Nashville was once famously called a ‘ten year town,’ because that’s about how long an artist has to make it there. Maggie Rose has been at it longer than that. Along the way, she struggled to break through in mainstream country music by submitting herself to the machine: playing CMA Fest in the midday summer sun, visiting countless radio stations, and releasing country singles that went nowhere.
Finally, she had enough. In 2018, with her aptly titled LP Change the Whole Thing, Rose threw up her hands and began making...
Finally, she had enough. In 2018, with her aptly titled LP Change the Whole Thing, Rose threw up her hands and began making...
- 4/8/2024
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit have scrapped their sold-out concert slated for Thursday night at Liberty Hall in Lawrence, Kansas, citing a vocal cord issue affecting the frontman. The gig is the second consecutive show Isbell canceled after postponing last night’s appearance in Springfield, Missouri. Both shows have been rescheduled: The Kansas date is now May 7; the Missouri show, May 8. (All tickets purchased for the original dates will be honored.)
In an Instagram post, Isbell said he hasn’t been in the hospital and doesn’t have Covid. “Looks...
In an Instagram post, Isbell said he hasn’t been in the hospital and doesn’t have Covid. “Looks...
- 1/18/2024
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Jason Isbell released his breakout album Southeastern in 2013. This year, he celebrated the LP’s 10th anniversary with the release of a well-curated box set of demos, a live recording, and the original album — with a new cover, depicting Isbell 10 years older.
During Tuesday night’s Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Isbell and the 400 Unit performed Southeastern’s centerpiece, the stirring ballad “Cover Me Up,” a tale of sobriety, redemption, and undying love. As he’s done for a decade now, the Alabama songwriter began the song solo on acoustic guitar,...
During Tuesday night’s Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Isbell and the 400 Unit performed Southeastern’s centerpiece, the stirring ballad “Cover Me Up,” a tale of sobriety, redemption, and undying love. As he’s done for a decade now, the Alabama songwriter began the song solo on acoustic guitar,...
- 12/13/2023
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Earlier this fall, Jason Isbell and the 400 United stopped by the Moody Theater in Austin for what would become their third appearance on Austin City Limits. Isbell had spent the summer presenting nearly every song from Weathervanes, his acclaimed 2023 album, so by the time they arrived at the studios, the new songs were ready for their Acl-taping debut.
That worn-in quality can be heard plainly in the band’s performance of “King of Oklahoma,” which Rolling Stone Country is exclusively premiering in advance of Isbell’s Acl broadcast this Saturday,...
That worn-in quality can be heard plainly in the band’s performance of “King of Oklahoma,” which Rolling Stone Country is exclusively premiering in advance of Isbell’s Acl broadcast this Saturday,...
- 11/10/2023
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit were the soundtrack to Jimmy Kimmel Live’s first show back since the writers strike on Monday night. Isbell performed “When We Were Close” off his latest release, Weathervanes.
Backed by a reconstituted 400 Unit — Anna Butterss on bass, while Jimbo Hart takes some time off; and Will Johnson on guitar, handling Sadler Vaden’s parts — Isbell delivered the raw, emotional rocker about a friendship that turned complicated. Though never overtly revealed, “When We Were Close” is about Isbell’s relationship with Justin Townes Earle, who...
Backed by a reconstituted 400 Unit — Anna Butterss on bass, while Jimbo Hart takes some time off; and Will Johnson on guitar, handling Sadler Vaden’s parts — Isbell delivered the raw, emotional rocker about a friendship that turned complicated. Though never overtly revealed, “When We Were Close” is about Isbell’s relationship with Justin Townes Earle, who...
- 10/3/2023
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Morgan Wade’s sophomore album Psychopath has finally arrived.
After much anticipation – the country singer’s been highlighted by several publications including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Forbes, and more – Wade says she “can finally breathe” now that her record is out.
“The response has been so great already. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart,” she wrote in an Instagram post Friday. “…I’m very grateful today.”
Read More: After Romancing Kyle Richards In Music Video, Morgan Wade Dismisses Relationship Rumours
Morgan Wade- Psychopath album cover art. — Photo: Courtesy of Sony Music
“Writing all this while heading into the studio #acoustic,” Wade, 28, added alongside a winking emoticon, seemingly hinting at her next project – an acoustic album.
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Meanwhile on Wade’s Instagram Story, the Virginia native reposted several fans’ posts of them listening to her new album,...
After much anticipation – the country singer’s been highlighted by several publications including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Forbes, and more – Wade says she “can finally breathe” now that her record is out.
“The response has been so great already. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart,” she wrote in an Instagram post Friday. “…I’m very grateful today.”
Read More: After Romancing Kyle Richards In Music Video, Morgan Wade Dismisses Relationship Rumours
Morgan Wade- Psychopath album cover art. — Photo: Courtesy of Sony Music
“Writing all this while heading into the studio #acoustic,” Wade, 28, added alongside a winking emoticon, seemingly hinting at her next project – an acoustic album.
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Meanwhile on Wade’s Instagram Story, the Virginia native reposted several fans’ posts of them listening to her new album,...
