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Jason Isbell has made it a requirement that audience members attending shows on his upcoming tour provide proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test result.In a tweet posted yesterday (August 9), Isbell said: “If the venue won’t allow that, we won’t play.“I’m all for freedom,” Isbell told MSNBC‘s Stephanie Ruhle in an interview, “but I think if you’re dead, you don’t have any freedoms at all.“It’s probably important to stay alive before you start questioning your liberty.”We’re now

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Singer-songwriters Jason Isbell and Amythyst Kiah are both up for three nominations at this year's Americana Honors and Awards show, which will resume in-person after the pandemic forced the cancellation of last year's awards ceremony.Nominees were announced on Wednesday for the Sept.

Chris Willman Music WriterJason Isbell, Brandi Carlile, Valerie June, Allison Russell and Amythyst Kiah are among the multiple nominees for the 2021 Americana Honors & Awards.

Frank Turner has released a new track called ‘The Gathering’ featuring Muse drummer Dom Howard and Jason Isbell – listen below.The stomping collaborative single marks Turner’s first material in almost two years, following on from his 2019 album ‘No Man’s Land’.Guest musicians Howard and Isbell tracked their parts for the song remotely from the US, with Turner enlisting Rich Costey (who helmed 2013’s ‘Tape Deck Heart’) as producer.“It’s a song about what we’ve been missing, that sense of coming

Tatanka Means (I Know This Much is True), Michael Abbott Jr (Loving), Pat Healy (Bad Education) and Scott Shepherd (Bridge of Spies) have been added to the cast of Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, the Apple Studios film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro and based on David Grann’s bestseller.

We are fast approaching the production start date for Martin Scorsese’s next feature, the big-budget crime drama, “Killers of the Flower Moon.” And while any film with Scorsese behind the camera is worthy of getting excited about, the cast and crew he is putting together for ‘Killers’ are shaping up to be something truly special.

Jason Isbell and Sturgill Simpson will join the cast of the forthcoming Martin Scorsese film Killers Of The Flower Moon.The film, set in 1920s Oklahoma, tells the story of the Reign of Terror, a series of murders against Osage Native Americans whose land was rich in oil.

Apple Original Films’ continues to expand the cast for the Martin Scorsese directed thriller Killers of the Flower Moon.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorJade Bird is one of the more promising British singer-songwriters to emerge in the past few years, and Grammy-winning producer Dave Cobb — who has helmed albums by Brandi Carlile, Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell, the Highwomen and many more — is one of Nashville’s reigning producers.

Jason Isbell is donating his songwriting royalties to a good cause.

Jason Isbell will donate proceeds from Morgan Wallen‘s cover of his song ‘Cover Me Up’ to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).The news follows Wallen receiving a huge sales boost after a video of him using the N-word surfaced online. The country music star has since been dropped by his record label and has seen his music pulled from radio stations and playlists across the US.In 2019, Wallen covered Isbell’s 2013 hit ‘Cover Me Up’.

Chris Willman Music WriterCMT announced Wednesday that it has acquired exclusive broadcast rights for “Skyville Live,” an all-star concert series bringing together artists from the rock and pop worlds as well as the country and America that are the cable channel’s bread-and-butter.The Viacom network will premiere the series with the Jan.

Chris Willman Music WriterThe get-out-the-vote effort in Georgia’s senatorial run-off today is getting a boost from more than 70 artists who’ve signed up to participate in #iVoted Festival Georgia, an eight-and-a-half hour livestream.

Janet W. Lee To wrap up a tumultuous year in the absence of live music, many artists are returning to the virtual stage to celebrate the new year with their fans.Pay-per-view concerts providing an incentive to stay in include shows by BTS, Justin Bieber, Jason Isbell, the Avett Brothers, Bob Weir, Melissa Etheridge, Michael Franti and more.

YouTube and Facebook handles. This year’s concert will be free to watch, with donations encouraged.The lineup also includes Adam Lambert, Amanda Shires & Jason Isbell, Bette Midler, Billy Porter, Boy George, Brandi Carlile, Brittany Howard, Carson Kressley, Harvey Fierstein, Henry Rollins, Jackson Browne, Judy Gold, Kim Petras, King Princess, Meg Myers, Phoebe Bridgers, Sharon Osbourne, Shea Diamond and Whoopi Goldberg.Some celebrities will make appearances and others will perform.

