Jason Isbell

Interview: Stephen Deusner on why he wrote the first Drive-By Truckers biography

September 13, 2021 Martin Johnson 2

An exploration of the context behind Patterson Hood’s the duality of the southern thing is an interesting subtext. The Drive-By Truckers have been a cult band in the UK since the mid-2000s and they have seen […]

Jason Isbell interviews Dr Fauci about Covid vaccines – Watch

September 7, 2021 Mark Whitfield 1

Jason Isbell has been vocal in recent weeks about his support for Covid vaccines and continued social distancing in concerts and recently interviewed Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Health’s National Institute of […]

Watch Jason Isbell cover the Stones’ “Gimme Shelter”

August 31, 2021 Mark Whitfield 1

Our favourite Alabama country-rocker Jason Isbell (as he describes himself on Twitter: “friend to children, the vaccinated, and those with certain underlying medical conditions”) performed a cover of The Rolling Stones’ 1969 classic ‘Gimme Shelter’ over […]

Country music’s political divide rears its head again over crowd safety

August 17, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

“I don’t know any artists in the Americana world who are openly anti-vax.” The Guardian has published a really interesting piece today entitled “We aren’t all dumb hillbillies” about the backlash which Jason Isbell has experienced […]

Isbell on Covid vaccines: “If you’re dead, you don’t have any freedoms at all”

August 11, 2021 Mark Whitfield 5

Live Nation recently announced that artists in the US will have the option to decide on whether fans need to show proof of a COVID-19 vaccination to get into their shows, and Jason Isbell in response […]

Unearthed 1968 recording of Buck Owen and the Buckaroos to be released next month

September 3, 2026 0

More than half a century after Buck Owens and the Buckaroos took the stage at Las Vegas’ Mint Hotel and Casino, a remarkable document of the band at the height of its powers is finally seeing […]

My Girl The River “Manifest Good Things”

September 3, 2026 0

Melody and heartfelt ruminations on family, life and love combine to winning effect on a timeless album. My Girl The River sees Kris Wilkinson Hughes collaborating with husband Joe and daughter Rue, and this wonderfully honest […]

Pieta Brown and Bo Ramsey Temecula March 2010

Classic Clip: Pieta Brown with Bo Ramsey “Bad News” – venue unknown, 2010

September 3, 2026 0

Pieta Brown (53) is the daughter of beloved folk singer-songwriter Greg Brown with whom she reunited after a rather bohemian lifestyle following her parents’ separation when she was 2 years old. At the time she was […]

Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1

As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0

Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]

Interviews

Interview: Nora Kelly holds space for the quirky in outlaw country music

August 24, 2026 1

It’s always the ride and not necessarily the destination that makes a trip through a Nora Kelly Band album worthwhile. The songs can be zany, intriguing and melancholic all at once, cavorting to their own primal […]

Album Reviews

Sarah Shook and the Disarmers “Nightroamer”

February 18, 2022 0

Fearless, raw and vulnerable offering from raucous garage/punk/country outfit ‘Nightroamer’ is the latest album from Sarah Shook and the Disarmers, and continues their soundtrack for the “outliers and weirdos”, in Shook’s words. “It doesn’t have to be a bad thing, it can be whatever you want it to be”. The music within is perhaps very slightly smoother than before, though it certainly retains the attitude and rawness found on their previous recordings, of garage rock and […]

Interviews

Van Life – The Southern Fold

May 23, 2019 0

Ireland’s love of American roots music is something that has long been championed and applauded. There are any number of bands an artists who take inspiration both from the giants of the genre – Zandt, Clark, […]

Videos

Video Premiere: KB Bayley “Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime”

January 16, 2026 0

Here’s the video premiere of KB Bayley’s moody interpretation of The Korgis’ global 1980 hit ‘Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime’. The song is utterly transformed and made into something altogether new by Bayley, whose spellbinding performance […]

Interview: Stephen Deusner on why he wrote the first Drive-By Truckers biography

Jason Isbell interviews Dr Fauci about Covid vaccines – Watch

Watch Jason Isbell cover the Stones’ “Gimme Shelter”

Country music’s political divide rears its head again over crowd safety

Isbell on Covid vaccines: “If you’re dead, you don’t have any freedoms at all”

Unearthed 1968 recording of Buck Owen and the Buckaroos to be released next month

My Girl The River “Manifest Good Things”

Classic Clip: Pieta Brown with Bo Ramsey “Bad News” – venue unknown, 2010

Anniversary Cheers: case/lang/veirs celebrates 10 years

Alex Dupree “Talking To The Dog”