Jason Isbell has announced the forthcoming studio album Foxes in the Snow. The record will be Isbell’s first solo acoustic collection, recorded over a five-day period at Electric Lady Studios in New York last October. It is also the first Isbell studio album to not feature any members of his …
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Jason Isbell announced a slate of solo shows heading into 2025. The “Cover Me Up” singer will begin his solo run in Chicago on Feb. 15, followed by performances in cities including New York and Los Angeles. The tour wraps in Atlanta on March 29. The musician will also perform …
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Sex is good. Reproductive rights for everyone? Even better. On Tuesday, Noise for Now revealed the track list for Tift Merritt’s album initiative Songs for Sex, featuring Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Andrew Bird, and several other stars to support sexual and reproductive rights. Among the artists featured on …
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Jason Isbell and Michael Stipe — in his first public live appearance in five years — performed a set of music together Friday at a Pittsburgh fundraiser for the Harris-Walz campaign, with the duo playing R.E.M. songs that Stipe hadn’t sung since before the band’s breakup. The singers were introduced …
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In 2016, at what became an ill-fated celebration to hopefully usher in the first female president, there was not one country music performer at the Democratic National Convention. There were pop stars like Demi Lovato, Lenny Kravitz, and Lady Gaga, but there wasn’t a single performance that drew from the …
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Mickey Guyton and Jason Isbell helped kick off night one of the 2024 Democratic National Convention Monday, Aug. 19. The musicians provided the night’s entertainment amidst the usual flurry of speeches. Guyton performed her 2021 song “All American,” and Isbell played “Something More Than Free,” his 2015 album’s title track. …
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Zach Bryan brought his Quittin Time Tour to Detroit’s Ford Field on Thursday night and used the opportunity to sing with the artist he calls one of “the best songwriters of all time,” Jason Isbell. Isbell and the 400 Unit are playing a string of dates on Bryan’s stadium tour, …
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Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium will become Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit’s second home for eight nights later this year. In October, the group of musicians will play eight shows at the famed venue. The residency will feature a different special guest each night, all of which are women. Isbell and …
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That wasn’t just a dream. On Thursday night, for four-and-a-half glorious minutes, R.E.M. was back onstage for the first time in 15 years. At the Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony, Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Bill Berry had the room in a collective gasp as they performed one …
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Bon Jovi’s new album, Forever, has officially arrived, and with it the group’s collaboration with Jason Isbell, “Waves.” The track is vintage Bon Jovi, with guitar riffs and hooks that soar to the rock & roll heavens. Isbell helped write the song, along with the band’s John Shanks, and provides …
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