Best of What’s Next 2009: Gregory Alan Isakov [Musician]
By
Rachael Maddux / Paste magazine
on August 14, 2009
Hometown: Boulder, Colo.
Album: This Empty Northern Hemisphere
For Fans Of:
Josh Ritter
Ray LaMontagne
Townes Van Zandt

Born in South Africa and raised in Philadelphia,
Gregory Alan Isakov makes quietly lush, deeply vibrant music more rooted in the starry night sky—like the one on the cover of his latest LP—than any terrestrial locale.
Brandi Carlile picks and croons on five of the album’s tracks and took Isakov on the road with her for a spring tour. If he takes a cue from her slow, steady, solid playbook, he’ll do well for himself.