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It’s been a year since Grammy-winning folk duo Gillian Welch and David Rawlings released their acclaimed album Woodland. The record is named after the historic East Nashville recording studio the pair ...

Mavis Staples has announced a new album. Produced by Brad Cook, Sad and Beautiful World combines original material with covers of songs by Tom Waits, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Frank Ocean, ...

When did Omer Mayer know Purdue was going to be "the spot" for him to play college basketball? After receiving a text message from one Boilermaker star. Conversations with coach Matt Painter and ...

David Rawlings and Gillian Welch perform at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival in Golden Gate Park. Credit: Shutterstock / Sterling Munksgard This week, San Antonio music fans can bask in the ...

“Every day is getting straighter,” Gillian Welch sang Saturday night. “Time’s the revelator, the revelator.” The 57-year-old Welch stood alongside her long-time musical partner, David Rawlings, 55, on ...

After Led Zeppelin disbanded in 1980, John Paul Jones became a prolific backing musician and producer for artists like R.E.M., the Foo Fighters, Lenny Kravitz, Heart, and more. In 2004, Jones traveled ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — A renowned pair of singer-songwriters are bringing their unique blend of Americana music to the capital city this fall. Gillian Welch and David Rawlings will perform at the ...

Two guitars. Two voices. Fifteen years since the duo last stopped by the Tiny Desk, not much has changed in how they present themselves, right down to their preferred guitar tuner. This is how it's ...

And, yet, everything changes when you listen deeper and live longer. Behind the Desk, facing each other, the ballad "Empty Trainload of Sky" achieves an auditory illusion as their guitars chug and ...