Singer/songwriter/guitar player Jason Isbell performed 3 solo acoustic shows in the Pacific Northwest this week, the first in Seattle at the Woodland Park Zoo, followed by a of pair of concerts in Oregon. I caught the middle show of the run at the Mcmenamins Grand Lodge in Forest Grove, about a half hour west of […]
Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit played the Paramount Theater Friday evening, his first visit to Washington State since the summer of 2024. Isbell released his 10th post Drive By Truckers album in 2025, ‘Foxes in the Snow’. The release is his first solo acoustic album and it has been nominated for 3 Grammy awards, […]
I do the bulk of my concert going and music photography in and around Seattle but had the opportunity to attend Jason Isbell’s ‘Shoalsfest’ in Florence, Alabama in mid October. This year’s festival included performances by Jackson Browne, Waxahatchee, MJ Lenderman, Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham, Garrison Starr, Patterson Hood, Chris Tompkins, and Isbell, both solo […]
Jason Isbell and his band played at Neumos last week in support of his latest album, Southeastern. The former Drive-By Trucker hails from Green Hill, Alabama. My friend, fiddler Amanda Shires, named Texas Music Magazine’s 2011 Artist Of The Year – and Jason’s wife – opened and also performed in his band. Jason Isbell Amanda […]