- 8/25/2023
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
Okemah, Oklahoma, native Evan Felker plus Jason Isbell’s “King of Oklahoma” equals an only-at-Newport moment. On Saturday, the Turnpike Troubadours leader joined Isbell and the 400 Unit onstage during their Newport Folk Festival main-stage set to sing lead on both verses of “King of Oklahoma,” a highlight of Isbell’s latest album Weathervanes.
Just before his own band, Turnpike Troubadours, closed out the festival’s largest stage, Felker jumped up to sing Isbell’s powerful tale of a man whose life slips away after getting injured on the job and...
Just before his own band, Turnpike Troubadours, closed out the festival’s largest stage, Felker jumped up to sing Isbell’s powerful tale of a man whose life slips away after getting injured on the job and...
- 7/30/2023
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
Back in 2022, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit welcomed Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready to the stage of the Paramount Theatre in Seattle to cover, fittingly, Jimi Hendrix’s “Little Wing.” Earlier this week, Isbell and McCready reunited once again in the Emerald City, this time to jam out on an Isbell original.
“Our good friend, Mike McCready,” Isbell said by way of introducing the guitarist at Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo, where the 400 Unit were headlining. Along with 400 Unit guitarist Sadler Vaden, the three shredders tore into the encore of “This Ain’t It,...
“Our good friend, Mike McCready,” Isbell said by way of introducing the guitarist at Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo, where the 400 Unit were headlining. Along with 400 Unit guitarist Sadler Vaden, the three shredders tore into the encore of “This Ain’t It,...
- 7/7/2023
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Jason Isbell seems to have intended the self-produced Weathervanes as a long-overdue showcase for the 400 Unit as an ensemble. Freed from the strictures of longtime producer Dave Cobb’s trademark warm-and-mellow style, the band covers more ground than ever on their sixth studio album, from the moody ’80s-style jangle-pop of “Save the World” to the hushed folk of “Cast Iron Skillet” to the Crazy Horse-meets-neo-psychedelia of “Miles.”
The musicianship is sparkling throughout, with keyboardist Derry deBorja supplying a dizzying range of background textures while Isbell and guitarist Sadler Vaden similarly flaunt their chops on tracks like “Vestavia Hills.” On “This Ain’t It,” the band struts its way through an upbeat, funky, early-’70s-style classic-rock groove, bongos and all, with effortlessness. What’s more, Isbell himself is in the finest voice of his career, his soulful, husky bellow betraying a new level of desperation and grit on “Death Wish” and...
The musicianship is sparkling throughout, with keyboardist Derry deBorja supplying a dizzying range of background textures while Isbell and guitarist Sadler Vaden similarly flaunt their chops on tracks like “Vestavia Hills.” On “This Ain’t It,” the band struts its way through an upbeat, funky, early-’70s-style classic-rock groove, bongos and all, with effortlessness. What’s more, Isbell himself is in the finest voice of his career, his soulful, husky bellow betraying a new level of desperation and grit on “Death Wish” and...
- 6/4/2023
- by Jeremy Winograd
- Slant Magazine
Lauren Morrow destroys the bogus imagery of social media on her debut full-length album People Talk, a record full of devastatingly honest and real-life lyrics delivered with a mix of vulnerability and confidence. “Nobody But Me” is the pinnacle, a song inspired by Morrow’s own experiences as a woman in the music business. Like the rest of the album, it boasts hints of Britpop (Morrow is a massive Oasis fan and once recorded a version of “Talk Tonight” with 400 Unit guitarist Sadler Vaden), but stands out for its piano-based structure.
- 5/30/2023
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Morgan Wade is headlong in a kind of love she’s never felt before in “Psychopath,” the first single and title track from the “Wilder Days” artist’s second album. Psychopath the album will be released Aug. 25 via Sony Music Nashville.
“Psychopath” is a gently rising and falling waltz that, contrary to its title, depicts the warm glow of love. “You say I’m a psychopath/sittin’ at the bar drinkin’ my coffee black,” Wade sings, her acoustic guitar joined in short order by some echoing electric guitar and the rest of the band.
“Psychopath” is a gently rising and falling waltz that, contrary to its title, depicts the warm glow of love. “You say I’m a psychopath/sittin’ at the bar drinkin’ my coffee black,” Wade sings, her acoustic guitar joined in short order by some echoing electric guitar and the rest of the band.
- 5/19/2023
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
In the latest Music Box documentary, “Jason Isbell: Running With Our Eyes Closed,” viewers follow the musician along on his journey. He is a former member of The Drive-By Truckers and now performs on his own and with his band, The 400 Unit. In the 100-minute special, Isbell gets raw and honest about his childhood, his personal battles, and how he got to where he is today. The new original documentary drops on HBO Max on Friday, April 7. You can watch Jason Isbell: Running With Our Eyes Closed with a 7-Day Free Trial of HBO Max.
