Jason Isbell
Wrote 'Southeastern' and meant it.
Isbell spent his twenties in Drive-By Truckers and his thirties figuring out how to be alive. 'Southeastern' (2013) was the record where he stopped hiding inside the band and the songs got terrifying in their honesty. Every record since has been an argument that grown-up country songwriting is still possible.
- Drive-By Truckers
- Bruce Springsteen
- John Prine
- Drive-By Truckers
- Amanda Shires
- The 400 Unit
Jason Isbell on tape
Late-night listening. Hit play and let it run.
Landmark records
Pull the thread
USA · 1944 — 1997
Townes Van Zandt
The patron saint of the kitchen-table songwriters.
USA · 1953 — present
Lucinda Williams
Louisiana made audible.
USA · 1978 — present
Sturgill Simpson
Walked into Nashville with a haircut and an attitude.
USA · 1991 — present
Tyler Childers
Appalachia, unfiltered and unembarrassed.
USA · 1988 — present
Sierra Ferrell
Sings like she found the songs in a creek bed.
USA · 1984 — present
Charley Crockett
Keeps the bones, throws out the gristle.
USA · 1983 — present
Margo Price
Outlaw country with a working-class spine.
USA · 1996 — present
Drive-By Truckers
The South as it actually is.