The American songwriter returns to Ireland to play on November 11

Legendary singer-songwriter Steve Earle talks about his foray into literature, the impact of ‘Galway Girl’ and his spell behind bars.

Two legendary musicians work together and make one half-decent album

Alabama 3 and Liam O Maonlai are also on the bill.

It was a night of songs about drugs, guns, murder and love, rendered on acoustic, national steel guitar, decks, mandolin, and “the kind of banjo that...

Veteran American songwriter Steve Earle will be playing here in January.

American singer-songwriter Steve Earle is to play Dublin's Vicar Street in early 2008.

Washington Square Serenade is another substantial chapter in what looks like becoming an epic songbook.

Steve Earle is known for his passionate political views. But never mind standing firm in the face of conservative America. The hardest thing he ever did was...

Dundalk’s Spirit Store is one of the leading folk venues in the country. On evidence of its inaugural night, The Tall Poppy Club sees looks set to be the...

Watching Steve Earle and The Dukes is like rooting for a nag you know has a shot at the cup if it would only get the lead out. I’ve seen this lot a few...

Veteran agitprop folk-rocker Steve Earle talks to Peter Murphy about kicking against George Dubya, jamming in Galway and revamping Shakespeare for the 21st...

Earle commands protest chops that go back to Guthrie, but he also has the smarts to examine the allure of war, both as boys’ own glamour and last-ditch...

If this is what a couple of years in the slammer does for you, I'd go behind bars myself. The Mountain makes it three in a row for Steve Earle.

The Magnetic Fields' Stephin (sic) Merritt was of course simply havin' a larf when he wrote those lines but he put his finger on something here all the same.