Steve Earle has been announced for two solo acoustic shows in April. Earle last graced our shores and stages a few years ago, Texan raised Earle is coming back to charm his audience again with musical tales tall and true, drawn from his life, times and song-writing partnerships.
You might also recognize him from The Wire and Treme. Or if you’re more literately inclined, he published his first novel last year. As a songwriter he came within a whisker of writing for Elvis before the King up and died.
A protégé of legendary songwriters Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark, Steve Earle quickly became a master storyteller in his own right, with his songs being recorded by artists including Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Waylon Jennings, Travis Tritt, The Pretenders, Joan Baez and countless others.
1986 saw the release of his debut record Guitar Town, which shot to number one on the country charts and immediately established the term “New Country”. What followed was an extremely exciting and varied array of releases including the biting hard rock of Copperhead Road (1988); the minimalist beauty of Train A Comin’ (1995); the politically charged masterpiece Jerusalem (2002); and the three Grammy Award Winning albums The Revolution Starts…Now (2004); Washington Square Serenade (2007); and Townes (2009).
Currently touring his 14th studio album named I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive (also the title of his debut novel) Earle and his latest release has been recently honoured by the Recording Academy, receiving a Grammy Nomination in the Best Folk Album Category for next months awards. Produced by T Bone Burnett and a follow up to the award winning Townes, Earle has this to say of the collection of songs: “They are all, as far as I can tell, about mortality in one way or the other; death as a mystery rather than a punctuation mark or at least a comma rather than a period.”
STEVE EARLE – SOLO & ACOUSTIC SHOWS
Wed 11th April – Kings Arms Tavern, Auckland
Thu 12th April – Bodega, Wellington
TICKETS ON SALE 9AM THURSDAY 26th JANUARY
From www.eventfinder.co.nz & Real Groovy
