Steve Earle

The Salon Interview: Steve Earle
The radical country rocker and composer of "John Walker's Blues" blasts the war on Iraq, denounces the death penalty and explains why ex-druggies believe in God.
Real Life Rock Top 10
A cool cowpoke gets political
Steve Earle, a new disc under his belt, talks about his tumultuous career -- a hair-raising ride that has included many wives, an ugly romance with heroin, and watching a man die.
From MTV to the Taliban
Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith are writing songs about terrorists and the Taliban. So why is country maverick Steve Earle getting all the heat?
"Doghouse Roses" by Steve Earle
An acclaimed country music songwriter makes his fiction debut in a collection of stories straight from the bar at the Tip Top Lounge.
Music 2000
Call it the year of the dogs: Woof-woof. Still, there were 25 records worth listening to again and again.
Sharps and Flats
Sheryl Crow, Steve Earle, Ani DiFranco and others rework '60s classics for "Steal This Movie." But does Bob Dylan need updating?
Sharps & Flats
Living literary character (and rocker) Steve Earle plays a noisy show in New York for -- who else? -- a bunch of literary types.
Sharps & Flats
Steve Earle, once dubbed the "hillbilly Springsteen," learns that back roads "never carry you where you want 'em to."
The book on film
Director Martin Scorsese presents a new series of books about film, starring James Agee, Vachel Lindsay, David Selznick and "2001."
Lucinda Williams
With her gorgeously "flawed" voice, the genre-bending singer has exquisitely mapped out the South -- as well as her own heart.
"Boy, you sing like your granddaddy"
Hank Williams III pays a debt to Nashville -- and looks toward Texas for real country music.
Till death do us part
On the road with Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris and the Indigo Girls.
Road warrior
David Bowman talks to Lucinda Williams about her new album 'Car Wheels on a Gravel Road'
The Mavericks
"The Horse Whisperer" Soundtrack
Sharps and Flats: Cheri Knight

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