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- 4/7/2023
- by Aubrey Chorpenning
- The Streamable
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit have dropped the latest track off their upcoming album Weathervanes. Titled “Middle of the Morning,” it’s an easy-like-Sunday-morning jam that finds Isbell tapping into the power-singing he does on his live staple “Cover Me Up.” It’s also a contender for a new Isbell classic.
“Well, I’ve tried to open up my window/and let the light come in,” Isbell howls to open the song, while drummer Chad Gamble keeps a gentle beat. The guitar playing is particularly gorgeous here: Sadler Vaden lays...
“Well, I’ve tried to open up my window/and let the light come in,” Isbell howls to open the song, while drummer Chad Gamble keeps a gentle beat. The guitar playing is particularly gorgeous here: Sadler Vaden lays...
- 3/29/2023
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
"I won't be satisfied unless this album is an accurate representation of where I am as a person." HBO has revealed an official trailer for the music documentary Jason Isbell: Running With Our Eyes Closed, one of the latest offerings in exec producer Bill Simmons' Music Box series for HBO. Intimately shot and revealing the inner workings of a major artist, the documentary is a unique film about a talented singer – Jason Isbell. As the four-time Grammy winner connects the dots from his childhood in rural Alabama to battling alcoholism during his time with the band Drive-By Truckers, to the current state of his marriage, he acknowledges the crucial part that music has played in his life, the outlet it provides for his artistry, and the comfort it brings him in times of difficulty. It's described as an intimate look at life, love, and perseverance. Running With Our Eyes Closed...
- 3/22/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit will release the new album Weathervanes on June 9, but it’s the creation of Isbell’s 2020 album Reunions that’s depicted in a new documentary coming to HBO. Jason Isbell: Running With Our Eyes Closed debuts April 7 at 8 p.m. on the premium cable network and will stream on HBO Max. A trailer for the film dropped today.
Directed by Sam Jones, who chronicled the creative tension among the members of Wilco in 2002’s I Am Trying to Break Your Heart, Running With Our Eyes...
Directed by Sam Jones, who chronicled the creative tension among the members of Wilco in 2002’s I Am Trying to Break Your Heart, Running With Our Eyes...
- 3/22/2023
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Jason Isbell is the subject of HBO’s latest Music Box documentary Running with Our Eyes Closed, which has now received its official trailer. Watch it below.
Going behind the scenes of Isbell’s recording of 2020’s Reunions with his band The 400 Unit, the docufilm is directed and produced by Sam Jones (Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off). In addition to pulling back the curtain on his creative process, Isbell opens up about his difficult childhood in rural Alabama and struggles with alcoholism while as a member of Drive-By Truckers. The Covid-19 pandemic brings an additional layer to the documentary, challenging the artist to take self-doubt head-on.
Running with Our Eyes Closed also provides a close look at Isbell’s relationship with his wife (and acclaimed artist in her own right) Amanda Shires, showing how their artistic collaboration both strengthens and complicates their marriage. “I know how he gets when he makes records,...
Going behind the scenes of Isbell’s recording of 2020’s Reunions with his band The 400 Unit, the docufilm is directed and produced by Sam Jones (Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off). In addition to pulling back the curtain on his creative process, Isbell opens up about his difficult childhood in rural Alabama and struggles with alcoholism while as a member of Drive-By Truckers. The Covid-19 pandemic brings an additional layer to the documentary, challenging the artist to take self-doubt head-on.
Running with Our Eyes Closed also provides a close look at Isbell’s relationship with his wife (and acclaimed artist in her own right) Amanda Shires, showing how their artistic collaboration both strengthens and complicates their marriage. “I know how he gets when he makes records,...
- 3/22/2023
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Film News
HBO Original documentary film Jason Isbell: Running With Our Eyes Closed, directed and produced by Sam Jones (HBO’s “Tony Hawk: Until The Wheels Fall Off”) and executive produced by Emmy® winners Mark and Jay Duplass (HBO’s “The Lady and the Dale”) and The Ringer’s Bill Simmons, debuts Friday, April 7 (8:00-9:40 p.m. Et/Pt). The next installment of the Music Box series, which focuses on pivotal moments in music, will debut on HBO and be available to stream on HBO Max.
In his own words, renowned singer and songwriter Jason Isbell takes us on an unexpected journey through his musical evolution and creative process as he goes into the studio to record his new album “Reunions” with his band The 400 Unit. With striking candor and honesty, Isbell lays bare his difficult childhood, his struggles with addiction and relationships, and funneling all his pain and private battles into his music.
In his own words, renowned singer and songwriter Jason Isbell takes us on an unexpected journey through his musical evolution and creative process as he goes into the studio to record his new album “Reunions” with his band The 400 Unit. With striking candor and honesty, Isbell lays bare his difficult childhood, his struggles with addiction and relationships, and funneling all his pain and private battles into his music.
- 3/22/2023
- by TV Shows Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid - TV
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit have a new album on tap. On Tuesday, Isbell released the song “Death Wish” along with a lyric video as the first taste of the group’s Weathervanes, due out June 9. The album is Isbell’s first collection of original songs since 2020’s Reunions.
