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Times get tough, andcountry music gets tougher.
The new album challenges the current status quo.
21st Century USA cruises through a dying town pointing out the spoils of capitalism impoverished locals cant afford.
Heroin Again laments a spike in intravenous drug use; Babies in Cages decries injustice at the nations border.
The answer never comes.
Isbells earliest exposure as a performer came when the Truckers invited him into the fold on theSouthern Rock Operatour.
Grief and perseverance are the through lines inGhosts of West Virginia, the new album fromSteve Earleand the Dukes.
Like styrofoam or nuclear waste, well persevere one way or another.
Thats the message ofThe Unraveling, ofReunions, ofGhosts of West Virginia, and ofGood Souls Better Angels.
This shit sucks, but it cant suck forever.
