The 2021 Newport Folk Festival (technically titled “Folk On”) is, for obvious reasons, much different than past installments: Coming off a year of mass tragedy and societal reckoning, this year’s event, ongoing through July 28th, features double the amount of days — six instead of three — reduced capacity, and …
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Jason Isbell covered Van Morrison‘s “Into the Mystic” in the latest segment of Amanda Shires‘ I So Lounginglivestream series, but not before addressing the recent controversy surrounding the musician. “There was a time in the past when our dear Van Morrison had such beautiful music, such beautiful songs, that everyone …
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Amanda Shires has been hosting the livestream series Iso Lounging, often with her husband, Jason Isbell, from their home outside Nashville during quarantine. (Having a stained-glass backdrop at your disposal is pretty convenient if you’re a musician who wants to stage cool-looking shows in lockdown.) This past weekend, the couple …
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Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit will play a string of West Coast and Texas shows next summer with Lucinda Williams opening. The 2021 dates with special guest Williams, who released her latest album Good Souls Better Angels in April, begin July 19th in Vancouver and include stops in Seattle, …
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Todd Snider has released a new song from his upcoming acoustic LP, Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3. Titled “Like a Force of Nature,” the track features Jason Isbell and was originally written for his rootsy jam band Hard Working Americans. As with “Just Like Overnight,” the previous song to be …
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It’s a rainy November evening in Nashville and Josh Ritter and Jason Isbell are huddled in front of the console at Sound Emporium Studios, an historic space located in an otherwise nondescript building in the city’s Belmont neighborhood. It’s the last recording session for Ritter’s new album, which Isbell is …
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