Southern-Fried Rock, With a Shot of Social Commentary

Southern rockers Drive-By Truckers are forging an unusual path in the music business: They’re writing explicitly political songs at a time when most rock bands aren’t

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On their latest album, “The Unraveling,” which comes out Friday, the Athens, Ga., band tackles gun violence, immigration and other hot-button issues. It continues the band’s shift toward more-direct social commentary, which intensified on their prior album, 2016’s “American Band.” Since breaking through in 2001 with “Southern Rock Opera,” which confronts the...

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