Steve Earle & the Dukes' 'Ghosts of West Virginia' Offers a Powerful Image of American Tragedy

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Steve Earle & the Dukes’ ‘Ghosts of West Virginia’ offers a powerful image of American tragedy. Read our review

has released an album every two or so years since getting sober in the mid-Nineties. That’s inevitably led to a mixed bag of results, from the inspired to the less compelling , is likely the most tightly focused and thematically driven collection of the songwriter’s career.

Earle handles the material with sensitivity and emotional dexterity, alternating between heartfelt mourning, righteous anger, and pious pride. On “Union God and Country,” he manages to weave the history of leftist Appalachian labor in a simple two-and-a-half-minute first-person narrative.is that he wanted to try to bridge a political divide in making an album that spoke to people who vote differently than he does. If anything, Earle serves here as a trusted travel guide, offering a nuanced portrayal of a time and place that likely feels a world away for the majority of his listeners.

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“A record that spoke to and for some people that maybe don’t vote the same way I do. But I think it’s time to start trying to figure out what we’ve got in common rather than how we’re different with people around different parts of the country.” SteveEarle GhostsOfWestVirginia

holdengraber He does this one 'by a New Jersey hillbilly' very well.

Steve Earle & The Dukes “I Ain’t Ever Satisfied” (Waylon Jennings cameo)

Steve Earle is a national treasure

Shoutout to the good people of West Virginia

“Copperhead Road” is one of my favorites. 😎👍

I love his music

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