Congrats to Steve Earle for being nominated for an Emmy for his song "This City" from the HBO series Treme. He also announced a bunch of tour dates.
From a recent announcement:
July
8th, 2010 -- New York, NY -- Steve Earle was
honored this morning by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences with an
Emmy Award Nomination for his song, “This City” in the Outstanding Original
Music and Lyrics Category. The new song closed the season finale of HBO’s
critically acclaimed series Treme. Produced by T Bone Burnett and
featuring arrangements by Allen Toussaint, “This City” was written specifically
for the series. From David Simon (creator of The Wire) and Eric Overmyer
(writer/producer of Law & Order), Treme begins in the fall of
2005, three months after Hurricane Katrina’s devastation on the city of New
Orleans. The series title refers to one of New Orleans’ oldest neighborhoods
and a historically important source of music and culture. The 62nd
Primetime Emmy Awards telecast, which will be hosted by Jimmy Fallon, will air
on August 29th on NBC. This is Steve Earle’s first Emmy Award
Nomination.
As he appeared
in the critically acclaimed David Simon series, The Wire, Steve Earle
played a recurring character, Harley, a street musician, in three episodes of
Treme. When speaking about the brand new song, Steve Earle stated,
“David Simon came on the set one day and asked me to write a song that my
character would have written in ‘05. The next morning I woke up and wrote
it.”
Steve Earle has
also announced summer tour dates with Electric Hot Tuna in addition to multiple
nights, which begin this evening, in his adoptive hometown of New York City at
the City Winery. Each night will feature his wife, critically acclaimed singer
songwriter Allison Moorer and special guests. Among those announced are
Roseanne Cash, The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Greg Trooper, and Steve Earle’s
son, the critically acclaimed singer songwriter, Justin Townes Earle.
Steve Earle
Summer Tour Dates:
July
8th - New York, NY City Winery (Steve Earle, Allison Moorer and
Roseanne Cash)
July
15th - New York, NY City Winery (Steve Earle, Allison Moorer and
Justin Earle)
July
17th - Westbury, NY North Fork Theatre w/ Electric Hot
Tuna
July
18th - Asbury Park, NJ Stone Pony Summerstage w/ Electric Hot
Tuna
July
20th - Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live w/ Electric Hot
Tuna
July
21st - York, PA The Strand Capital Performing Arts Center w/ Electric
Hot Tuna
July
23rd - New Haven, CT Shubert Performing Arts Center w/ Electric Hot
Tuna
July
24th - Purchase, NY SUNY Purchase Performing Arts Center w/ Electric
Hot Tuna
July
25th - Portsmouth, NH New Hampshire Prescott Art Festival
July
28th - Rochester, NY Water Street Music Hall w/ Electric Hot
Tuna
July
29th - New York, NY The City Winery (Steve Earle, Allison Moorer and
Preservation Hall Jazz Band)
July
30th - Albany, NY The Egg with Electric Hot
Tuna
July
31st - Boston, MA House of Blues with Electric Hot
Tuna
August
5th - New York, NY The City Winery (Steve Earle, Allison Moorer, Greg
Trooper)
August
7th - Oneonta, NY Oneonta Theatre
August
15th - Los Angeles, CA The Greek Theatre w/ Levon Helm
September
4th - Stradbally, Ireland Electric Picnic
Festival
September
5th - Cambridge, UK Cambridge Corn Exchange
September
7th - Cardiff, UK Saint David’s Hall
September
8th - Dunfermline, UK Alhambra Theatre
September
9th - Shetland Islands, Clickmin Leisure Centre
For More
Information, please visit: www.steveearle.com
For photos and
bio visit: http://press.newwestrecords.com/SteveEarle/index.html