I just finished listening to "Southeastern", his new album, for the umpteenth time, and like any good album, it sounds better with every listen. Then i found and read an article that i think you'd enjoy if you're a Jason Isbell / Drive-By Truckers fan: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/02/magaz...oaded.html . It seems only a handful of people on BEA have listened to his new album which i think is a shame -- it's a very poetic album emerging from a dark place. _________________ fav artists NOW | ALL-TIME favs | i listen 2 more music than u so u don't have 2!
Isbell is one of my favorites. First saw & heard him with the Truckers, and I've loved all of his solo work. And I play his song "Danko/Manuel" at pretty much every show I do.
Isbell is what every country songwriter should aspire to be. And I agree...he should be more widely appreciated here on BEA.
Thanks for that article, paladisiac. Very nice! _________________ May we all get to heaven
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He was just recently featured on a PBS special titled "Nashville 2.0 : Rise of Americana" He and is wife, Amanda Shires, played "Cover Me Up." Amanda also has an album out this year that I think is pretty good. It's called "Down Fell the Doves."
Anyway, It's a decent show if you can catch it. Isbell is pretty much the bees knees. _________________
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You're chart is sooooooooo american. It's like a diner in here.
I love Isbell, so I liked Southeastern right away. But the more I listen to it, the more I like it. For example, I somehow missed that "Yvette" is about killing an abusive father until a couple days ago. I was listening to it in bed, so I could really listen to the lyrics. "Did he just say 'I sight in my scope?'" Rewind. Listen again. "Damn."
Isbell is such an amazing storyteller. It's definitely my favorite album of the year.
He truly is a remarkable songwriter, one who uses all the tools of music to tell a great story and create a fully realized world within all his songs. I guess his music may not seem cutting-edge or ironic enough to move beyond fans of this particular style of music, but his music should never be taken at face value. It's all about what he says underneath, rather than what he packages.
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