Music

Justin Townes Earle
Kalamazoo Public Library

Monday, August 23, 2010
7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Kalamazoo Public Library
315 S Rose St

The 2009 Americana Music Awards winner for Best New and Emerging Artist, Justin Townes Earle, son of troubadour Steve Earle, hails from Nashville, Tennessee, but moved to lower Manhattan, just like his hero Woody Guthrie, with twang and charm intact. His Midnight at the Movies was named one of the best records of last year by Amazon and received four stars in Rolling Stone. Named one of GQ's most fashionable men of 2010, Earle's appeared on HBO's Treme, A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor, NPR's Morning Edition, World Cafe, and The Grand Ole Opry.

A wide variety of publications have heaped praise on Earle. A sampling:
"Justin Townes Earle's songs have the ring of truth that was once the essence of country music." Wall Street Journal
"He's fully absorbed his genetic and cultural heritage and draws upon both with great skill and dimension...an utterly distinctive voice that takes what's come before and artfully moves it forward with the power of a certain steel-driving man." LA Times
"Between pure talent and a winning stage presence, there's little more acclaim I can throw Justin Townes Earle's way other than to repeat that his was the best performance I've seen in well over a year, hands-down." Minneapolis City Pages

For More Information

Kalamazoo Public Library
315 S Rose Street
Kalamazoo, MI 49007

E-mail: marym@kpl.gov
Phone: 269-553-7878
Fax: 269-553-7999