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 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
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
In the opening scene of Jason Isbell: Running With Our Eyes Closed, the new HBO “Music Box” documentary out this Friday, Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires can’t seem to get on the same page. As they fumble through a quarantine performance on their front porch, something is always off: the placement of the camera, the key they’re playing in, or the way the intro of the song goes. It seems innocuous enough, but it’s an ominous sign: By the halfway point of the film, the couple is inching closer to divorce.
- 4/6/2023
- by Jeff Gage
- Rollingstone.com
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
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, along with Brittney Spencer, paid tribute to Charlie Watts with a thunderous performance of the Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter” during Isbell’s Thursday night concert in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Spencer, who opened the show and will also open one of Isbell’s upcoming residency concerts at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, handled the Merry Clayton vocals, singing the iconic “War, children/it’s just a shot away” line with a fierce energy. As Isbell took the lead solo and the 400 Unit’s drummer Chad Gamble pounded away at his kit,...
Spencer, who opened the show and will also open one of Isbell’s upcoming residency concerts at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, handled the Merry Clayton vocals, singing the iconic “War, children/it’s just a shot away” line with a fierce energy. As Isbell took the lead solo and the 400 Unit’s drummer Chad Gamble pounded away at his kit,...
- 8/27/2021
- by 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
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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