Chris Willman Music WriterAfter moving last year from its longtime New York base to L.A., Cyndi Lauper’s annual benefit for homeless LGBTQ youth has found a new home for these holidays, and it’s online, of course.

Celebrate the holiday with Cyndi Lauper and friends, for a good cause.

Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires are withdrawing from the Country Music Association.

Jason Isbell and Sturgill Simpson have publicly criticised the Country Music Association after it failed to recognise the late John Prine during this year’s awards ceremony in Nashville last night (November 12).Taking to social media earlier today, Isbell said he and Amanda Shires have returned their lifetime membership cards to the CMA for not paying tribute to Prine, nor Jerry Jeff Walker or Billy Joe Shaver, both of whom passed away last month.“I doubt anybody will care, but we cared a lot

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorFormer Bee Gees cofounder Barry Gibb has announced “Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook, Vol.

Chris Willman Music WriterBee Gees alumnus Barry Gibb dropped a duet with Jason Isbell late Thursday night in announcing a forthcoming project that has him sharing lead vocals on his catalog material with a dozen mostly Nashville-based artists.

Natalie Oganesyan editorTom Petty’s annual birthday bash is taking on a bigger all-star cast as it goes virtual this year in celebration of the late musician’s 70th.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorJason Isbell, Kiiara, Jade Bird and many other artists will perform at Sound Mind Live, a virtual music festival in celebration of World Mental Health Day taking place on Thursday beginning at 8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m.

Jason Isbell recently demoed his prized 1959 Gibson Les Paul guitar, formerly owned by Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Ed King, at virtual guitar show Guitar.com Live.In a 30-minute session broadcast on October 3, the country-rock musician showed off the instrument – named Red Eye – from his rehearsal barn in Nashville, playing a few Led Zeppelin riffs and sharing about how the one-of-a-kind guitar came into his possession.“In my opinion the greatest sound in the whole world is a child’s laughter, and second

Chris Willman Music WriterA 77-track benefit album for a voting rights organization will be released as a download on Bandcamp Friday, for just one day before it disappears — and the list of artists and previously unreleased tracks is intriguing enough to inspire a full-on onset of carpe diem.The second volume of “Good Music to Avert the Collapse of American Democracy” includes an even more impressive lineup than the first, and like its predecessor, will be available for 24 hours, starting at

Chris Willman Music WriterBrandi Carlile, Cyndi Lauper, Cynthia Erivo, Yola and Laurie Anderson will be among the stars paying tribute to honorees like John Prine, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Philip Glass, Chicago and Philip Glass in “Great Performances: Grammy Salute to Music Legends,” set to air Oct.

Ringo Starr turned the big 8-0 on Tuesday (July 7), and his famous friends flooded social media with birthday wishes for the iconic rocker.

A Star is Born.In the film, Bradley Cooper plays Jackson Maine, an alcoholic rockstar partly inspired by Eddie Vedder. Maine plays ‘Maybe It’s Time’ at several points throughout the film as his own song.

coronavirus. Country star Kelsea Ballerini called Rice “selfish” for risking people's health by playing in front of a large crowd.

On May 15, Jason Isbell celebrated the release of his latest album, Reunions, with his band the 400 Unit by christening the stage at the newly-built Brooklyn Bowl in Nashville alongside his wife musician Amanda Shires. The music venue and bowling alley was scheduled to make its grand opening in March, but remained shuttered after a tornado hit Music City and the spread of COVID-19 halted live shows around the globe.

Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit plan to hit the road with special guest Lucinda Williams next year for an unforgettable summer jaunt.

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit's Reunions tops multiple Billboard album charts dated May 30, following the set's first week of wide release.Reunions vaults 20-1 on Top Rock Albums, 17-1 on Top Country Albums and 2-1 on Americana/Folk Albums, up 388% to 37,000 equivalent album units (31,000 in album sales) in the week ending May 21, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.

NEW YORK -- Jason Isbell had big plans for this summer, between a new album specifically designed to introduce his music to a wider audience and a schedule that had him onstage most nights from May to September.

Polo G and Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit joined Future in having albums debut in the top 10.

Future flies in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with his seventh chart-topper, as High Off Life enters at No. 1. The album, which was released via Freebandz/Epic Records on May 15, earned 153,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending May 21, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data -- Future’s biggest week, in terms of units, for a solo album. Of

Plus: Polo G set to start at No. 2 with “The Goat” & Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit’s “Reunions” rushing towards top 15 after wide release.