Since uprooting from Nashville to Manhattan’s East Village last year, Justin Townes Earle has been the local-boy-done-good several times over. He won “Best Emerging Artist” at the Americana Music Awards, GQ named him a fashion icon of ’09, Esquire recommended his tune “Mama’s Eyes” as one of 50 songs every man should be listening to, he rocked a frenzied mob of faces just 150 yards away from David Byrne at Bonnaroo, and his latest, Midnight at the Movies, has not only gotten rave reviews from Rolling Stone, Paste, Wall Street Journal and Mojo amongst others, it’s also in consideration for three Grammy awards, including “Americana Album of the Year,” where he’ll be pitted against his old man’s newest, Townes — a tribute to Townes Van Sant, the man after whom Earle the Junior was named. Tonight, Earle makes an overdue hometown appearance alongside Dawn Landes and the Hounds and local indie-alt darling Caitlin Rose.
Wed., Jan. 27, 8 p.m., 2010
Wed., Jan. 27, 8 p.m., 2010
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