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  • Folk / Acoustic / Country
  • NASHVILLE, Tennessee, US
“Playing a show in Wellston, MI at 12:00 PM today at Hoxeyville Music Festival http://lnk.ms/BKC4f”

Justin Townes Earle

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  • Genre: Acoustic / Country / Folk

    Location NASHVILLE, Tennessee, US

    Profile Views: 793933

    Last Login: 9/2/2010

    Member Since 1/7/2008

    Website http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3Lmp1c3RpbnRvd25lc2VhcmxlLmNvbQ==

    Record Label Bloodshot

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    .... ..JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE.... Harlem River Blues RELEASE DATE: SEPTEMBER 14, 2010 .... PRESS CONTACT: Mary Moyer / Sacks & Co. 212-741-1000 / mary@sacksco.com .. Justin Townes Earle is an anomaly. He’s tall as the day is long, all angles and elbows and a hard stare, both welcoming and deadly serious. He’s Nashville North, all set up in lower Manhattan now, just like his hero Woody Guthrie, with twang and charm intact. .... That hard working earnestness has paid off, to say the least. Justin won the Best New and Emerging Artist at the 2009 Americana Music Awards. His record, Midnight at the Movies, was named one of the best records of last year by Amazon, received four stars in Rolling Stone and found a sweet spot in the blackened hearts of fans and critics alike. GQ Magazine named him one of the 25 best dressed men in the world in 2010. He also appeared on HBO’s Treme with his dad, troubadour Steve Earle, on whose Grammy Award-winning Townes record Justin also guests. .... The aforementioned Woody Guthrie once said, “Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple.” On Harlem River Blues, Justin chose the simple route. The record’s not a wall of sound produced to the rafters. It’s rockin’ and reelin’ at times, sweet and slow at others—and it’s great. Like good fried chicken, a well-cut suit and a handmade guitar, there’s heaven to be found in the beautifully crafted simpler things. .... Compared to the much-lauded Midnight at the Movies, Harlem River Blues is more mature and increasingly nuanced, while still embracing the raw voice and clean sound of previous standout tracks like “Mama’s Eyes.” Harlem River Blues kicks off hot with the title track’s choir of backing singers and electric guitar, slow dances through a decrepit tenement on “One More Night in Brooklyn,” and swings à la Jerry Lee Lewis on “Move Over Mama.” “Working for the MTA” is a modern day railway ballad, embracing the labor movement in classic folk singer style over some heartbreaking pedal steel from Calexico’s Paul Niehaus. With percussive guitar, killer standup bass lines by Bryn Davies and a guest appearance from Jason Isbell, this record hums along like a 6 train jumpin’ the tracks and heading straight for the Tennessee state line. .... Harlem River Blues straddles not only the Mason-Dixon, but time itself. As versed in Mance Lipscomb as he is in M. Ward and sporting Marc Jacobs suspenders, Justin Townes Earle is a man beyond eras. With Harlem River Blues, a record that’s perfect for late Indian summer nights on either the front porch or fire escape, Justin’s found yet another way to be a timeless original. .... .... PRAISE FOR JTE .... WINNER: 2009 Americana Music Awards: Best New and Emerging Artist NOMINATED: 2009 Americana Music Awards: Best Artist & Best Album >p>.. Featured in: MAGNET’S BEST OF 2009: AMERICANA .... More year-end accolades: Named Amazon’s 8 Best Country album of 2009! And “Walk Out” one of 100 Best Songs! .... Has made appearances on: HBO’s Treme, A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor, NPR’s Morning Edition, World Café, and The Grand Ole Opry. .... “He’s fully absorbed his genetic and cultural heritage and draws upon both with great skill and dimension ... an utterly distinctive voice that takes what’s come before and artfully moves it forward with the power of a certain steel-driving man.” —LA Times .... “19 (of 50 songs Every Man Should Be Listening To) - ‘Mama’s Eyes’ ... Because this is what it is to be somebody’s son. Anybody’s son. Score one for Steve Earle’s kid: It took Dad much longer to write anything this universally significant.” —Esquire .... “A gifted performer in his own right.” —NY Times .... “Earle has emerged a fully realized artist, with more than a decade’s worth of songs and stories; a rising star who defines himself and his art as Southern American rather than Americana, though the genre has embraced him.” —Pollstar .... “Boasting the kind of voice most often found on dust-covered 78s, Earle is undeniably the real thing. His music feels old-fashioned, but in a timeless, not anachronistic, way.” —Tiny Mix Tapes .... “Earle sings like a honky-tonk hero and thinks like a 21st century man. He’s sharp and young, and has soul to burn—a traditionalist that is not afraid to play ragtime and cover the Replacements punk anthem ‘Can’t Hardly Wait.’” —Guitar Aficionado .... “I have a feeling that in a few years we’ll need backstage passes at the Ryman auditorium to get anywhere near him. He’s just THAT good.” —Chattanooga Free Press .... .... Bloodshot Records 3039 W. Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL 60618 Ph: 773-604-5300 Fax: 773-604-5019 Web: www.bloodshotrecords.com .... .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..CONTACTS:.... MANAGEMENT: Traci Thomas / Thirty Tigers - traci@thirtytigers.com .. BOOKING: Andrew Colvin / Ground Control Touring - andrew@groundcontroltouring.com .. PUBLICITY: Mary Moyer / Sacks & Co. - mary@sacksco.com.. .. Please do not send requests through myspace. Thank you! .. .. ..

