Steve Earle
Wrote 'Guitar Town' and never apologized.
Steve Earle came up in the Texas songwriter scene and never bothered to file off the rough edges. 'Guitar Town' (1986) was the record Nashville didn't know it needed. He survived everything you can survive and kept writing. He is the bridge between Guy Clark and everything that's good about modern Americana.
- Guy Clark
- Townes Van Zandt
- Bruce Springsteen
- Townes Van Zandt
- Lucinda Williams
Steve Earle on tape
Late-night listening. Hit play and let it run.
Landmark records
Pull the thread
USA · 1944 — 1997
Townes Van Zandt
The patron saint of the kitchen-table songwriters.
USA · 1953 — present
Lucinda Williams
Louisiana made audible.
USA · 1978 — present
Sturgill Simpson
Walked into Nashville with a haircut and an attitude.
USA · 1991 — present
Tyler Childers
Appalachia, unfiltered and unembarrassed.
USA · 1988 — present
Sierra Ferrell
Sings like she found the songs in a creek bed.
USA · 1984 — present
Charley Crockett
Keeps the bones, throws out the gristle.
USA · 1979 — present
Jason Isbell
Wrote 'Southeastern' and meant it.
USA · 1983 — present
Margo Price
Outlaw country with a working-class spine.