{"id":1719,"date":"2011-03-17T21:29:45","date_gmt":"2011-03-18T04:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=1719"},"modified":"2011-03-17T21:29:45","modified_gmt":"2011-03-18T04:29:45","slug":"justin-townes-earle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2011\/03\/justin-townes-earle\/","title":{"rendered":"JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/JUSTIN-TOWNES-EARLE-M-Review-November2010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1720\" title=\"JUSTIN-TOWNES-EARLE-M-Review-November2010\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/JUSTIN-TOWNES-EARLE-M-Review-November2010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/JUSTIN-TOWNES-EARLE-M-Review-November2010.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/JUSTIN-TOWNES-EARLE-M-Review-November2010-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>J<\/strong><strong>USTIN TOWNES EARLE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Harlem River Blues<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong>[Bloodshot]<\/p>\n<p>As evidenced by what is certainly his best album to date, Justin Townes Earle has put the brakes on his attitude and opted for a more traditional stance. Unabashedly emotional, these retro-minded songs could sub for old-school standards, each drawing on archetypal Americana styles ranging from bluegrass and classic country to blues, folk and gospel. They\u2019re etched with bold strokes, mining a sound that recalls Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and, yes, Justin\u2019s dad Steve Earle as well. <em>Harlem River Blues<\/em> is autobiographical to an extent, with evocative offerings like the title cut, \u201cOne More Night in Brooklyn,\u201d \u201cWorking for the MTA\u201d and \u201cRogers Park\u201d clearly documenting Earle\u2019s move from Nashville to New York. He\u2019s at his most convincing on the rollicking title track, the foot-stomping hoe-down \u201cWanderin\u2019\u201d and the overtly yearning \u201cChristchurch Woman.\u201d But at all times, <em>River<\/em> rolls along smoothly. \u2013LZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE Harlem River Blues [Bloodshot] As evidenced by what is certainly his best album to date, Justin Townes Earle has put the brakes on his attitude and opted for a more traditional stance. Unabashedly emotional, these retro-minded songs could sub for old-school standards, each drawing on archetypal Americana styles ranging from bluegrass and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[196,1243,1242,1241,1175],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1719"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1719"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1721,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1719\/revisions\/1721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}