“Death Wish” immediately evokes a feeling of urgency with its sweeping guitar arpeggios and Isbell’s tense vocal delivery. “Did you ever love a woman with a death wish?/Something in her eyes like flipping off a light switch,” he sings,...
“Death Wish” immediately evokes a feeling of urgency with its sweeping guitar arpeggios and Isbell’s tense vocal delivery. “Did you ever love a woman with a death wish?/Something in her eyes like flipping off a light switch,” he sings,...
- 2/20/2023
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Prior to performing a swerving version of Lucinda Williams’ “Drunken Angel” for an intimate dinner party in Nashville on Monday night, Jason Isbell remarked how some songwriters just can’t write a good song anymore. But Williams, he said, was so unfailingly talented that she could restart her career right now and in 10 years “we’d be right back here.” Here was the BMI Troubadour Award celebration, which honored Williams — the first woman to receive the award — for decades of songwriting greatness.
The BMI Troubadour dinner is one of Nashville’s most gloriously low-key events,...
The BMI Troubadour dinner is one of Nashville’s most gloriously low-key events,...
- 9/13/2022
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Following her mainstage set at FloydFest last weekend, in front of a raucous crowd of thousands, singer-songwriter Morgan Wade takes a seat on a couch backstage. Between sips of coffee, a slight grin emerges on her face when asked what the performance meant to her.
“I grew up about three miles from here,” the 27-year-old “Wilder Days” singer tells Rolling Stone, “so I was able to get my dad to drop me off today, which was really nice.”
For Wade, FloydFest is all but where she entered the big time.
“I grew up about three miles from here,” the 27-year-old “Wilder Days” singer tells Rolling Stone, “so I was able to get my dad to drop me off today, which was really nice.”
For Wade, FloydFest is all but where she entered the big time.
- 8/2/2022
- by Garret K. Woodward
- Rollingstone.com
Morgan Wade mixes the King of Rock & Roll with a little Electric Light Orchestra on a new cover of the evergreen “Suspicious Minds.” The track appears as one of six new songs on her LP Reckless (Deluxe Edition) that was released Friday.
Like many of Wade’s original songs, there’s a less-is-more approach to the arrangement. There’s no intro — it opens straight into the first verse, where Wade’s singular voice is accompanied by muted guitar, sustained piano notes, and a four-on-the-floor kick drum. The song ramps up...
Like many of Wade’s original songs, there’s a less-is-more approach to the arrangement. There’s no intro — it opens straight into the first verse, where Wade’s singular voice is accompanied by muted guitar, sustained piano notes, and a four-on-the-floor kick drum. The song ramps up...
- 1/28/2022
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Morgan Wade’s acclaimed debut album Reckless will get a refresh in 2022 with a deluxe edition due out Jan. 28. The project, which was originally released independently, will now feature six songs not found on the original version, including the newly released “Run.”
Anchored by a descending three-note riff that piles on guitars, piano and drums, the lean “Run” evokes Tom Petty as it articulates the feeling of yearning for something more. “So many places that I ain’t been/All I know is I was living my life for him,...
Anchored by a descending three-note riff that piles on guitars, piano and drums, the lean “Run” evokes Tom Petty as it articulates the feeling of yearning for something more. “So many places that I ain’t been/All I know is I was living my life for him,...
- 1/6/2022
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Dave Hause may call Santa Barbara home right now, but his Philadelphia raising informs nearly everything about the singer-songwriter. In the euphoric new song “Sandy Sheets,” Hause recalls his formative years as a teenager making the rite-of-passage drive from the Philly suburbs to the Jersey Shore, where anything was possible.
“We went wild in the Jersey heat, we had ‘Hey Jealousy’ on repeat/we’d hide out on the beach,” Hause sings. “Let me remember you when it was easy.” Along with lyrical allusions to the Gin Blossoms, Hause nods...
“We went wild in the Jersey heat, we had ‘Hey Jealousy’ on repeat/we’d hide out on the beach,” Hause sings. “Let me remember you when it was easy.” Along with lyrical allusions to the Gin Blossoms, Hause nods...
- 7/28/2021
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Morgan Wade says she’s already working on the follow-up to her breakthrough debut Reckless, which was produced by 400 Unit guitarist Sadler Vaden and released earlier in 2021. The Virginia native was interviewed and then performed a short set on Rolling Stone’s Twitch on Tuesday.
Wade cited a handful of stylistic mavericks as her current musical inspirations.
“There’s three right now — Lana Del Ray being a big one. I frickin’ love her, man,” Wade says in response to Rs Twitch host Tia Hill’s question. “Jessie Reyez is amazing.
Wade cited a handful of stylistic mavericks as her current musical inspirations.
“There’s three right now — Lana Del Ray being a big one. I frickin’ love her, man,” Wade says in response to Rs Twitch host Tia Hill’s question. “Jessie Reyez is amazing.
