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The Confederacy built a lasting myth of victory out of defeat. Trump and his followers may, too. By David W. Blight Mr. Blight is a professor of American history, and the author of “Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory” and “American Oracle: The Civil War in the Civil Rights Era.” Jan. 9, 2021 Confederate veterans at a reunion in Washington in 1917.Credit...Harris & Ewing, via Alamy One hundred and fifty years after the emergence of the Confederate Lost Cause ideology, a new Lost Cause invaded the U.S. Capitol with the incitement of the president of the United States. Wa...

The album Steve Earle never wanted to make: a tribute to his son By Ben Sisario Normal text size Advertisement On the evening of August 20, last year, Steve Earle spoke to his son Justin Townes Earle for the last time. Musician Justin Townes Earle died at the age of 38. Credit:Getty In a phone call initiated by Earle’s son, they caught up on family business, and Earle, the country-rock singer-songwriter who struggled with addiction for years, told his son – a lauded musician in his own right – that he would support him if he was ready to begin his own recovery.

Tweet Photo: Shervin Lainez Steve Earle has a lot of experience making tribute records to musicians he’s known, cared for deeply and learned much from. In 2009, he released Townes, in honor of Townes Van Zandt, and in 2019, there was Guy, for Guy Clark. Monday, Earle released a tribute that’s the most devastating of the three: J.T., in memory of his son Justin Townes Earle, who died in August.  J.T. consists of 10 covers plus one new original. The covers are songs Steve Earle chose to represent the best of his son’s catalog, which spans eight albums and one EP. Th...

J ustin Townes Earle won the Song of the Year prize at the 2011 Americana Music Awards for "Harlem River Blues," the title track of his excellent third full-length album and the most upbeat song about suicide you'll ever hear. It's all soaring choirs and pumping organs as the protagonist proclaims, "I know the difference between tempting and choosing my fate." When Earle played the song on David Letterman's talk show (with future star Jason Isbell accompanying on guitar) 10 years ago this month, the rootsy performance elicited an unusually effusive reaction from the host, and seemed to ma...

The not-singing bird With endless silence. —David Olney People say it was a poetic exit. I assure you, NOBODY wants to die onstage — figuratively or literally. On Jan. 18, Americana pioneer, singer-songwriter, recording artist, pre-pandemic streamcaster, actor, and my longtime client and good friend David Olney died of an apparent heart attack midsong. He was center stage between Amy Rigby and Scott Miller at the 30A Songwriter Festival in the Florida panhandle. His last words: “I’m sorry.” His mantra, however, was, “Always be true to the song.” Understanding the covenant betwee...