Steve Earle
L.A. Burning, West Coast Concert Picks, August 22th To 28th
LCD Soundsystem is playing This Ain’t No Picnic
Going Steady: New Singles 11-12-21 – 11-18-21 Reviewed
a double tribute as Casal wrote it for Townes Van Zandt
Brief Encounters: New Albums 1-8-21 – 1-14-21 Reviewed
smudges his son Justin’s impeccable Americana
Steve Earle’s “J.T.” Dropped Yesterday
we knew Steve wasn’t gonna blow it
A Search For An Anthem For 2020: 45 Songs To Describe This Year
it’s a year difficult to define by one single mood
The Earliest Bird: Top Release Steve Earle’s “Harlem River Blues”
a straight up no chaser take
Amoeba Will Be Back This Fall, Let’s Rejoice For Los Angeles
I cannot make a list of all the artists I have seen at Amoeba
Best Of 2020: The Top Ten Albums In Order Of Preference Through June 30th
Chromatica gone, Selena upgraded, Dylan in the top two
Best Of 2020: The Top Ten Albums In Order Of Preference Through May 31st
Lady Gaga improves with every listen
Be Here Now: New Albums 5-22-20 – 5-28-20 Reviewed
His best since El Corazon
Tim Steil Takes The Musical Challenge: Steve Earle’s “Guitar Town”
I was that guy with $37 and a Jap guitar
Live Through This: rock nyc’s Top Concert Picks 12-16-19 – 12-22-19
Steve might reclaim it in person
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1980s – 80 to 71
a two-and-a-half minute movie
Steve Earle At Amoeba, Tuesday April 2nd 2019
‘No way I could get out of doing this record’
L. A. BURNING, WEST COAST CONCERT PICKS, APRIL 1ST TO 7TH
Bad Religion are at The Roxy on Friday
L. A. BURNING, WEST COAST CONCERT PICKS, MARCH 4TH TO 10TH
DJ Windows 98 (Win Butler of Arcade Fire) is at 1720 on Sunday
L. A. Burning, West Coast Concert Picks, February 25th To March 3rd
Sharon Van Etten is at the Theatre at Ace Hotel on Friday
Live Through This: rock nyc’s Top Concert Picks For The Week Of January 7th, 2019
the golden age was the post-prison “I Feel Alright” country rocker
rock nyc Concerts In Order Of Preference 2018
it was earth shatteringly loud from the beginning
rock nyc Concerts In Order Of Preference Through November 30th, 2018
it was earth shatteringly loud from the beginning
rock nyc Concerts In Order Of Preference Through October 31st, 2018
a sexual dynamo in sky high good spirits
rock nyc Concerts In Order Of Preference Through September 30th, 2018
No mid set lull, nothing, nonstop dance, sound, and movement.
rock nyc Concerts In Order Of Preference Through August 31st, 2018
a crowd pleaser to the nth degree
rock nyc Concerts In Order Of Preference Through July 31st, 2018
America has never been cooler
rock nyc Concerts In Order Of Preference Through June 30th, 2018
“Who’s fucked up? Who’s on drugs,”
Live Through This: rock nyc’s Top Concert Picks For The Week Of June 11th, 2018
if you haven’t ever seen him, this is definitely a bucket list performance
rock nyc Concerts In Order Of Preference Through May 31st, 2018
this was a triumph for SZA some six years after she started
rock nyc Concerts In Order Of Preference Through April 30th, 2018
Best Concert of the year
rock nyc Concerts In Order Of Preference Through March 31st, 2018
Timberlake got his mojo back
rock nyc Concerts In Order Of Preference Through February 28th, 2018
the concentrated power and glory of his rapping and his backing
Steve Earle At City Winery, Monday, February 19th, 2018, Reviewed
No wonder we’re depressed.
rock nyc Concerts In Order Of Preference Through January 31st, 2018
A seamless immersion in Earle country folk god
Steve Earle And Sarah Jarosz At City Winery, Tuesday, January 16th, 2018
I went home and bought a ticket to the February 19th show
L.A. BURNING, WEST COAST CONCERT PICKS, OCTOBER 9TH TO 15TH 2017
Desert Daze 2017 is upon us!
Steve Earle At Amoeba, Wednesday June 21st 2017
‘love songs are about what love should be’
L.A. BURNING, WEST COAST CONCERT PICKS, JUNE 19TH TO JUNE 25TH 2017
opening for the Black Lips
Country Music History – Essential Releases of 1996, Part I
feeling “alright” was enough to be a triumph.
Steve Earle At City Winery, Wednesday, January 27th, 2016, Reviewed
He performed solo, and showcased his talent with one song from each of his albums in chronological order
The A+ List: “Tom Ames Prayer” by Steve Earle
Ames took to robbin’ banks, and had some close calls, nearly at the end of a hang man’s rope. But as the song opens, Tom is “trapped in an alley in Abilene with all but four shells spent”, and with the end near and that’s when he asks God for a little bit of luck and doesn’t get it. But before that he yelps with joy at the memory of a close call.
Steve Earle's "Terraplane" Reviewed
On one level you can admire the schoolyard punk hubris of Earle titling his record with a Robert Johnson reference, but his blues pastiches are so comparatively pale that it makes him seem completely blinded by his own arrogance. I’m left wondering if anyone in Earle’s camp ever tells him that he has a bad idea
10 Songs: Monday, August 18th, 2014
An Imprecatory Psalm socking it to the Native Americans worst enemy and greatest revenge, as sung by one Johnny Cash back in 1965. This version, off an upcoming Johnny cash tribute album, sports a typical Earle rasping vocal but is no worse for it as he delights over “The General he don’t ride well anymore” – B+
Steve Earle's "Live In Nashville 1995"
I am not talking voice here, Earle sounds like Earle, I am talking tempo, it slows to a crawl, it pours itself like molasses, it lacks all edge, it is like earle is strangling himself. This isn’t a blanket condemnation, the three song with Harris are all magnificent oil and water, sour and sweet, scratch and soothe, especially “Goodbye” – alone it is worth the price of admission.
10 Songs, Saturday, July 12th, 2014
Whipping Post – The Allman Brothers – In feverish anticipation for the Allman Brothers last stand (I got a ticket for the penultimate night, despite all my efforts), I’ve been jamming this Duane Allman piece of roughshod blues from a 1970 gig – A