Score: 3/5 stars 
Steve Earle and The Dukes’ new album “Terraplane” dives into a style of music almost forgotten in today’s mainstream music industry — classic blues.
It’s clear the album wasn’t necessarily made to top the charts or gain any significant media attention, but rather to have fun creating music that take listeners to a different time in history when banjos and harmonicas ruled the proverbial musical playground.
The album’s first song “Baby Baby Baby (Baby)” immediately establishes the tempo for how the rest of the album will be and introduces listeners to the classic blues style he will be using. It is not only refreshing to hear an artist use basic blues elements but it is also nice to know there is an artist willing to produce music they wholeheartedly believe in.
Though Earle is not a household name to many young people today, he has a habit of showing up in random places without anyone really knowing. For instance, his song “Galway Girl” was basically the theme song of the popular romance movie “P.S. I Love You.”
“The Tennessee Kid,” the third song on the album, uses a spoken word style similar to “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” by The Charlie Daniels Band. In fact, the song share a resemblance to the classic song in that it follows the story of someone challenging the Devil.
Earle and The Dukes have a interesting way of transitioning into almost different genres of music rather quickly from song to song. For instance, the album’s fourth and fifth songs are completely different, one using twangy, country elements, and the next using tremolo echo effects and a more alternative rock guitar solo.
Though this makes for an interesting and compelling listening experience, there is a slight lack of consistency and organization with the album. The band could have done a better job arranging the tracks. 
Of course no Steve Earle album would be complete without a banjo accompaniment. Here, it’s found in the song “Acquainted With The Wind.”
Earle and The Dukes ends the album with the song “King of the Blues,” and it’s difficult to contest the claim. Utilizing one of the most traditional blues drum sequence and chord progression, The Dukes and Earle present an honest and soulful blues track for the books.