Isbell's Shoalsfest is back
Isbell announced on Monday that Shoalsfest would be held in Florence, Ala. On Oct. 2-3. The 2020 edition, which was slated to be the second edition of the festival, was canceled due to COVID-19.
Both days will feature Isbell and the 400 Unit. Farmer Jason, aka Jason Ringenberg,will also play both shows.
The Saturday line-up includes Williams, R&B singer Candi Staton, Amanda Shires, who is part of the 400 Unit and Isbell's wife, and blues singer Cedric Bunside.
The Sunday show features the Truckers, Centro-Matic, Slobberbone and the Pine Hill Haints. Centro-Matic was a Denton, Texas-based band fronted by Will Johnson that broke up in 2014. Slobberbone also is from Denton, playing Americana music. The band last released an album ("Slippage") in 2002. The Haints are a country/bluegrasss band from Alabama currently on Single Lock Records, the label started by John Paul White.
Tickets go on sale Friday at 11 a.m. eastern.
More news for Jason Isbell
- 02/07/24: Isbell, Shires split
- 08/08/23: Isbell succeeds at first with "Southeastern" and tries again
- 07/27/23: Giddens is "Yet to Be"
- 07/26/23: Isbell plays Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Fest
- 02/21/23: Isbell and the 400 Unit announce "Weathervanes," tour
- 09/14/21: Isbell has "Georgia Blue" on his mind
- 08/09/21: Isbell requires vaccination, negative COVID tests
- 05/26/21: Kiah grabs three Americana nominations
CD reviews for Jason Isbell
One of the four new tracks on this rerelease of Jason Isbell's "Sirens of the Ditch" is "The Assassin," and it features the same country/alternative rock hybrid sonic that characterizes Drive-By Truckers songs. Such an association is to be expected, though, as the album was Isbell's first solo release after leaving DBT. Furthermore, Patterson Hood and Shonna Tucker - each of DBT - played on the album. Much like George Harrison, just after leaving The Beatles, Isbell ...
Americana guitarist and singer-songwriter Jason Isbell started as part of Drive-By Truckers and is now a drive-by revolutionary.
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