Steve Earle will appear in Cork Opera House on Wednesday 11 November at 8pm with support from Rhett Miller.

Tickets are €41 (booking fee may apply) and are available online at www.corkoperahouse.ie or by phone 021 427 0022.

Earle is a master storyteller, with his songs being recorded by Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Waylon Jennings, Travis Tritt, The Pretenders, Joan Baez and countless others.

He has just released Townes, the highly anticipated follow up to his Grammy Award winning album Washington Square Serenade. The 15-song set is comprised of songs written by Earle’s friend and mentor, the late singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt.

The album was produced by Earle at his home in Greenwich Village, at Sound Emporium and Room and Board in Nashville, TN and The Nest in Hollywood, CA. The track 'Lungs' was produced and mixed by the Dust Brothers’ John King and features Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine/The Nightwatchman/Street Sweeper Social Club on electric guitar. Earle’s wife, the acclaimed singer-songwriter Allison Moorer, is featured on backing vocals on 'Loretta' and 'To Live Is To Fly'. Three songs cut in Nashville, 'White Freightliner Blues', 'Delta Momma Blues', and 'Don’t Take It Too Bad' feature a bluegrass band consisting of Dennis Crouch, Tim O’Brien, Darrel Scott and Shad Cobb.

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