"His spare and gentle efforts were rewarded by the Grammys with three nominations: Best Folk Album, Best American Roots Song for "Foxes in the Snow," and Best American Roots Performance for "Crimson and Clay." Isbell will extensively tour the album across the country next year, and he also found time amid the holiday season to with his original band, Drive-By Truckers, to celebrate their 2003 opus Decoration Day."
"My grandparents, aunts, and uncles made music, but my parents didn't play anything. It skipped a generation. The first time I started playing music was as a very small child. There are pictures of my granddad holding me in his lap with a mandolin. He started me on a mandolin first because my hands were too small for a guitar. I remember learning a little bit of mandolin at 6 years old and then when I was about 7, he started teaching me guitar."
Jason Isbell released Foxes in the Snow in 2025, a spare, gentle reimagining of the divorce record that traces the chaos after separation. The album garnered three Grammy nominations: Best Folk Album, Best American Roots Song for "Foxes in the Snow," and Best American Roots Performance for "Crimson and Clay." Isbell plans an extensive national tour and joined his original band, Drive-By Truckers, to celebrate their 2003 album Decoration Day. Isbell's musical origins began in childhood with family mandolin and early guitar lessons, a pivotal moment hearing Derek and the Dominos' "Layla," and later included acting alongside Robert De Niro.
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