L.A. Times - Entertainment — Born just outside the storied music crucible of Muscle Shoals, Ala., the 36-year-old Jason Isbell has been regarded as a songwriter's songwriter since gaining wide acclaim with Southern rock band the Drive-By Truckers. Since leaving the band in 2007,... more info

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Stereogum — Jason Isbell, who just released his beautiful new album Something More Than Free, was profiled on today’s episode of CBS Sunday Morning. In the segment, Isbell opens up about his recent breakthrough and the dark backstory to that success — drinki... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by David Andrako Jason Isbell @ Prospect Park 7/25/2015 It was a pretty good weekend for Jason Isbell. His new album, Something More Than Free, debuted at #5 on Billboard's album chart (#1 on Rock and Folk) and he... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "Country for people who don't like country" is having a moment. Country artists like Sturgill Simpson, Kacey Musgraves, ex-Drive By Trucker Jason Isbell and Chris Stapleton are putting out interesting, critically-acclaimed records that are being talk... more info

Stereogum — I gotta head to the Jason Isbell show in Brooklyn, so cool if we skip the intro today? You guys don’t even read the intro, do you? Your best and worst comments from another exhausting week are below. THIS WEEK’S 10 HIGHEST RATED COMMENTS #10 your... more info

Stereogum — Jason Isbell’s Something More Than Free is one of the best albums of this year, and today he’s released a video for the working-class hat-tip title track. When I interviewed Isbell, he talked about how being around people that are actually strugg... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Jason Isbell released a new record last week, and it's streaming via RDIO below. Something More Than Free is his fifth solo album, and he's having an especially busy year because of it. Constantly on the road, he played... more info

Stereogum — Some weeks, the new-release calendar tops out at “pretty good,” and this is one of those weeks. I really don’t understand how shit like this happens. Last week, we got new albums from Tame Impala and Future and Wilco and Jason Isbell, and other... more info

Stereogum — It was another strong week for albums (thanks in part to the latest LPs from Jason Isbell and Tame Impala) and last night Wilco pulled a Beyoncé (or a Wilco?) with the excellently titled and illustrated Star Wars. The band is expected to play some o... more info