The best albums of 2020 include (clockwise from top left): Bob Dylan, Aesop Rock, Allan Rayman, The Cribs, Beabadoobee, Taemin, Bring Me The Horizon, Greg Puciato, Steve Earle and a collaboration album by Cory Wong and Jon Batiste. Welcome to Part 4 of our super-sized Top 75 albums of…

In the heart of Appalachia, that rich musical territory, lies West Virginia, a place known for beautiful mountains and luckless coal mining ballads. The latest record from Steve Earle and the Dukes ventures into the state’s musical and economic heritage. On Ghosts of West Virginia, Earle explores the hardships of the…

On his newest album, Guy, Steve Earle and his band the Dukes pay tribute to one of his foundational influences, Guy Clark. Earle covers 16 of the country and folk great’s most prominent songs and indirectly reflects upon his intimate relationship with the legendary songwriter. Guy Steve Earle &…

Cheap Trick. Photos: Chloe Catajan and Paige K. Parsons SAN FRANCISCO — The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival brought out the “golden” in Golden Gate Park last weekend. Following a sullen week marked by the massacre at a Las Vegas country music festival and the death of rock icon Tom Petty,…

If there is one thing Steve Earle knows, it’s trouble. The long-time Nashville recording artist taps into his checkered past on this his 21st record, So You Wannabe an Outlaw. Earle has always seemed to be the next big country artist. His songwriting and singing talents got him signed to…