Hardcore Troubadour

About Hardcore Troubadour

Two hardcore kids nerding out about Steve Earle and all things country, folk, rock, and Americana. Join Tyler Short (Inclination, Constraint, LDB) and Brian Wallace (Perfect World, Halfacre Gunroom) as they journey through every Steve Earle album, with several twists, turns, and adjacent records along the way. If you like your music with a heavy dose of class consciousness, this is the podcast for you.

Publisher

Tyler Short and Brian Wallace

Category

music

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

15 Nov 2022

Latest episode

1 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

67 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Oct 2026

   High, Low, and In Between

   The NPCs that spawn at large rock festivals. Fred Durst and John Cena: tremendous humans. Oh, and Townes Van Zandt's "High, Low, and In Between," featuring the song he was most proud of. "Heaven ain't bad but you don't get nothin' done."

2. 

   13 Aug 2026

   Tennessee

   Our Lucero correspondent Tom Sheehan is back and we're talking "Tennessee," the phenomenal 2002 record that put the band on the map. It's been a while since we were 19.

3. 

   12 Jun 2026

   Delta Momma Blues

   Tied Down Fest, Knicks in the Finals, and Townes Van Zandt's fourth studio album, recorded in NYC. What more can you ask for? Also, did you know that Jakob Dylan's dad played music too?

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

15 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

15 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 29 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

28

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

77

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