Live At The Lyric presents: Justin Townes Earle with Tift Merritt
Venue: Lyric Theatre, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Time: 8:00 - 10:00 PM
Event Types: Music
Cost:
Gold Level: $27.00 Silver Level: $22.00 Student Tickets: $15.00

Description:
Live At the Lyric presents:Justin Townes Earle with Tift Merritt on Wednesday, November 14th. The concert begins at 8 pm.

On a rainy Nashville Thursday last October, Justin Townes Earle leapt onstage at the famed Ryman Auditorium to accept the 2011 Americana Music Award for Song of the Year. The triumphant evening capped a turbulent twelve months for the gifted young musician categorized by significant hardship as well as notable achievement including debut performances at New York’s Carnegie Hall and on The Late Show with David Letterman.

Just one week later, Earle retreated to the western mountains of North Carolina to record his next album, Nothing’s Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now - an intriguing title given the importance of change in Earle’s approach to art. “I think it’s the job of the artist to be in transition and constantly learning more,” he says. “The new record is completely different than my last one, Harlem River Blues. This time I’ve gone in a Memphis-soul direction.”

Those who’ve followed Earle’s growth since releasing his debut EP Yuma in 2007 won’t be surprised he’s shooting off in another direction. For an artist whose list of influences runs the gamut from Randy Newman to Woody Guthrie, Chet Baker to the Replacements, and Phil Ochs to Bruce Springsteen, categories are useless.

“Great songs are great songs,” Earle says. “If you listen to a lot of soul music, especially the Stax Records stuff, the chord progressions are just like country music. And just like country music, soul music began in the church, so it has its roots in the same place.”

For more information, visit: http://www.justintownesearle.com/

Tickets are $27 for Gold Level seats and $22 for Silver level seats. There are also a limited number of student tickets available at the Box Office for $15. Only one student ticket per ID.

To purchase tickets online, visit: http://public.ticketbiscuit.com/Lyric/Ticketing/138047

There will also be a cash bar available.

For more information on The Lyric, visit: http://www.thelyric.com/live/ or call: 540-951-4771.

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