Country music courses through his DNA; his dad is outlaw'ish, outspoken country legend Steve Earle, and he was named after songwriter Townes Van Zandt. But Earle isn’t resting on ...

A new tribute album to David Olney puts the late songwriter's poetic lyrics in the hands of artists like Steve Earle ... a rare live recording of Townes Van Zandt, who ranked Olney alongside ...

Additionally, several artists and fans still hold him in high regard. Steve Earle once famously said, “Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world and I’ll stand on Bob Dylan ...

He would say, ‘Yeah, this is life. This is what it was’.” Townes Van Zandt was a mentor and inspiration to Steve Earle, another country singer who has battled more than his fair share of demons.

alongside such emerging figureheads as Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, and Rodney Crowell. Listen to the Outlaw And Disorder: Country Rebels playlist, featuring Steve Earle and dozens of other ...

Stream J.T., the new tribute album from Steve Earle to his son Justin Townes, below. Justin’s family has also set up a GoFundMe to help cover his end of life costs.

All that counts with Steve Earle is the integrity and passion ... Earle was initially besotted with the late, great Townes Van Zandt, who he followed round the US like a road-trip kid.

Farm Aid continues to this day. Outside the mainstream, Steve Earle expanded on the legacies of Guy Clark and Townes Van Zandt. While Clark and Van Zandt mostly avoided the political themes of ...

A Celebration of Justin Townes Earle, organized by the late singer-songwriter’s father Steve Earle, will occur on what would have marked his 41st birthday. All tickets for the original 2022 ...

A contemporary of Steve Earle and, like Earle, influenced by the (songwriting) greats Guy Clark and Townes Van Zandt, Crowell played guitar and sang for three years in Emmylou Harris' "Hot Band". He ...