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JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE "Slippin' & Slidin'" b/w "Louisiana 1927" BS 189 Limited edition 7" Single Release Date: November 25th (Black Friday) Slippin' & Slidin' is the soulful, Memphis-vibe single from Harlem River Blues while the flipside is the Randy Newman song that JTE has slayed them with live. This is a LIMITED EDITION OF 1000 and goes on sale at select retail outlets for Record Store Day's Black Friday promotion. JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE BS 193 CD/LP/DIGITAL Release Date: March/April 2012 JTE's hard at work to the follow up to the staggeringly good Harlem River Blues. Album was recorded completely live at Echo Mountain Studios in Asheville, NC with many of the same players involved as on Harlem River Blues. Amanda Shires joins on fiddle this time though. Skylar Wilson co-produced w/JTE. Tentatively titled Nothing Is Gonna Change The Way You Feel About Me Now. “Like” Bman’s Facebook page. We use Facebook to...

(photo: Erika Goldring) Last night at the 2011 Americana Music Association Awards at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN, Justin Townes Earle won the award for Song of the Year for “Harlem River Blues” from the album of the same title. Released in late 2010, Harlem River Blues was also nominated for Album of the Year at this year’s honors ceremony. In addition to Thursday night’s win and nomination, Earle performed a rousing rendition of the song for the gathered crowd of peers and fans, a performance that can be heard HERE , courtesy of NPR. [Justin’s performance can be found at the 35:35 mark, and his Song of the Year category announcement at 1:01:43.] An edited version of the award show will be aired November 19, 2011 as a special episode of the new season of the highly-acclaimed PBS series Austin City Limits (check local listings for exact local day and time). "ACL PRESENTS: AMERICANA MUSIC FESTIVAL 2011" will reach approximately 98% of American TV households ...

Cool performance of an Old Lightnin Hopkins song. Justin Townes Earle (Born January 4, 1982 in Nashville, Tennessee), son of Steve Earle, stepson of Allison Moorer, and named for songwriter Townes Van Zandt is an AMA winning, Americana musician based in Nashville, Tennessee. Earle is signed to Bloodshot Records and has four released albums from 2007–2010. He currently resides in New York City's East Village. Get Facebook support for your favorite band or venue - click HERE