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Rhiannon Giddens: You're The One
by Katchie Cartwright
Rhiannon Giddens has a voracious musical appetite and a big talent that uses everything to fuel her many creative activities. With a MacArthur, a Pulitzer, and multiple Grammys on her shelf, this has not gone unnoticed. In a body of work that includes musicological projects along with different types of art, You're The One focuses on Giddens as a songwriter, in a variety of idioms. “I hope that people just hear American music," she says. “Blues, jazz, Cajun, country, gospel, ...
read moreJason Isbell and the 400 Unit: Live From Alabama
by C. Michael Bailey
The review of Blackberry Smoke's The Whippoorwill (Southern Ground, 2012) provoked the comment: “The review sets up a bit of a straw man, since southern rock is alive and well in the hands of bands like the Drive-by Truckers and Jason Isbell...These guys did not come out of a vast wasteland.". Well, indeed. And speaking of Jason Isbell, he and his new band The 400 Unit released the live recording, Live From Alabama which ...
read moreHow To Make Streaming Work For You - An Interview With Jason Isbell Manager Traci Thomas And Vulpeck's Jack Stratton
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Here Traci Thomas, manager if Jason Isbell at Thirty Tigers, and Jack Stratton of Vulfpeck weigh in on the shifting music landscape and extol the benefits of owning one's own content when it comes to profiting off of streaming. Guest post from Songspace Artists: own your masters and streaming can work for you. That’s the message we heard in our recent conversations with Traci Thomas and Jack Stratton. Thomas, a music business veteran, works at Thirty Tigers, where she manages ...
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Jason Isbell: Streetlights, Cigarettes and Wine
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JamBase
By: Dennis Cook
Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit by Allison V. Smith Naming one's album after themselves and their band has connotations as thick as any title. Without some other context one is left to assume that what they put on the stereo is representative of something central and true about the band in question. With some bands it might be simple laziness but the sophomore solo effort ...
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Jason Isbell 2009 Tour
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JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT ANNOUNCE 2009 TOUR SUPPORTING NEW ALBUM
“Combine the sounds of Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, and Aretha Franklin and you've got Jason Isbell, a 28-year-old reviving Southern musical history." -ESQUIRE
Jason Isbell Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit announce their first tour in support of their new self-titled album (Release date: February 17, 2009 on Lightning Rod Records). Presented by Paste Magazine, the tour will begin in Birmingham, AL on February 12 and continue through ...
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