Jason Isbell has been named the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s 2017 Artist-in-Residence.

The program honors “a musical master who can be credited with contributing a large and significant body of work to the canon of American popular music.”

As artist-in-residence, Isbell will perform in the museum’s CMA Theater at 7 p.m. on Dec. 5, 12 and 19. Tickets ($49.50-$89.50) go on sale at 10 a.m. Oct. 27 via countrymusichalloffame.org/air-2017.

Isbell, 38, joined Southern rockers The Drive-By Truckers in the early 2000s; while with the Truckers, he wrote songs like “Outfit” and the title track of the critically-acclaimed record “Decoration Day.”

He released his debut solo album, “Sirens of the Ditch,” in 2007. His 2015 record “Something More Than Free” won Best Americana Album Grammy Award; that night, Isbell also took home the Best American Roots Song Grammy for “24 Frames.” His most recent album, “The Nashville Sound,” is currently up for the Country Music Association’s Album of the Year Award. He's also featured in the museum's exhibit "American Currents: The Music of 2016."

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“Jason is a tremendously accomplished performer whose songwriting skills have set him on a path to join the lofty ranks of writing legends like (Kris) Kristofferson and (John) Prine,” said museum CEO Kyle Young in a statement. “He will be our fourteenth artist-in-residence, and also our youngest, but the stellar work that he has done already in his career proves that he belongs in such august company.”

Isbell joins an elite group that includes previous honorees Kristofferson, Cowboy Jack Clement, Earl Scruggs, Tom T. Hall, Guy Clark, Jerry Douglas, Vince Gill, Buddy Miller, Connie Smith, Kenny Rogers, Ricky Skaggs, Alan Jackson and Rosanne Cash.

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