- 7/7/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
The statistics of Bandcamp Friday speak for themselves: In the year-plus since the launch of the campaign, during which the platform has waived its revenue share for music purchased on the first Friday of each month, fans have paid artists more than $50 million dollars. “Bandcamp is like my life source,” metal auteur Trevor William Church told Rolling Stone in 2019, no doubt speaking for many creators in the age of meager streaming royalties. Bandcamp Friday continues on May 7th — read on for a slew of recommendations from Rs staffers on what...
- 5/7/2021
- by Jonathan Bernstein, Jon Blistein, Rick Carp, Kory Grow, Joseph Hudak, Angie Martoccio, Rob Sheffield, Hank Shteamer, Simon Vozick-Levinson and Brenna Ehrlich
- Rollingstone.com
Rising country-pop singer Morgan Wade performed three tracks from her debut album Reckless as part of CBS This Morning’s latest “Saturday Sessions.”
The Virginia native played her standout “Wilder Days,” “Last Cigarette,” and “Don’t Cry” for the performance, with Wade joined by a backing band that included Sadler Vaden, the co-producer of Reckless and a guitarist in Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit.
Speaking with Rolling Stone earlier this month — a week after Reckless’ release — Wade talked about how her album was informed by her sobriety.
“I had to go...
The Virginia native played her standout “Wilder Days,” “Last Cigarette,” and “Don’t Cry” for the performance, with Wade joined by a backing band that included Sadler Vaden, the co-producer of Reckless and a guitarist in Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit.
Speaking with Rolling Stone earlier this month — a week after Reckless’ release — Wade talked about how her album was informed by her sobriety.
“I had to go...
- 4/10/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Morgan Wade has released the official music video for “Wilder Days,” the lead single from her debut solo album Reckless.
The clip sees Wade covering up her tattoos with a buttoned-up alter ego, accompanying her boyfriend (played by Josh Jakub) on an awkward date to Nashville cocktail bar Rosemary. Following the narrative of the song, Wade imagines meeting her older beau when he was younger and “a little wilder,” and the video is intercut with a dream sequence where the two of them play pool and dance at Nashville’s...
The clip sees Wade covering up her tattoos with a buttoned-up alter ego, accompanying her boyfriend (played by Josh Jakub) on an awkward date to Nashville cocktail bar Rosemary. Following the narrative of the song, Wade imagines meeting her older beau when he was younger and “a little wilder,” and the video is intercut with a dream sequence where the two of them play pool and dance at Nashville’s...
- 4/8/2021
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Morgan Wade may not be performing live music if it weren’t for Craigslist. The Floyd, Virginia, native was in her freshman year of college and having second thoughts about breaking up with her boyfriend, a mandolin and harmonica player, when she decided to woo him back — or, some might say, troll him — by starting a band.
“I just got it in my head that I could form a band,” Wade recalls. “It would either piss him off or get him back, either one.” She found her future players online...
“I just got it in my head that I could form a band,” Wade recalls. “It would either piss him off or get him back, either one.” She found her future players online...
- 4/1/2021
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Whether it’s coming out of Nashville, New York, L.A., or points in between, there’s no shortage of fresh tunes, especially from artists who have yet to become household names. Rolling Stone Country selects some of the best new music releases from country and Americana artists. (Check out last week’s best songs.)
Zach Schmidt, “I Can’t Dance”
Nashville-by-way-of-Pittsburgh songwriter Zach Schmidt is backed by members of Jason Isbell’s 400 Unit on his upcoming album Raise a Banner, produced by 400 Unit guitarist Sadler Vaden (who also turned...
Zach Schmidt, “I Can’t Dance”
Nashville-by-way-of-Pittsburgh songwriter Zach Schmidt is backed by members of Jason Isbell’s 400 Unit on his upcoming album Raise a Banner, produced by 400 Unit guitarist Sadler Vaden (who also turned...
- 3/15/2021
- by Jon Freeman and Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Whether it’s coming out of Nashville, New York, L.A., or points in between, there’s no shortage of fresh tunes, especially from artists who have yet to become household names. Rolling Stone Country selects some of the best new music releases from country and Americana artists.
Morgan Wade, “Wilder Days”
“I wish I’d known you in your wilder days,” Morgan Wade sings to a hot-and-cold lover in this polished country-rock gem off her upcoming debut LP Reckless, produced by the 400 Unit’s Sadler Vaden. The guitars chime,...
Morgan Wade, “Wilder Days”
“I wish I’d known you in your wilder days,” Morgan Wade sings to a hot-and-cold lover in this polished country-rock gem off her upcoming debut LP Reckless, produced by the 400 Unit’s Sadler Vaden. The guitars chime,...
- 1/25/2021
- by Jon Freeman and Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Whether it’s coming out of Nashville, New York, L.A., or points in between, there’s no shortage of fresh tunes, especially from artists who have yet to become household names. Rolling Stone Country selects some of the best new music releases from country and Americana artists.
Josh Turner, “Country State of Mind” (featuring Chris Janson)
Josh Turner interprets Keith Whitley and Waylon Jennings, and even sings with Randy Travis, on his new covers album Country State of Mind (re-released on vinyl last week). But it’s the title track,...
