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Jason Isbell, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2013

Meagan Beauchemin for NPR

Jason Isbell was once one of Drive-By Truckers' great songwriting weapons — he wrote the jaw-dropping "Outfit," among others — until his career spiraled into substance abuse and he left the band. As it so often does, sobriety has served Isbell well: The Alabama singer-songwriter just released the powerful and profound Southeastern, which candidly addresses his hard fall and hopeful rise.

Hear Isbell perform as part of the 2013 Newport Folk Festival, recorded live on Saturday, July 27 in Newport, R.I.

Set List

  • "Live Oak"
  • "Stockholm"
  • "Cover Me Up"
  • "Codeine"
  • "Flying Over Water"
  • "Decoration Day"
  • "Outfit"
  • "Alabama Pines"
  • "Elephant"
  • "Super 8"
  • "Danko / Manuel"
  • "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" (Rolling Stones cover)
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    Stephen Thompson is a writer, editor and reviewer for NPR Music, where he speaks into any microphone that will have him and appears as a frequent panelist on All Songs Considered. Since 2010, Thompson has been a fixture on the NPR roundtable podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour, which he created and developed with NPR correspondent Linda Holmes. In 2008, he and Bob Boilen created the NPR Music video series Tiny Desk Concerts, in which musicians perform at Boilen's desk. (To be more specific, Thompson had the idea, which took seconds, while Boilen created the series, which took years. Thompson will insist upon equal billing until the day he dies.)