The Soundtrack Of My Life
Apr 28, 2020
3 minutes
Interview: Polly Glass
“Otis Redding’s These Arms Of Mine is about as good as singing ever got.”
Fame Studios songwriter, Drive-By Trucker, Grammy-winning solo artist… All this, plus a lifetime of personal highs and lows, has seen Jason Isbell become one of the most captivating voices in contemporary roots music. His seventh album, Reunions, sustains this upward trajectory through masterful country-come-heartland sensibilities and searingly relatable lyrics.
The 41-year-old, now based in Nashville with his wife (singer-songwriter/fiddle player Amanda Shires) and daughter, reflects on some of his treasured records.
THE FIRST MUSIC I REMEMBER HEARING
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