Summary: <p>Rock, folk, blues, country, everything troubadour Steve Earle says his latest album Terraplane was influenced by Howling Wolf...and ZZ Top. Tell that to the Steve who's snarling like an Exile-era Mick Jagger on the cheekily-titled "Baby Baby Baby (Baby)." Wherever the inspiration comes from, the new album is as authentic a blues outing as you'll find in 2015. Sharing a name with a long-dead automobile, the record sees Earle returning his sonic palette to the scales and growls of the blues: a rich channel for his notoriously acerbic songwriting. Click on the link above at noon to hear Steve Earle play live in the Soundcheck studio, and talk about his new <a href="http://www.citywinery.com/newyork/steveearletownhall121415.html">annual benefit show at Town Hall</a> on 12/14, which features his son Justin Townes Earle, Jackson Browne, and other special guests raising funds and awareness for children diagnosed with autism.</p> <p> </p> <p></p>
