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PopMatters
A cult music figure like Earle always has inspirations, and for most of his life the self-destructively gifted poet-singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt was the inspiration. Twelve years after Van Zandt’s unexpected death at the age of 52, Earle has made an important tribute album to his friend.
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8.0
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8.0 |
Spin
He does his idol justice on this vibrant covers set.
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8.0
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Independent on Sunday
Often faithful, sometimes bluegrass, mostly blue glory.
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7.0
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7.0 |
Uncut
Rather than trying to mimic his mentor, he instead teases out and magnifies Van Zandt’s own musical influences.
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7.0
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Rolling Stone
Earle knows these songs intimately — some of the greatest in the folk-country canon — and delivers them with the ease of breathing, mostly unadorned.
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Scotsman
Van Zandt's songs are part of Earle's musical DNA
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6.0
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The Sunday Times
Van Zandt isn’t consistently in the same league as Dylan, but his very best songs — Pancho and Lefty, Lungs, (Quicksilver Dreams of) Maria, all included here — live up to that exalted comparison
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5.3
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Pitchfork
There are nods toward certain styles and genres, but they come from the originals more often than from Earle himself, which makes the album sound overall a little too timid.
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