Jason Isbell

Album Review: Jason Isbell’s Ruminative “Foxes in the Snow”

April 12, 2025
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One thing, among others, that sets Jason Isbell apart from his country scene contemporaries is that he isn’t afraid to break the all-American code of manly stoicism.

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Concert Review: Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival — Satisfaction for All

July 2, 2024
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Despite several great sets including Jason Isbell and Iris DeMent, Wilco stole its own show at Solid Sound with conceptual aplomb.

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October Short Fuses – Materia Critica

October 7, 2021
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

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Music Review: Jason Isbell, Laid-Back — More Country Than Country-Rock

February 29, 2016
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Jason Isbell has got sober, and his songs ring with the urgency of the newly recovered (and newly remarried, to his violinist Amanda Shires).

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