Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Blow Into L.A. With Powerful ‘Weathervanes’ Songs at the Hollywood Bowl: Concert Review
variety.comChris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic If you could think of albums as like magazines, Jason Isbell might offer the most reliable subscription in the music business.
Every three years (formerly two, but who’s counting), he issues a record almost exactly as world-class as the last, to the point that it almost feels predictable to pile on accolades, for either the recordings or the tours that follow.
An album like 2023’s “Weathervanes,” and the shows behind them, qualify as pure inspiration, delivered with workmanlike reliability — the healthy flow that a rarefied combination of journeyman-ship and genius will bring you.
So the audience at the Hollywood Bowl for his show there Sunday could count on certain pleasures, 17 years into a sterling solo career, and 23 years in overall: superior singing, emotionally intelligent songwriting and blazing guitar playing… a triple-threat status shared by Richard Thompson before him and, after that.
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