'I can't stay completely silent': Country music's Jason Isbell looks inward in examining a 'White Man's World'
Singer-songwriter Jason Isbell grew up in Green Hills, Ala., often hearing sentiments coming from his radio extolling the virtues of the good old days, of small-town America, of times that seemed simpler and happier through the rear-view mirror of history.
He took a different tack while writing songs for his acclaimed 2017 album "The Nashville Sound." Several songs broached topics that are exceptionally touchy for many in country's predominantly white, rural audience, and even more fearsome for radio programmers who try to avoid controversy
