I'll Never Get out of This World Alive

The beloved singer-songwriter continues to give voice to the disenfranchised and show empathy for anyone and everyone.

Steve Earle’s last disc of original material, 2007’s Dust Brothers-produced Washington Square Serenade, found the rootsy stalwart dabbling successfully with novelties like sampled beats and loops. But on his new album, I’ll Never Get Out Of This World Alive, the singer-songwriter ropes in Americana maestro T-Bone…

Steve Earle has never been one to pull his punches. In both his spectacularly troubled personal life and his rough and…

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According to Steve Earle's liner notes for I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive, these 11 songs are all "about mortality in one way or another."

Acting roles have not dampened the ardour of country-rock star Steve Earle, writes <strong>Ally Carnwath</strong>

Steve Earle has worked hard to perfect his image as one of Nashville’s true outsiders.

Country singer Earle comes up trumps again with his Grammy nominated I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive.

This is Earle's first collection of new material since 2007's Washington Square Serenade, since when he has made a disappointing tribute album to Townes van Zandt, taken a role as a street musician in HBO's New Orleans series Treme, and written a novel, also called I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive. Signs are he may be spreading himself too thin, because this new disc is best described as patchy, and is unlikely to end up as anybody's favourite-ever Earle album.