The first archival release of new music since Justin Townes Earle‘s death in 2020 is coming later this summer. On August 9th, New West Records, Earle’s label for the last few years of his life, will be issuing All In: Unreleased and Rarities (The New West Years), a double-LP compilation …
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Justin Townes Earle’s widow, Jenn Marie Earle, excoriated Jason Isbell for his song about his friendship with the late musician, “When We Were Close,” and the “strong, visceral, and extremely painful reaction” the Earle family has had to it. “When We Were Close” appears on Isbell’s 2023 album, Weathervanes, and …
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When Justin Townes Earle died at 38 in 2020, the Americana world was robbed of one of its brightest talents, a songwriter able to distill sadness, aspiration, and an undercurrent of alienation into vibrant, well-crafted folk songs. On Wednesday night in Nashville, those songs were brought back to vivid life …
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