Josh Turner, “Country State of Mind” (featuring Chris Janson)
Josh Turner interprets Keith Whitley and Waylon Jennings, and even sings with Randy Travis, on his new covers album Country State of Mind (re-released on vinyl last week). But it’s the title track,...
- 9/21/2020
- by Jon Freeman and Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Following the group’s remote rendition of “24 Frames” last weekend, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit have released a performance of “Something More Than Free.” The song served as the title track of Isbell’s 2015 album, billed — like its predecessor, Southeastern — as a solo release.
Isbell is joined by his bandmate and spouse Amanda Shires in the center frame, and the two are surrounded by 400 Unit members Jimbo Hart, Sadler Vaden, Chad Gamble, and Derry deBorja. Together, they give a loose, live performance, accented by Vaden’s mournful swells of electric guitar.
Isbell is joined by his bandmate and spouse Amanda Shires in the center frame, and the two are surrounded by 400 Unit members Jimbo Hart, Sadler Vaden, Chad Gamble, and Derry deBorja. Together, they give a loose, live performance, accented by Vaden’s mournful swells of electric guitar.
- 4/16/2020
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
400 Unit, assemble. Like Ron Burgundy, Jason Isbell rallies the members of his band, scattered about Nashville in quarantine, to perform and record a remote version of their song “24 Frames.”
A live favorite off of Isbell’s 2015 album, Something More Than Free, “24 Frames” gets a more subdued treatment here, with Isbell and guitarist Sadler Vaden leading the charge on acoustic guitars. Bassist Jimbo Hart plugs in, while drummer Chad Gamble keeps time on a pared-down kit, brushing his snare. Derry deBorja ties it all together with a pretty melody on his keyboard.
A live favorite off of Isbell’s 2015 album, Something More Than Free, “24 Frames” gets a more subdued treatment here, with Isbell and guitarist Sadler Vaden leading the charge on acoustic guitars. Bassist Jimbo Hart plugs in, while drummer Chad Gamble keeps time on a pared-down kit, brushing his snare. Derry deBorja ties it all together with a pretty melody on his keyboard.
- 4/13/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
“You can dance in a hurricane, but only if you’re standing in the eye,” Brandi Carlile and Tim and Phil Hanseroth sang onstage at Nashville’s Marathon Music Works on Monday night. The Seattle-based musicians flew in especially to perform at the To Nashville, With Love tornado relief benefit concert and, with songs like “The Eye,” helped take back the power of last week’s natural disaster and transform it into something healing.
If you listened closely, either in the venue itself or via the livestream, lyrical references to strong,...
If you listened closely, either in the venue itself or via the livestream, lyrical references to strong,...
- 3/10/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Jason Isbell and Brandi Carlile will perform at “To Nashville, With Love,” a benefit concert to raise funds for the recovery effort after a tornado hit the city on March 3rd. The event is set for Monday, March 9th, at Marathon Music Works, located just south of one of the hardest hit areas of the city.
Joining them as performers for the evening is an all-star lineup of artists, including Aaron Lee Tasjan, Ashley McBryde, Brothers Osborne, Dan Auerbach, Old Crow Medicine Show, Margo Price, Katie Pruitt, Kendell Marvel, Sadler Vaden,...
Joining them as performers for the evening is an all-star lineup of artists, including Aaron Lee Tasjan, Ashley McBryde, Brothers Osborne, Dan Auerbach, Old Crow Medicine Show, Margo Price, Katie Pruitt, Kendell Marvel, Sadler Vaden,...
- 3/6/2020
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Jason Isbell’s guitar foil Sadler Vaden, Philadelphia songwriter Roger Harvey, and Dierks Bentley’s alter-ego Nineties group all have songs on this week’s list.
Sadler Vaden, “Golden Child”
A solo artist, modern-day guitar hero, and longtime member of Jason Isbell’s 400 Unit, Sadler Vaden has spent the better part of a decade carrying the torches for Americana and rock & roll. Here, he nods to his classic-rock roots with a song whose six-string heroics are steeped in the funky, fiery influence of Joe Walsh.
Roger Harvey, “Twice as High...
Sadler Vaden, “Golden Child”
A solo artist, modern-day guitar hero, and longtime member of Jason Isbell’s 400 Unit, Sadler Vaden has spent the better part of a decade carrying the torches for Americana and rock & roll. Here, he nods to his classic-rock roots with a song whose six-string heroics are steeped in the funky, fiery influence of Joe Walsh.
Roger Harvey, “Twice as High...
- 1/27/2020
- by Robert Crawford
- Rollingstone.com
Best known as the lead guitarist of Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit since 2013, singer-songwriter Sadler Vaden has announced plans for his second solo album. Titled Anybody Out There? and self-produced by Vaden, the album will be released March 6th via Thirty Tigers/Dirty Mag Records.
“I really wanted to make a concise, strong-sounding rock ‘n’ roll album that wasn’t like a garage-y type of thing but wasn’t too polished,” Vaden told Billboard. “I wanted to take a little more of a deeper dive into my songwriting with this particular record,...
