In October 2024, Jason Isbell walked into New York City’s historic Electric Lady Studios with one guitar—a Martin 0-17 from 1940—and a satchel of new songs.

For most of his career Isbell has worked with bands, from his stint in the early 2000s with Drive-By Truckers to many years leading the roots-rocking 400 Unit, but his plan this time was to go completely solo and acoustic. That approach suited the emotional exposure of Isbell’s latest songs, too, which reflect the upheavals from the end of his very public 11-year marriage to songwriter/violinist Amanda Shires.

The result of those solo sessions is Foxes in the Snow, a stunning close-up portrait of Isbell revealing the combination of meticulous craft and searing honesty that has made him one of today’s most revered singer-songwriters.

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