This highly anticipated new album from Grammy award-winning country star Earle is his first album of original material since 2007. While lyrically, it’s not the most cheerful record you’ll ever hear, Earle’s songwriting continues to impress and there are some beautiful tracks here. Production is handled by the equally legendary T Bone Burnett. It also features ‘This Town’, which he wrote for David Simon’s fantastic HBO series Treme. And keep an eye out for Earle’s debut novel.

Melissa Whebell is from Readings Hawthorn.