JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT

Style: Americana for arguably one of America's most celebrated songwriters touring right now

Backstory: Isbell was a key member of a promising Americana band, the Drive-By Truckers, until he was fired from the band because of an uncontrollable drinking problem. Musician Amanda Shires (his wife for nearly five years now) helped stage an intervention, and Isbell went to rehab in 2012, emerging an even stronger songwriter with the revered solo albums "Southeastern" in 2013 and "Something More Than Free" in 2015, earning two Grammys for the latter.

Why you should go?: Isbell reunited with his band the 400 Unit for last year's "The Nashville Sound," yet another lauded Isbell release that captured the anxiety and discourse that's been sweeping through the country within the past two years — and offered some healing and hope. Isbell and the band hit Summerfest a couple weeks after the album's release that summer, playing the Outlaw Music Festival at the American Family Insurance Amphitheater. On a bill that boasted Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan and Sheryl Crow, Isbell's performance was the standout.

Opener: Veteran Americana artist James McMurty.

Time and place: 8 p.m. Wednesday, Riverside Theater, 116 W. Wisconsin Ave.

Price: $32.50 to $60 at the box office, the Pabst Theater box office (144 E. Wells St.), (414) 286-3663 and pabsttheater.org. — Piet Levy, plevy@journalsentinel.com