Jason Isbell talks coronavirus’ effect on the music industry, performs “Only Children” on ‘The Daily Show’
on Thursday night to discuss life in quarantine , the state of the music industry , and the gradual re-opening of Tennessee, just a week before the official release of his seventh studio albumIsbell also performed “Only Children,” a sparse highlight from the upcoming album, accompanied by his wifeAppearing from his home outside Nashville, Isbell spoke about the toll the coronavirus pandemic has been having on working musicians whose touring plans have been put on hold indefinitely.
The singer-songwriter also spoke at length about his theory as to why some Americans across the country have been so eager to return to a sense of normalcy in the midst of the deadly pandemic. “A lot of people…they see the same things every day: they go to the same jobs, they see the same people,” he explained. “A lot of folks make the mistake of thinking that they have seen this before because they don’t have a lot of experience with something they have never seen before; they’re not in practice of experiencing new things. And that scares me.”
Isbell then talked about the personal toll his family has faced during the pandemic, having lost their close family friendis available now if purchased through an independent record store, but will be officially released May 15th.
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