Steve Earle

Levon Helm (1940-2012): A Thank You Note for the Great Music -- And the Example

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 04.19.2012

Jesse Kornbluth

The custodian of The Band's music was Levon Helm. It could be no other way. The drummer is the literal heartbeat of a band. Levon was that, and more.

CRIME PLAYLIST: Musicians Who Did Hard Time

Posted 04.12.2012

You've been charged with good taste in music. The only way to avoid hard time is to listen to this playlist. Jokes aside, between David Crosby's ni...

WATCH: Tribute Concert Planned For Late Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Founder

Aaron Sankin | Posted 02.16.2012

Warren Hellman devoted the first half of his life to finance--becoming the youngest partner ever at Lehman Brothers before staking off on his own at t...

Steve Earle: Still Singing, and Acting, Against the Death Penalty

Greg Mitchell | Posted 11.29.2011

Greg Mitchell

It was hardly a surprise that my favorite songwriter/actor/novelist Steve Earle got involved in activism surrounding the execution of Troy Davis by the state of Georgia last week.

Shannon McNally Celebrates Her Spirit of Independence Days

Michael Bialas | Posted 09.18.2011

Michael Bialas

Shannon McNally could be like one of those characters in Treme, the critically acclaimed HBO series about New Orleans musicians surviving in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. She already knows the part by heart.

Steve Earle: America's Hardcore Troubadour

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 09.11.2011

Karen Dalton-Beninato

Steve Earle played "This City" for a New Orleans audience last night, telling us a song is done when you play it for the people you wrote it for. "Now...

Steve Earle, Allison Moorer, Sarah McLachlan Go to Telluride Bluegrass Heaven (Day 1)

Michael Bialas | Posted 08.20.2011

Michael Bialas

"The first time I played here, which was about 15 years ago I guess, I looked up during the set and saw the waterfall and forgot the entire second verse of the song I was playing."

Return To Return To Forever: Chatting With Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke, Plus John Common and Author Dr. Tony Youn

Mike Ragogna | Posted 08.09.2011

Mike Ragogna

Chick Corea's new album, Forever, is a two-disc set, with the first disc being acoustic, and the second disc with a full band and guests. For the first disc, I asked him if it was a return to Return To Forever.

Snobs in Hippieville: Our Guide to the 38th Telluride Bluegrass Festival

Angora Holly Polo | Posted 08.03.2011

Angora Holly Polo

Music festivals are much like the Boy Scouts in that it's very important to be prepared. Here's how we have prepared ourselves for the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, June 16th-19th.

Fishin' in the Dark: Chattin' With The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's Jeff Hanna

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.27.2011

Mike Ragogna

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On Our Radar: Best Books Just Out Or Coming Soon We Thought You Should Know About

Posted 07.26.2011

Here's what's on our radar this week--everything from great summer reads to important human rights issues that we thought you'd want to know about. It...

LA Weekend Agenda: Silverlake Jubilee, Les Nubians, Venice Art Walk

| Katherine Spiers | Posted 07.19.2011

This weekend, you will dance. We don't care that it's "cold" outside and you don't feel like it. With great music from the 323 to the 310, you have no...

Treme & Beyond: Conversations with Steve Earle, The Belle Brigade and Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion

Mike Ragogna | Posted 06.18.2011

Mike Ragogna

Steve Earle spoke to me from Liuzza's in New Orleans, where he had just ordered a Po Boy, and where he is currently filming the second season of HBO's Treme.

Allison Moorer HuffPo Interview: Awaiting John Henry Earle

Michael Bialas | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Bialas

Singer-songwriter Allison Moorer talks about her new album,Crows, the impending birth of her first child and the state of country music.

Our Historic Stand Against the Bank Cabal's Coalition of Darkness

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

Richard (RJ) Eskow

Perspective's hard to come by in the heat of the moment, but it's already clear that this week's election is profoundly important. The forces of smal...

Still the One? Rep. John "Orleans" Hall Now Trails in Re-Election Bid

Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

Greg Mitchell

I have a rather unusual history with Hall, going back about 35 years. Because of that, I was probably the first to write about Hall for a national news outlet long before his first campaign took off in 2006.

Shelby Lynne Goes Her Own Way in Search of Truth, Lone Justice

Michael Bialas | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Bialas

After years of wrangling with record company executives, the soulful singer-songwriter with the smooth pipes and bricklayer mentality is a solo artist in every sense of the word.

HuffPost Reviews: Slash, Madonna, David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, Plus A Conversation with Matt Hires, and More

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Mike Ragogna

Slash's first solo album shows continuity and expert songwriting despite all of the musical influences involved. But despite its being a solid release, the old school rock 'n' roll can sometimes get a little too reliable.

HuffPost Video Debut: Angelique Kidjo with Fela!, Plus Los Lobos, Daryl Hall & John Oates, and A Conversation With Darrell Scott

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Mike Ragogna

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With Love To Seamus, Lucinda, and Leonard: A Conversation With Matthew Ryan

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Mike Ragogna

He has been compared to Bruce Springsteen and Tom Waits, yet the very prolific singer-songwriter Matthew Ryan has eluded pop stardom.

"Brothers In Arms": One Son's War & Peace Playlist as We Prepare to Enter "The Pacific"

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

David Wild

To put myself in the proper mindset to enter The Pacific, I've come up with a playlist of great songs that speak powerfully to war and peace from a variety of perspectives and eras.

Could Peter Wolf -- Yeah, the Singer From J. Geils -- Have Made a Contender for Best CD of the Year?

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.25.2011

Jesse Kornbluth

Wolf co-authored 12 of the 14 songs, but you'd swear none of them is new -- though original, the music has the authority of classic R&B, old-time country, Philly soul, Mississippi cotton-picker blues and more.

Justin Townes Earle, Joe Pug Aren't Just Folking Around

Michael Bialas | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Bialas

Over a span of three hours on February 19, Justwin Townes Earle and Joe Pug were shining examples of how far-reaching revisionist folk can be. Earl scored in front of a crowd that turned rowdy during his 90-minute exploration of hillbilly mamas, old-fashioned honky-tonks and an older but wiser redhead from Georgia who

Justin Townes Earle: Steve's Son? Yes, Just as Talented, but Not Political and Much More Fun

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.25.2011

Jesse Kornbluth

Steve Earle left his wife when Justin was two or three years old, but just as he towers over most of the musicians in Nashville, he was a looming presence in his son's life.

Now Hear This: Allison Moorer Prepares for Special Deliveries

Michael Bialas | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Bialas

Close to delivering her eighth record and first child (in that order), Allison Moorer seems far removed from her previous life as a Country It Girl. I...