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  1. Justin Townes Earle has posted the event:
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    September 18 @ Reckless Records

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  2. Justin Townes Earle Playing a show in Wellston, MI at 12:00 PM today at Hoxeyville Music Festival http://lnk.ms/BKC4f

    11:01 AM Aug 22

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  3. Justin Townes Earle posted a new blog entry: FREE Download of Justin's NEW Single

    6:39 PM Aug 10

  4. Justin Townes Earle Playing a show in Northampton, MA at 8:00 PM today at Iron Horse Music Hall http://lnk.ms/9qS2B

    6:00 PM Jul 30

  5. Justin Townes Earle added 5 new photos to the Harlem River Blues album.

    9:13 PM Jul 16

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Comments

  • Laura Samsel
    hey Justin et al,
    saw you at Bumbershoot tonight and i'm head-over-heels in love with both you and your music. i was the thinner black-haired girl in the front-and-center.
    anyway, thanks for a great performance! if you get the time, check out my page, listen to my music and let me know what you think! hope to see you again in the Seattle area real soon, we adore you here.

    Always,
    Laura Samsel

    Posted Sep 5 2010 7:22 AM

  • Zoe
    Astounding voice!

    Posted Sep 4 2010 11:05 PM

  • Torchy's Troubadours!Torchy's Troubadors
    We NEED your help!

    Posted Aug 24 2010 4:58 PM

  • J.A.S.O.N. Jason Surdasky
    thanks for coming back to the toledo area. heading to the show in a few hours. cant wait.

    Posted Aug 21 2010 9:25 PM

  • Alyssa Alyssa Jonathan
    hi whats up !!!

    Posted Aug 21 2010 1:54 PM

  • Ashley
    Hey Justin Townes Earle, Your layers of absinthe and torsion form concretions of hyper-alimentation. How beautiful is the snowshine in your eyes, so directly current from the static in your mind. May you always have stables of horses to service your needs. The sand runes crossing your divided consciousness do speak of contemptuous monsters being slayed by flying phoenixes. Your essence is equal to the beauty of a galaxy. I relentlessly desire cotton candy lollipops. Your eyes are like spheres of crystal water filled with shimmering dreams. The stickers hugging the fruit smell better than the perfume of ambergris. In your presence even my shadow acquires the sensation of touch. In your absence I am forced into finding other forms of amusement while thinking about you. Your beauty is equal to the smoothness of a polished gem. Please let me hear more of that wonderful sound. You breath as delicately as vapors flowing towards an attractive flame. As the bliss slowly rises in my incandescent eluxulator, your mere presence has a euphoric effect upon me.

    Posted Aug 12 2010 8:37 PM

  • Water Music Online Now!
    Howdy. Much respect, sir.

    Posted Aug 11 2010 4:28 AM

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  • Chris Panetta
    cant wait to see you with jessica lea mayfield in san diego. the casbah will give you a warm night im sure. youre making a dream come true. see you guys then. THANKS!

    Posted Aug 8 2010 8:37 AM

  • JEFFREE STARSesame Ellis
    Good Morning,I just stopped by for a visit and to say "HI".

    Posted Aug 7 2010 1:11 AM

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