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show recap: justin townes earle (may 3, 2012)

Midway through Justin Townes Earle’s Thursday night set at a packed upstairs Fitzgerald’s, a husky, bearded dude slipped past me to the front row whispering “Excuse me, I just gotta talk to Justin…” Smash cut to a dead silent venue as our guy hollered at Justin at the top of his lungs – “Hey, Justin! These people say I’m cheering too loud, but let me tell you, I know how to play all your songs! I am your number one fan!! Number one!! Tell me, am I cheering too loud?” “You kinda are now!” replied a nonplussed Earle.

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video: justin townes earle – slippin’ and sliddin’ (2011)

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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video: justin townes earle – laundromatinee sessions (2011)

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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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stream: justin townes earle – npr world cafe (2011)


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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video: justin townes earle – harlem river blues [live on letterman] (2011)

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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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stream: justin townes earle – harlem river blues (2010)

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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