XPN Welcomes Justin Townes Earl
XPN Welcomes Justin Townes Earl – Courtesy of WXPN’s Website
Presented by Strand Capitol Performing Arts Center at Strand Capitol Performing Arts Center
June 10, 2010
Sophomore releases tread such a bumpy road, with expectations being expectations and the fickle nature of hype and short attention spans. How can it live up to the excitement generated by a stellar debut? Within the first song on JustinTownes Earle’s second album Midnight At the Movies, you just know you’re hearing something special, that you are party to the unknown and exhilarating paths being explored by an artist on the creative ascendancy. Midnight At The Movies displays an adeptness and musical sophistication of remarkable, organic breadth and is as lyrically sharp as a lover’s tongue as she is walking out the door.
Midnight at the Movies is held firm by Justin’s astonishing vision and conviction, yet roams o’er the vast landscape of American music without so much as a stumble.
Since the release of The Good Lifein early 2008, Earle has been a busy man, occupying himself with such activities as performing on the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Fest, Chicago Country Music Festival, Americana Music Awards, Down Home in Norway and his debut on the Grand Ole Opry. He toured non-stop for the past year including pump-priming appearances in the UK, Australia and Scandinavia and features on NPR’s Morning Edition, Mountain Stage and World Café caught the ears of millions of listeners and admiring ink ran in publications like New York Times, LA Times, Nashville Scene, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post among others.
