Gillian Welch

This isn't bad at all, but I don't really get as much of a thrill from it. A few of those songs where I feel she's too-obviously putting on a character, asking god for redemption or whatever, which doesn't come across as sincerely as others do.
Also - two previously released songs ("Make Me Down a Pallet on Your Floor", which is traditional anyway, and "One Little Song") and "Streets of St Paul" is obviously an early version of "Wrecking Ball".

We are so happy to announce our upcoming reissue of Gillian Welch & David Rawlings' All The Good Times on CD.

Previously released in limited handmade editions available only from our webstore, the new version of the CD will be available everywhere on March 5th, 2021.

The first Gillian Welch / David Rawlings collaboration to feature both of their names, All The Good Times is a collection of 10 acoustic covers and has received a 2021 GRAMMY nomination for Best Folk Album.

After a devastating tornado ravaged Nashville in the Spring of 2020 making their studio unusable, immediately followed by a global pandemic shutting down their community and touring livelihood, Welch and Rawlings were able to find the inspiration to set up recording equipment in their home living room and record 10 performances on their reel-to-reel of some of their favorite songs from the likes of John Prine (“Hello In There”), Bob Dylan (“Abandoned Love”), Norman Blake (“Ginseng Sullivan”), and more.
A vinyl reissue is coming later this year - more details to come!

didn't know anybody still uses reel-to-reel---advantages?

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Advantage - those amazing 70s memories taping music off the radio. Otherwise shrug

Tape loops

Congratulations to Gillian Welch & David Rawlings for winning Best Folk Album at the 63rd annual GRAMMY awards last night for All The Good Times!

All The Good Times is now available on compact disc worldwide, as well as on streaming and digital download services.

A vinyl reissue is coming later this year - more details to come!
Why this and not Boots 02? Maybe the latter was rec. too long ago or some other Grammys rules/logic

It's been a while since anyone said it so: the Boots series is just extraordinary.

This is probably challopsy but I've had a few so: the thing that eventually makes me turn Welch off is Rawlings: his tone is rich and beautiful but his runs can get a bit samey and busy. I'll get my coat.

Co-sign the love for the Boots series. It’s an interesting compare / contrast with Miranda Lambert’s Marfa Tapes. But also love Rawlings guitar work…

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/gillian-welch-time-the-revelator-1203615/

It's highs are not as high as Time (The Revelator), but Harrow and the Harvest has been like a slow burn for the past 12 years or whatever since it came out, just slowly but perpetually rising in my esteem and my heart. I go back and forth on whether I can say it's my favorite.

Anyway, I was just listening to "Hard Times" and searching to see if "we're supping on tears, we're supping on wine" was their own construction. It is, I think, but I was pleased to see that it is an allusion to the original "Hard Times" (Come Again No More), which features the line

Let us pause in life's pleasures and count its many tears,
While we all sup sorrow with the poor

Nice little Easter egg, made me smile.

Also, as incredible as the Boots comps are and as gorgeous as their covers can be, I would really love to hear some new original music from these folks!

Harrow & Harvest was just rereleased on vinyl after selling for $$ on discogs for a while.

Listened to Soul Journey for the first time last night and I liked it more than expected. The cover and title aren’t very compelling, but it’s pretty good.

Also, as incredible as the Boots comps are and as gorgeous as their covers can be, I would really love to hear some new original music from these folks!

Don't sleep on Poor David's Almanack from a few years back. It's credited to Rawlings, but there are several co-writes with Welch and she sings and plays on it as well.

Thanks for the endorsement. There are a few songs I love dearly from his first couple but as full albums they are a clear cut below the ones in her name. Can't remember if I ever gave that new(er) one a listen though.

Xpost Hard Times. There’s a great fan-made video set against clips of Paper Moon.

And it’s worth hearing Chris Thile’s super fast version on mandolin. I prefer Gillian’s version but ymmv

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qiija5dBBIw

Last night's spangles and yesterday's pearls
Are the bright morning stars of the barroom girls

OTM

(maaaan)Anybody jonesing for Gillian and Dave should check out Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert:
https://kanegellert.bandcamp.com/album/the-flowers-that-bloom-in-spring

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a3960809645_16.jpg

This is superb, thank you dow. Love the art, too.

You're welcome! I like the art on the Bandcamp page too. This is something I just came across on there, still need to check the two previous duet albs they've posted. Every time I listen, it hits me a little harder, in that-low key way.

What the folk https://store.aconyrecords.com/products/the-harrow-the-harvest-reel-to-reel/

“Oh cool, I’ll pay $75 for thaWHAAAAAAAAAAA

You underrate the value of the deluxe slipcase and custom tape boxes.

All I wanted was Revelator on vinyl.

Red Clay Halo is just the best

They're still alive! Newport Folk Festival, July 27th (sold out already)

http://gillianwelch.com/tour/

! Moar dates please

new album 8/23!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcOFbwRGii0

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Sounds good!

Hell yeah. I just watched some of Down From the Mountain a few nights ago. Gillian and Dave looking so young. 25 years later …. the new tune sounds great, more open with a backing band

sounds great, I need to see them on this tour

what an odd career, god bless em!

I like the band sound; I was hoping they’d go more in this direction after Soul Journey. But y’know, 20 years later isn’t too late.

Sounds nice. What have they even been doing all this time.

Oh baby!

They released Poor David's Almanack in 2017 under Rawlings' name but half of which was joint Rawlings/Welch co-writes. It's a great album, don't sleep on it. xp

Gillian and David are adding new shows to their extensive 2024 US Tour including Concord NH, Baltimore, Tysons VA, Philadelphia and a third evening in Saxapahaw, NC. These new shows will go on sale this Friday, August 16 at 10am local time.

FAN CLUB PRESALE INFO

We are offering a special fan club presale for these shows! Use the code HASHTAG to purchase tickets on Tuesday, August 13 at 10am local time.

All previously announced tour dates are on sale now with the exception of Boone, NC, which will be coming soon. Find all ticket links and updated info on the Gillian Welch & David Rawlings Tour Page.

At first they were just listing a Thursday "venue" pre-sale , but then the above one popped up.

My wife got tickets in the afternoon when I noticed that (at which point the center section tickets were gone)

More already sold out than I'd noticed: Evanston, St. Louis, Birmingham, Boston, Portland ME---those last two in New England December---that's loyalty!

David sings on the new song? He sounds good enough but I hope he doesn’t sing lead much more than that.

hmmm no west coast dates yet, sulk

just gorgeous

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVoO0RwoKho

fantastic — so lush! kind of like a comes a time-era Neil song.