“I really wanted to make a concise, strong-sounding rock ‘n’ roll album that wasn’t like a garage-y type of thing but wasn’t too polished,” Vaden told Billboard. “I wanted to take a little more of a deeper dive into my songwriting with this particular record,...
- 11/21/2019
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
The Washington Nationals walloped the Houston Astros during Game Two of the World Series last night, but for the 2,362 fans who packed the pews at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, there was only one October tradition worth watching: the fifth show of Jason Isbell’s yearly residency at the Mother Church.
Isbell’s annual Ryman gigs have become as familiar a part of Nashville’s modern-day makeover as construction cranes — which is appropriate, given that the songwriter is clearly building something here. In a city whose rapid growth spurt has resulted...
Isbell’s annual Ryman gigs have become as familiar a part of Nashville’s modern-day makeover as construction cranes — which is appropriate, given that the songwriter is clearly building something here. In a city whose rapid growth spurt has resulted...
- 10/24/2019
- by Andrew Leahey
- Rollingstone.com
Jason Isbell has spent a good deal of 2019 focusing less on his Grammy-winning songwriting and more on the instrument that enabled his rise from Muscle Shoals to Music City — his guitar.
Isbell, whose six-string skills helped define a trio of Drive-By Truckers albums before he found solo success, has recently played sideman to country supergroup the Highwomen and backed Sheryl Crow on her cover of Bob Dylan’s “Everything Is Broken.”
While logging road miles with his backing band the 400 Unit this summer, he worked bluesy guitar bends into the new song “Overseas,...
Isbell, whose six-string skills helped define a trio of Drive-By Truckers albums before he found solo success, has recently played sideman to country supergroup the Highwomen and backed Sheryl Crow on her cover of Bob Dylan’s “Everything Is Broken.”
While logging road miles with his backing band the 400 Unit this summer, he worked bluesy guitar bends into the new song “Overseas,...
- 10/16/2019
- by Jim Beaugez
- Rollingstone.com
New songs from promising Australian trio Dozzi, American Idol alum Brooke White and roots-rock band the High Divers make up this week’s list of the best country and Americana songs.
Dylan Brady, “Over Us”
Feeling beaten down by a breakup, 20-year-old Dylan Brady channels his melancholy into a nostalgic, radio-friendly anthem. Ramping up the song’s FM appeal are Rascal Flatts’ Joe Don Rooney and Hunter Hayes’ music director, Andy Sheridan, both of whom share production credit.
Jesse Dayton, “Bankrobber”
“Bankrobber” was written by Joe Strummer and Mick Jones,...
Dylan Brady, “Over Us”
Feeling beaten down by a breakup, 20-year-old Dylan Brady channels his melancholy into a nostalgic, radio-friendly anthem. Ramping up the song’s FM appeal are Rascal Flatts’ Joe Don Rooney and Hunter Hayes’ music director, Andy Sheridan, both of whom share production credit.
Jesse Dayton, “Bankrobber”
“Bankrobber” was written by Joe Strummer and Mick Jones,...
- 6/21/2019
- by Robert Crawford
- Rollingstone.com
When Sadler Vaden, guitarist for Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, hosted a tribute to the music of Oasis in Nashville last month, Americana singer Lauren Morrow delivered one of the night’s knockout performances. It wasn’t one of the Gallagher brothers’ hits either — instead of usual suspects “Wonderwall” or “Champagne Supernova,” Morrow wowed with the B-side “Talk Tonight.”
Written by Noel Gallagher and getting its widest release as a track on The Masterplan, Oasis’ 1998 collection of B-sides, “Talk Tonight” was one of the brash Manchester band’s most poignant and introspective songs.
Written by Noel Gallagher and getting its widest release as a track on The Masterplan, Oasis’ 1998 collection of B-sides, “Talk Tonight” was one of the brash Manchester band’s most poignant and introspective songs.
- 6/13/2019
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
With Oasis not likely reuniting anytime soon, singer, guitarist and Gallagher brothers superfan Sadler Vaden did the next best thing: performed the famously fractured band’s songs himself.
On Wednesday night at East Nashville club the Basement East, Vaden, guitar player for Jason Isbell’s the 400 Unit, recruited fellow Oasis fans like Lilly Hiatt, the Wild Feathers, Lauren Morrow and Aaron Lee Tasjan to revisit the group’s catalog to benefit Teen Cancer America, a charity for young people dealing with cancer.
Beginning with Reno Bo, who belted out “Acquiesce” with hands behind his back,...
On Wednesday night at East Nashville club the Basement East, Vaden, guitar player for Jason Isbell’s the 400 Unit, recruited fellow Oasis fans like Lilly Hiatt, the Wild Feathers, Lauren Morrow and Aaron Lee Tasjan to revisit the group’s catalog to benefit Teen Cancer America, a charity for young people dealing with cancer.
Beginning with Reno Bo, who belted out “Acquiesce” with hands behind his back,...
