Jason Isbell Announces New Album ‘Something More Than Free’

Photo by Joshua Black Wilkins
Photo by Joshua Black Wilkins

Jason Isbell just announced Something More Than Free, the follow-up to 2013’s critically acclaimed Southeastern. Dave Cobb, who also helmed Southeastern as well as projects like Sturgill Simpson’s Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, produced the 11-song collection, which he and IsbellĀ recorded at Nashville’s Sound Emporium.

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The album will feature the throwback country number “If It Takes a Lifetime,” emotional ballad “Flagship” and blues rocker “Palmetto Rose.” The albumĀ Ā also includes “24 Frames,” which Isbell unveiled for the first time at the American Songwriter 30th Anniversary Party.

Isbell also recently announced a four-night stint at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium in October.

Something More Than Free will be released via Southeastern Records on July 17. For more information, click here. Album art and tour dates below.

jason isbell something more than free

Tour Dates:
April16Ā – Chattanooga, TN –Ā Track 29 ^^
April 17Ā – Charlotte, NC –Ā Tuckfest at U.S. National Whitewater Center
April 18Ā – Greenville, SC –Ā Horizon Records (Record Store Day 2015 In-Store)
April 18Ā – Columbia, SC-Ā Music Farm Columbia ^^
May 2Ā­Ā – Meridian, MS –Ā Jimmie Rodgers Music Festival
May 8Ā – Richmond, VA –Ā FridayĀ Cheers at Brownā€™s Island
May 9Ā – Maryville, TNĀ  –Ā The Shed #
May 12Ā – Jacksonville, FL –Ā Florida Theatre **
May 13Ā – Clearwater, FL –Ā Capitol Theatre **
May 15Ā – Orlando, FL –Ā The Plaza Theatre **
May 16Ā – Atlanta, GA –Ā Shaky Boots Festival
May 17Ā – Wilmington, NC –Ā Greenfield Lake Amphitheatre **
May 19Ā – Westbury, NY –Ā The Space at Westbury **
May 20Ā – Port Chester, NY –Ā Capitol Theatre **
May 22Ā – Albany, NY –Ā Hart Theatre @ The Egg **
May 23Ā – Cumberland, MD –Ā Del Fest
May 24Ā – Boston, MA –Ā Boston Calling
May 26Ā – Rochester, NY –Ā Water Street Music Hall **
May 27Ā – Cleveland, OH –Ā House of Blues **
May 28Ā – Bristol, TN –Ā Paramount Center for the Arts **
June 4Ā – Cincinnati, OH –Ā PNC Pavilion %
June 5Ā – Dayton, OH –Ā Rose Music Center at the Heights %
June 6Ā – Black Mountain, NC –Ā Pisgah Brewing Co. Outdoor StageĀ°Ā°
June 20Ā – Austin, TX –Ā Texas Union Ballroom ā€“ SOLD OUT
July 4Ā – Austin, TX –Ā Willie Nelsonā€™s 4thĀ of July Picnic
July 9-12Ā – Winnipeg, Canada –Ā Winnipeg Folk Festival
July 26Ā – Columbia, MD –Ā Merriweather Post PavilionĀ āœš
July 31Ā ā€“Ā Fort Smith, ARĀ ā€“ Peacemaker Music & Arts Festival
August 14-16Ā – Lyons, CO –Ā Folks Festival
October 23-26Ā – Nashville, TN –Ā Ryman Auditorium
** = Craig Finn opening
^^ = Strand of Oaks opening
# = Anderson East opening
Ā°Ā° = Amanda Shires opening
% = With Amanda Shires, opening for Dwight Yoakam
āœšĀ = Opening for My Morning Jacket
Ryman Auditorium Special Guests:

October 23: Amanda Shires
October 24: Parker Millsap
October 25: Hurray for the Riff Raff
October 26: Chris Stapleton

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