The first time I heard Jason Isbell’s music, I was at Hangout, the music festival that used to take place on the beach in his native Alabama. (This year, in an extremely Trump’s America™ development, they’re replacing it with a fest curated by Morgan Wallen, the troublemaking country megastar who famously turned Isbell’s “Cover Me Up” into a country radio hit.) The encounter took place in May 2013, a few weeks before the release of Isbell’s career-altering masterpiece
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The first time I heard Jason Isbell’s music, I was at Hangout, the music festival that used to take place on the beach in his native Alabama. (This year, in an extre... more info