Jason Isbell
Since his last SMF concert for a sold-out crowd at the Ships of the Sea Museum in 2014, Jason Isbell has grown to become one of the most celebrated artists in Americana music. The North Alabama native was a longtime member of the Drive-By Truckers, from whom he departed in 2007 to pursue a solo career. Isbell’s songwriting is honest and original, often universal while remaining unpretentious, and heavily laden with the soul-influenced rock ‘n’ roll and country sound that emerged from the South in the 1960s and ‘70s. “With his honeysuckle drawl and unrivaled knack for lyrical detail, Jason Isbell is arguably the most revered roots-rock singer-songwriter of his generation” (Rolling Stone).