Jason Isbell At MASS MoCA

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Sarah LaDuke

Published August 15, 2014 at 11:12 AM EDT

Formerly a member of the alt-country-rock band, Drive-By Truckers,Jason Isbell’ssolo career is flourishing in the wake ofSoutheastern- a record he released last year which is nominated for Best Song, Best Album, and Artist of the year for 2014 from the Americana Music Association’s Honors & Awards. Rock critic Ken Tucker namedSoutheasternhis #1 Album of 2013. It also made NPR and Amazon’s Best of 2013 lists and was American Songwriter’s #1 album.

JasonIsbellis performing tonight atMASS MoCAin North Adams, MA at8pm.

Here we speak with him about how he writes songs, working with producer Dave Cobb, and sobriety on the road.

Sarah LaDuke

Sarah has been a public radio producer for over a decade. She grew up in Saranac Lake, New York where she worked part-time at Pendragon Theatre all through high school and college. She graduated from UAlbany in 2006 with a BA in English and started at WAMC a few weeks later as a part-time board-op in the control room. Through a series of offered and seized opportunities she is now the Senior Contributing Producer of The Roundtable and Producer of The Book Show.

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