★★★★★
As strong as his first two albums have been, it always seemed as if Justin Townes Earle was holding something back. Earle has been a master of classic country and rockabilly from day one, but it was hard not to suspect that someone as talented as he is could do even more. On his third album, Harlem River Blues, the singer-songwriter proves those suspicions were well-founded, expanding his sound and adding just the tiniest bit of pop sheen without sacrificing the intimacy and sense of...
- www.americansongwriter.com
2013-04-25
★★★★★
Justin Townes Earle may carry the names of two of Americana's biggest heroes, but on The Good Life, he's more Haggard than Van Zandt or dad Steve. Letting fiddle-pedal steel and southern-drawl elements of classic country shine through on half of these tunes ("Lonesome and You," "What Do You Do When You're Lonesome...
- www.americansongwriter.com
2013-04-25
★★★★★
Why Nashville-born singer-songwriter isn't a stadium-packing superstar is a mystery. Country music continues to be one of the largest grossing and persistently Grammy-grabbing genres around, both in the and Americana mould and via the younger, glossier version peddled by and . Even so, there still seems to be something of a blind spot for its ever-growing band of anti-pop, alternative-leaning acts: artists raised on punk and enveloped in old-school tattoos, now answering the seemingly inbuilt...
- www.bbc.co.uk
2013-04-23
★★★★★
Another Justin Townes Earle album, another cover featuring the beloved protagonist in the foreground and a woman in the back; seems to be a running theme in the cover art of Earles' albums. We could ponder the meaning of such imagery, and possibly get caught up in a feminist debate over Earles' relationship with the female species but it would be unnecessary...
- www.beat.com.au
2012-04-09
★★★★★
Justin Townes Earle has never really embraced his famous father or his the Texas singer-songwriter he was named after. He always quietly avoiding making either of them part of the conversation. Its no wonder given that his family has a riff akin to the one that separated Rosanne Cash and her father. For that reason there is an irony that his latest album, Nothing's Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me creates a sonic tapestry which embraces both predecessors...
- www.roughstock.com
2012-04-05
★★★★★
Bloodshot At first, Justin Townes Earle had the walk and talk of a rounder, hopped up on hillbilly and blues of a preelectric era. Each album since--as he's dabbled in an ever-widening swath of roots flavors and exhibited a restless musical intelligence--the second-generation songwriter has leaned more on his unflinching confessional impulses. His fourth full-length is all exposed nerves with a light-handed Memphis soul treatment...
- www.relix.com
2012-04-02
★★★★★
Surely there was a point where there was a lot of pressure on Justin Townes Earle. Son to Steve Earle, and named after Townes Van Zandt, there's two pretty clear thoughts that come to mind. First, how could he not become a singer-songwriter? Second, dude has some pretty big shoes to fill...
- www.popmatters.com
2012-04-02
★★★★★
Bloodshot Records Don't start. I'm serious - don't even begin to complain about the fact that Justin Townes Earle's new Nothing's Gonna Change The Way You Feel About Me Now doesn't sound exactly like 2010's Harlem River Blues or whatever. You liked Harlem River Blues ? Cool - so did I. I'm betting Justin Townes Earle did, too. But Nothing's Gonna Change ... is not Harlem River Blues Part II and that's okay...
- www.jambands.com
2012-04-02
★★★★★
The opening lines on this latest offering from Justin Townes Earle are a naked plea to his father, Steve, to reach out to him. It's certainly a gripping way to kick off his fourth album, because there's no doubt it rings true. Since coming on the scene in 2008, the younger Earle has shown that he's inherited many of his father's musical tools and also Steve's well publicized past drug and alcohol addictions...
- exclaim.ca
2012-04-02
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