'Wake Up America,' Say Willie Nile and Steve Earle in Rousing Anthem

Forcefully at Ease With Itself – Willie Nile’s New Album “The Great Yellow Light” | Stereo Embers Magazine

In this review-writing gig sometimes – OK, most times – you get what you more or less expected, in other instances something a bit beyond while in others you’re hit with a tinge of disappointment. Then you have the Willie Niles of the world (rare as they are), singular, unabashed, ripping with confidence even as they ride an undercurrent that honestly acknowledges the many forces that outwardly or otherwise make this ride through this mortality …

'Wake Up America,' say Willie Nile and Steve Earle in rousing anthem

Willie Nile has four children and four grandchildren whose future will be greatly impacted by the current state of our country. And…