- 5/23/2019
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Venerable Georgia rock band Drivin N Cryin have announced the new album Live the Love Beautiful. Produced by Aaron Lee Tasjan — who played guitar for the group for two years before launching his own successful solo career — the 11-track album highlights the quality mix of Southern rock, country and folk that Drivin N Cryin have been perfecting since forming in the mid-Eighties.
To preview the album, set for a June 21st release, the group unveiled the song “Step by Step.” It’s a jangly slice of heartland rock that underscores...
To preview the album, set for a June 21st release, the group unveiled the song “Step by Step.” It’s a jangly slice of heartland rock that underscores...
- 4/3/2019
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
The annual Cayamo Cruise set sail last week, with artists like Emmylou Harris, the Mavericks, Buddy Miller and Maggie Rose performing to an audience of Americana music fans. But it wasn’t solely a rootsy affair — Sadler Vaden, the guitarist in Jason Isbell’s backing band the 400 Unit, played up his rock & roll roots during his nightly after-hours concerts with special guests.
Vaden enlisted Isbell and dobro master Jerry Douglas for one particularly spirited performance, re-creating the Allman Brothers Band’s “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed.” Backed by the 400 Unit...
Vaden enlisted Isbell and dobro master Jerry Douglas for one particularly spirited performance, re-creating the Allman Brothers Band’s “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed.” Backed by the 400 Unit...
- 2/19/2019
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Jack Johnson may have once lost a handful of cash to Willie Nelson in a stoned poker game, but he doesn’t hold a grudge: in fact, he showed up at Saturday night’s tribute, Willie: Life & Songs of an American Outlaw, to salute his idol (and apparent card shark) with a performance of “Willie Got Me Stoned.” Taking the stage solo before a surprise appearance from Sturgill Simpson, Johnson played the tune he wrote before Farm Aid in 2015 and released, appropriately, this past 4/20 on the deluxe edition of his last LP,...
- 1/14/2019
- by Marissa R. Moss
- Rollingstone.com
Jason Isbell was the big winner at September’s Americana Honors & Awards, where he won three of the night’s categories, including Album of the Year for his latest effort The Nashville Sound. Later this week, the ceremony receives its cable television premiere when Cmt airs 2018 AmericanaFest, a collection of performances and speeches from the Nashville event. Among them: Isbell and his band the 400 Unit’s blazing performance of The Nashville Sound track “White Man’s World.”
Filmed at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, the performance sees both Isbell and...
Filmed at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, the performance sees both Isbell and...
- 12/3/2018
- by Jeff Gage
- Rollingstone.com
In July, Charlie Worsham and Brothers Osborne’s John Osborne re-created the guitar fireworks of Lynyrd Skynyrd (along with Jason Isbell guitarist Sadler Vaden) for a spectacular installment of Worsham’s Every Damn Monday summer residency shows in Nashville. Earlier this week, Worsham and Osborne set their sights on another Southern-rock band — re-creating the Allman Brothers’ “Whipping Post” onstage at the Sylvee in Madison, Wisconsin.
Currently opening select shows with the Osbornes, Worsham joined the band for a blazing take on the Allmans’ 1969 jam, a song that became a signature...
Currently opening select shows with the Osbornes, Worsham joined the band for a blazing take on the Allmans’ 1969 jam, a song that became a signature...
- 10/30/2018
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Jason Isbell may the quintessential Americana artist — introspective, deliberate, never a wasted lyric or note — but on Saturday night at the penultimate show of his six-show Ryman Auditorium residency, he embraced his inner go-for-broke guitar-shredder, both as headliner and as surprise guest of his hand-picked opening act, Diarrhea Planet.
The longtime Nashville power-punkers called it quits in September, playing a string of farewell shows at the club Exit/In, but at Isbell’s request, they agreed to perform one more gig at the Ryman. It was the right move, as...
The longtime Nashville power-punkers called it quits in September, playing a string of farewell shows at the club Exit/In, but at Isbell’s request, they agreed to perform one more gig at the Ryman. It was the right move, as...
- 10/28/2018
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
When Jason Isbell asks if he’s the “last of my kind” in his wistful song of the same name, it’s hard not to wonder if the answer is “yes.” It was particularly resonant when he played The Nashville Sound track mid-set on Wednesday night, during the third show of his six-night 2018 residency at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium — a performance that illuminated Isbell as, if not the last of a breed, then certainly as the most rare and complex of artists.
Despite just releasing the Live From the Ryman...
Despite just releasing the Live From the Ryman...
- 10/25/2018
- by Brittney McKenna
- Rollingstone.com
Jason Isbell initially reached a broader audience as a third guitarist and sometimes songwriter in the Southern rock band Drive-By Truckers, adding a fresh perspective and voice to their albums Decoration Day and The Dirty South. Those rock credentials were on full display for the second night of Isbell’s 2018 Ryman Auditorium residency, with a set list that looked all the way back to the beginning of his remarkable career.
“There’s nowhere on Earth I’d rather be this evening,” said Isbell at the top of the show, looking...
“There’s nowhere on Earth I’d rather be this evening,” said Isbell at the top of the show, looking...
- 10/24/2018
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
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