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Album Review: Justin Townes Earle - Single Mothers

Steve Bell

The mellow collection drips with his trademark empathy and resignation, and furthers his slight fixation on parenting issues

Justin Townes Earle Profile

Justin Townes Earle keeps blossoming artistically, his fifth long-player continuing his rapid ascent. The mellow collection drips with his trademark empathy and resignation, and furthers his slight fixation on parenting issues (Single Mothers, Picture In A Drawer).

Recorded live with his band, the gorgeous pedal steel of Paul Niehaus (Lambchop, Calexico) and deft drumming of Matt Pence (Centro-Matic) add beautiful texture to tracks like White Gardenias and Today And A Lonely Night. No longer just his father’s son, Earle now casts a substantial shadow himself over the fertile Americana landscape.