
- HOMETOWN
- Fort Monroe, VA, United States
- BORN
- 17 January 1955
- GENRE
- Country