re: Jason Isbell and the Dawgs in Nashville

I'd venture to say that music is one of the things that has actually been declining over the last few decades. The amount of time and effort that went into Bach and Chopin compositions was staggering by what passes as "pop" music now. If you're the best in sports, cooking, whatever, you can generally be recognized after a while on a big level. You can prove how good you are. It's not like that with music usually. The most talented artists aren't the most known or most paid, and the most paid are just a producers product and normally not really elite on any instruments or writing.