Steve Earle: I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive – review

(New West)Earle is a country-rock renaissance man these days, with bit parts in HBO series and a new novel on the way. But there's little evidence here of a waning commitment to the day job. A fiery indignation still underpins that sandpaper rasp of a voice: "Little Emperor" bids a snappy (if belated) bluegrass adieu to Bush Jr; "The Gulf of Mexico" blends celtic folk and down-home stylings to address the BP oil spill. Earle's populist touch sometimes takes him into mawkish territory, and his ju...

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