The musical path Jason Isbell has taken isn’t recommended. At the age of 22 he joined the Drive-By Truckers, ending up addicted to alcohol and coke, eventually being asked by the rest of the band to leave. Sober for over…
Jason Isbell is an honest man, and his new album with the 400 Unit, Weathervanes, offers an unflinching look at the modern world with a sense of honesty one rarely sees. And like any honest man, he views himself and…
Inspiration for albums can come when you least expect them and for Jason Isbell, sitting at home on Election Day 2020, this is no exception. “Georgia Blue is a labor of love,” Isbell said. “On election day 2020, when I…
“Thought I was alone in the world, until my memories gathered round me in the night” Jason Isbell sings on ‘What I’ve Done to Help’, the opening track to Reunions. The rolling chorus repeated like a mantra towards the end,…
“I just got back from the gym,” Mike Cooley says with a laugh as he answers his phone. “I’m trying to get in shape because when we go out and do this, we might have to run if they try…
Perhaps we should apologise for today’s Song of the Day. Or at least provide a warning. This one can blindside you. ‘Elephant’ might be one of the saddest songs you ever hear. It might also be one you can’t quite…
I’ll admit, I was late to the party with Jason Isbell. Since he departed the Drive-By Truckers in 2006, and went sober 7 years after, he’s led a widely successful solo career, but I didn’t come across him until his…
The Drive-By Truckers’ 10th studio album captures the sound of a group rediscovering the fun in making music. Because the three years since the release of Go-Go Boots have largely been anything but for Patterson Hood and his once merry…
Shonna Tucker & Eye Candy – A Tell All Jason Isbell’s Southeastern is one of the great undersung albums of 2013 – just ask Bruce Springsteen. Now his ex-wife Shonna Tucker is the next to try her hand at a…