A pair of North American river otters have apparently decided one Wisconsin zoo isn't cutting it for winter fun.

As noted, we’ve been here before with Isbell, so the element of surprise is missing, as are his bandmates. Foxes in the Snow is a broad collection of songs played alone on his acoustic 1940 Martin ...

But for Jason Isbell’s latest solo outing Foxes in the Snow, there’s a slow and steady focus across its spare 11 tracks. It’s no salacious breakup album (though some might have been anticipating it ...

ISBELL: (Singing) I like her friends. The ones I know. They leave drops of blood like foxes in the snow. It came out of, I think, the idea of holding two concepts in your mind at once - that things ...

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "FOXES IN THE SNOW") DETROW: The new album is called "Foxes In The Snow." When Isbell stopped by the NPR studios the other day, I started by asking him about that evocative image. ...

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "FOXES IN THE SNOW") DETROW: The new album is called "Foxes In The Snow." When Isbell stopped by the NPR studios the other day, I started by asking him about that evocative image.