“Earle has moved between evocative portraits of place set in knotty emotional frames, prickly confessions of destructive patterns, and melancholic eloquence in
the wake of short-lived love affairs.” NPR
“Justin’s songcraft is fast maturing and this is a concise exercise in laying emotions bare” – The Sun UK
“Whatever category you might inhabit, Justin Townes Earle has something here you need to hear.” – American Songwriter
Following a successful run of headlining tour dates in the U.S. and the success of his critically-acclaimed-fifth-
On his most recent tour of South Carolina, Justin stopped at the Garden & Gun offices to record three songs for one of their Back Porch Sessions. Watch the session below:
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Comprised of 10 tracks, upcoming new album Absent Fathers was recorded alongside Single Mothers as a double album, but as Justin began to sequence it, he felt each half needed to make its own statement and they took on their own identities.
Single Mothers was released on September 9, 2014 via Vagrant Records and, combined with Absent Fathers, the double album perfectly showcases exactly why Justin Townes Earle is considered a forefather of Contemporary Americana. Hailed as an album that’s “showing the world that alt-country can be pretty dope,”(Noisey/Vice), Single Mothers has had great radio success, peaking at #2 on Americana radio charts, #18 on Non-Comm. Single Mothers has been hailed byRolling Stone, Paste, American Songwriter, and Magnet Magazine as one of the best albums of 2014.
Absent Fathers Track List
1. Farther From Me
2. Why
3. Least I Got The Blues
4. Call Ya Momma
5. Day and Night
6. Round The Bend
7. When The One You Love Loses Faith
8. Slow Monday
9. Someone Will Pay
10. Looking For A Place To Land
Justin Townes Earle On Tour:
12/31 Telluride, CO @ Club Red At Telluride Conference Center
01/09 Boulder, CO @ eTown Hall
02/16 Tampa, FL @ Crowbar
02/17 Orlando, FL @ Phillips Center
02/19 Murrells Inlet, SC @ Dead Dog Saloon
02/20 Columbia, SC @ Music Farm
02/21 Athens, GA @ Georgia Theatre
02/22 Wilmington, NC @ Ziggy’s by the Sea
02/24 Huntington, WV @ V Club
02/25 Richmond, VA @ Camp Concert Hall at Modlin Center For The Arts
02/26 Arden, DE @ Arden Gild Hall
02/27 York, PA @ Cap Live at the Strand Capitol Performing Arts Center
02/28 Annapolis, MD @ Rams Head Tavern
03/02 Sellersville, PA @ Sellersville Theater
03/03 Wilkes-Barre, PA @ Kirby Center Lobby Series
03/04 Albany, NY @ Hart Theatre at The Egg Performing Arts Center
03/05 Norfolk, CT @ Infinity Hall Norfolk
03/06 Rockport, MA @ Shalin Liu Performing Arts Center
03/07 Portland, ME @ One Longfellow Square
03/09 Kent, OH @ Kent Stage
03/10 Cincinatti, OH @ Southgate House Revival
03/11 Bloomington, IL @ Castle Theatre
03/13 Iowa City, IA @ Englert Theatre
03/14 St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway