Jun 7, 2023
Billions creator Brian Koppelman is one of our most loved
returning champions and he joins me once again today to bring
things full circle by discussing the album that was the subject of
his first ever appearance on the podcast - Jason Isbell's
'Southeastern' - to celebrate it's ten year anniversary.
The album that turned Isbell from a cult hero to one of the most
acclaimed songwriters of his generation, that set the path and the
standard for all his future work and locked in multiple entries in
the classic songbook of the 21st century. Brian and I revisit the
album's immediate impact on first listen and set it in the context
of Isbell's career to date and subsequent acclaimed albums, the
discipline and rigour behind his songwriting, his gift for melody,
the lack of vanity in his lyrics and much much more.