Jason Isbell gets personal on current tour

In the decade-plus since Jason Isbell released his 2013 solo breakthrough Southeastern, he’s had his share of ups and downs, from embracing sobriety and delving into a side hustle as an actor to seeing his marriage to fellow singer-songwriter Amanda Shires dissolve. His two most recent releases, last year’s solo acoustic Foxes in the Snow and its predecessor, 2023’s Weathervanes, a collection of songs he recorded with his band the 400 Unit, are solid reflections of those recent life shifts. When offered condolences on his divorce, Isbell was sanguine about the situation. “It’s I’m sorry and congratulations,” he said. “It’s just a change and change itself isn’t a bad thing. It could have been a lot easier, and it could have been a lot worse, too. I’m happy now, and I feel like the work [on Foxes in the Snow] reflected that transition from being confused, adrift, and angry to finding someone who made me happy and settling into my life and work in the aftermath of all that.” For