{"id":3044,"date":"2015-02-26T16:04:53","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T21:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=3044"},"modified":"2015-03-11T14:04:13","modified_gmt":"2015-03-11T18:04:13","slug":"steve-earle-terraplane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/steve-earle-terraplane\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Earle <br>Terraplane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/steve_earle-terraplane.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3045\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/steve_earle-terraplane.jpg\" alt=\"Steve Earle, Terraplane\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/steve_earle-terraplane.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/steve_earle-terraplane-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>If you do anything long enough, no matter how much you love it, the temptation to switch it up has to be an irresistible pull. If you\u2019ve been doing it for nearly 30 years, one would have to imagine that the voice in the back of your head would become a bit more insistent. Such must be the case with Steve Earle. After dabbling in the genre here and there, he finally pulled the trigger and decided to play the blues for his 16th album, <i>Terraplane<\/i> (New West Records).<\/p>\n<p>Country, folk and Americana are the genres most associated with Earle, but he also has rock in his toolkit. Thus making a blues record is only a slight left turn as the roots of rock &amp; roll, namely country and blues, are so closely intertwined. But beyond the itch to try something new, it\u2019s also appropriate that <i>Terraplane<\/i> is a blues record as it comes on the heels of his separation from wife and fellow musician Allison Moore. It may be a cliche, but there\u2019s nothing like a broken heart to give you the blues.<\/p>\n<p>But Earle, backed by his longtime band the Dukes, resists the temptation to go down well-worn paths. <i>Terraplane<\/i> is a mixture of heartbreak songs and dance tunes with a tip of the hat to conventions such as the de rigueur song about deals with the devil. There\u2019s a noticeable lack of the standard 12-bar blues sound. It\u2019s lurking under the surface, particularly in \u201cKing of the Blues,\u201d but Earle and his band are careful to bring a diversity of styles and sounds to the table. There are even a few tracks that arguably skew a touch more country. But such differentiation is nitpicking as Earle\u2019s interest in the roots of music probably lead him to the days before blues forms got so codified. After all, the title of the album was inspired in part by the Robert Johnson song \u201cTerraplane Blues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lyrically the album is surprisingly well-balanced in that it doesn\u2019t solely focus on his breakup. And there are even a few songs that seem to recall happier times. But when Earle does decide to lean into it, he does so with quiet, devastating economy. If all he released was an album full of songs like \u201cBetter Off Alone,\u201d <i>Terraplane<\/i> would be a break-up classic in the vein of Marvin Gaye\u2019s <i>Hear My Dear<\/i>. Yet in the same way that it\u2019s musically varied, the mood changes frequently enough to get the listener out of the bottle and onto the dancefloor. It\u2019s a fairly even split, though it doesn\u2019t feel like two separate records smashed together. <i>Terraplane<\/i> is a record that stems from the heart, but stirs the body, mind, and soul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you do anything long enough, no matter how much you love it, the temptation to switch it up has to be an irresistible pull. 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