Coal Country Audiolibro Por Jessica Blank, Erik Jensen, Steve Earle - music arte de portada

Coal Country

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Coal Country

De: Jessica Blank, Erik Jensen, Steve Earle - music
Narrado por: Mary Bacon, Amelia Campbell, Michael Gaston, Ezra Knight, Thomas Kopache, Michael Laurence, Deirdre Madigan, Linda Powell
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Portions of this audiobook contain mature language and themes. Listener discretion is advised.

In 2010, the Upper Big Branch mine explosion in West Virginia killed 29 men and tore a hole in the lives of countless others. Now you can hear the first-person accounts from survivors and family members. In this riveting, emotionally stunning new work, Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen, award-winning writers of The Exonerated, and three-time Grammy Award-winning country/folk legend Steve Earle dig deep into the repercussions of the most deadly mining disaster in recent US history.

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Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen
Steve Earle

About the Creators

Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen are a multihyphenate writing team who The New Yorker calls "among the foremost practitioners of documentary theater in the U.S." Together, they are authors of The Exonerated, a play based on interviews they conducted with over 40 death row exonerees (Lortel, Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, Ovation, Fringe First, Herald Angel Awards). The Exonerated has been translated into Spanish, French, Italian, Farsi, Mandarin, and Japanese and adapted by Jessica and Erik into an award-winning TV movie. Living Justice, Jessica and Erik's book on the making of The Exonerated, was published by Simon and Schuster. Their documentary play Aftermath, based on interviews with Iraqi civilian refugees in Jordan, ran Off Broadway at NYTW, was a New York Times Critics’ Pick, toured internationally for two years and was nominated for two Drama League Awards. Their play* How to be a Rock Critic* (based on the writings of Lester Bangs) was produced at the Kirk Douglas, South Coast Rep, ArtsEmerson, Steppenwolf, and the Public Theater, with Erik starring and Jessica directing. Their most recent documentary play, The Line, based on interviews with NYC medical first responders, was created in the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, immediately after Coal Country’s Public Theater run was interrupted. The Line’s digital run, directed by Jessica, was produced by the Public and seen by nearly 100,000 people in 55 countries. Jessica and Erik also write for television and film; their first feature Almost Home, based on Jessica’s novel of the same name (Hyperion, 2007), was released by Vertical Entertainment in 2019 and their second feature, How to be a Rock Critic (based on their play), is currently in development. Both also act regularly in film and television. They live in Brooklyn with their daughter.

About the Creator

Steve Earle is one of the most acclaimed singer-songwriters of his generation. A protégé of legendary songwriters Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark, he quickly became a master storyteller in his own right, with his songs being recorded by Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Joan Baez, Emmylou Harris, The Pretenders, and countless others. In 1986, his record Guitar Town was released and shot to number one on the country charts. It’s now regarded as a classic of the Americana genre. Subsequent releases, like The Revolution Starts...Now (2004), Washington Square Serenade (2007), and TOWNES (2009), received consecutive Grammy Awards. Restlessly creative across artistic disciplines, Earle has published both a novel (I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive) and a collection of short stories (Doghouse Roses); produced albums for other artists, such as Joan Baez and Lucinda Williams, and acted in films, television (including David Simon’s acclaimed The Wire), and on the stage. He currently hosts a radio show for Sirius XM. In 2009, Earle appeared in the off-Broadway play Samara, for which he also wrote a score that The New York Times described as "exquisitely subliminal." Earle wrote music for and appeared in Coal Country, a riveting public theater play that dives into the most-deadly mining disaster in US history, for which he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. His 2020 album Ghosts of West Virginia was named as one of "The 50 Best Albums of 2020 So Far" by Rolling Stone. Earle was recently (November 2020) inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, and released his 21st studio album, J.T., in 2021 as a tribute to his late son, Justin Townes Earle.

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Felt a bit like a town meeting meets a concert. Based on obviously a coal mine and I hated the story but love the way it was told and presented. It’s awful how greed breaks so many honest folks.

Spectacular rendition.

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God bless these brave, hardworking men and the beautiful State of West Virginia. Thank you for sharing your stories.

West By God...Bless You

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This was a raw and honest retelling of the coal mine tragedy.

Prayers to the family and ridiculous the mine owner got away with literal murder.

Tough listen

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A heartbreaking story of greed and the human cost. Every coal mining executive should listen to this.

Very Powerful Story

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Heartbreaking story told beautifully. With Steve Earle’s beautiful ballads to back it up. Great screenplay. Thank you Audible Studios!

Just Loved This One - Bravo

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This was a theater performance. A multi cast drama with original music. The drama was hard to follow for me, too many people to follow where it was difficult to sort who was who. The music interludes were used too often, and slowed the flow. This would’ve been better as a podcast drama, where we could’ve learned more about what happened. Cast was great, the production was just hard to follow.

Hard to Follow, Podcast would’ve been better

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The review title says it all. Well told. People are human, not machines. So many corporations forget this...

A story that needs to heard...

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I’m a WV native and this is a great retelling of the tragedy that took place here. Poignant, touching, and honest.

WV native approved

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My goodness, we should all be required to listen to this! We are all addicted to electricity, to wealth and pushing forward. It’s not worth it!

Heart wrenching

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very hard way to make a living- coal mine workers should have the red carpet rolled out for what they risk and have lost

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