Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit and Alejandro Escovedo both return to Ravinia. Isbell formed the 400 Unit with musicians mainly hailing from the area around Muscle Shoals, Alabama, releasing their first album together in 2009. Their second studio album, Here We Rest, featured the Americana Music Awards Song of the Year “Alabama Pines.” The group went on to win the Grammy Award for Best Americana Album, and Isbell won the Grammy Award for Best American Roots Song in 2017. Their appearance at Ravinia follows another big year at the Grammys, where Isbell won the Best American Roots Song for “Cast Iron Skillet” and the band was awarded Best Americana Album for 2023’s Weathervanes.

Alejandro Escovedo has had “one of the most fascinating paths in music,” (NPR Music) and on his latest album explores his a one-of-a-kind musical life from the 1970’s New York punk scene to his time as Austin’s hometown hero. Echo Dancing traces his identity as “a literate soul and true punk” (The New Yorker).