nearly a year after its september 2010 release, justin townes earle’s harlem river blues has its first official video. “slippin’ and sliddin’” takes in in-depth and intimate look at jte’s adoped hometown of new york city. check it out at the link below courtesy of paste.
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justin townes earle – slippin’ and sliddin’
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i’d almost forgotten what fine guerilla performance footage this website can conjure up. hit the link to head over to justin townes earle, looking part-charlie sheen’s wild thing from major league, part sam elliot, all creep, performing stripped down harlem river blues tracks live at luna music.
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justin townes earle – laundromatinee sessions
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photo credit: joshua black wilkins
the always natty and formerly disorderly justin townes earle is the guest on npr’s world cafe, performing songs from the poignant harlem river blues and discussing life in new york, his drug and drinking habits and a few more weary and weathered topics. check it out below.
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justin townes earle – npr world cafe
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please don’t ask me how i missed posting this justin townes earle performance from last night. it’s simply unjust for the level of commitment i have for this man.
making his debut televised performance, justin townes earle brought with him, not just his usual suspect, upright bassistist bryn davies, but the added bonus of a full band and backup singers. sadly, fiddler josh hedley is nowhere to be seen, but that didn’t let the title track of his most recent album “harlem river blues” gallop any less. in fact, paul shaffer’s added organs really lent the song some serious gospel honky-tonk. good to see the jte band in top form.
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justin townes earle – harlem river blues
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one of the best-dressed men in music (just check out the billy reid gear above) drops off his third album for streaming via the fine people at NPR. i’m on my first run through, and it’s definitely sounding like a great follow-up to last year’s midnight at the movies. vocally, earle’s voice sounds as strong as ever. the biggest difference seems to be the diversity of his musical influences seem to stand out more than before. you can hear bits of everything from elvis to johnny to southern gospel sprinkled throughout. all in all, it’ll probably be the best (and possibly only) album of it’s kind by years’ end. harlem river blues drops september 14th.
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justin townes earle – harlem river blues.
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