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Gillian Welch Announces New Album, Tour Dates

Gillian Welch Announces New Album, Tour Dates

Singer-songwriter Gillian Welch just announced the release of her fifth studio album, The Harrow & The Harvest.The 10-track collection will be released on June 28. It features more of Welch’s signature soulful country and was recorded at Nashville’s Woodland Sound Studio....  read more

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The Best of Bonnaroo So Far

The Best of Bonnaroo So Far

Best Set Involving Rocking Chairs and Lemonade In a special set for Chase Bank customers and some lucky press people, The Avett Brothers broke out their banjo for a lemonade-sipping, rocking chair-lounging crowd. It was the perfect backdrop for their: “I am a breathing time machine, I’ll take you all for a ride.”...  read more

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The 15 Best Davids

The 15 Best Davids

David is a Hebrew name that means “beloved.” These Davids are surely beloved:...  read more

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Dave Rawlings Tours Independent Record Stores Through December

Dave Rawlings Tours Independent Record Stores Through December

While few musicians would downplay the importance of the independent record store, even fewer hold it in such reverence as Dave Rawlings. The singer-songwriter/producer/collaborator, who just released his new album of superb Americana gems, A Friend of A Friend will visit several indie shops on a November/December tour....  read more

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Catching Up With... David Rawlings

Catching Up With... David Rawlings

Although the records are released under Gillian Welch’s name, she and David Rawlings are essentially...  read more

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Dave Rawlings Machine: A Friend of a Friend

Dave Rawlings Machine: <em>A Friend of a Friend</em>

Longtime sideman takes the lead with first solo album It’s hard to believe A Friend of a Friend is David Rawlings’ first album under his own name. For more than 12 years, the Nashville-based musician has toured, written and recorded with Gillian Welch, exploring the well-worn byways of country, bluegrass and stringband music while making the old-timey sound new. As a hired gun, he’s played sideman to artists following in Welch’s wake or creating their own: Sara Watkins, Ryan Adams, Bright Eyes, Guy Clark, Mark Knopfler and Jay Farrar, among others. So his debut as Dave Rawlings Machine is either...  read more

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