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 […]
Patterson Hood and Craig Finn, frontmen and songwriters for the Drive-By Truckers and the Hold Steady respectively, visited the Tractor Tavern in November on their ‘Devil is in the Details’ tour. This intimate, primarily acoustic show afforded fans of both bands the opportunity to experience these two revered and highly accomplished songwriters in an up […]
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 […]