Ghosts of West Virginia

AlbumMay 22 / 202010 songs, 29m 50s
Americana
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Review: Steve Earle and the Dukes' 'Ghosts of West Virginia'

Steve Earle is a songwriter with a gift for telling stories with his lyrics, and he's also a leftist populist who likes to sing of the lives and challenges of working people and how they often struggle against an economic system not meant to favor them.

8 / 10

Steve Earle will leave you shaking in your boots as you listen to "It's About Blood."  Thankfully, you aren't the subject of the American...

Earle commemorates a fatal explosion 10 years ago – and reaches out to the blue-collar communities affected

8 / 10

'On Ghosts of West Virginia', Steve Earle chronicles the lives, hopes, dreams, and regrets of families who've lived for generations in coal country.

70 %

Steve Earle digs deep for an album of pitch-perfect Americana. Album review by Liz Thomson

8 / 10