RSD23 is April 22nd
Husband and wife record store lovers Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires have been named 2023 Record Store Day Ambassadors.
“We’re honored to be your Record Store Day ambassadors for 2023,” the pair say in a statement. “Record stores are gathering places. They’re rooms full of carefully curated art and entertainment where you can find a friend, take a date, start a band. We all need these gathering places now more than ever. In your local record store you find common ground and the excitement of discovery. A great new album can make a grumpy old man (like Jason) feel like a kid again. We’ve both worked in record stores, played our songs there, built our careers there. Record stores make it possible for recording artists to find their audience and their voice, and we couldn’t be more excited to help make 2023 the biggest and best Record Store Day yet.”
The April 22nd event will see the pair release The Sound Emporium EP, which includes new songs from both Isbell and Shires.
Record Store Day is the largest single-day music event in the world and celebrates brick-and-mortar indie record stores worldwide. The List of exclusive and limited edition titles available only via indie record stores is expected to be released soon.
Taylor Swift, Pearl Jam, Run The Jewels, Dave Grohl, Jack White, Metallica and others are among the former Record Store Day Ambassadors.
