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Gillian Welch

Gillian Welch
A slender, middle-aged woman with long brown hair plays guitar and sings into a microphone. She wears a cowboy hat and a red dress.
Gillian Welch performing at MerleFest in 2006
Background information
Birth name Gillian Howard Welch
Born (1967-10-02) October 2, 1967 (age 49)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Origin Nashville, Tennessee
Genres Bluegrass, Folk, Americana, Country
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Instruments Singing, acoustic guitar, banjo, drums
Associated acts Dave Rawlings Machine, Old Crow Medicine Show
Website gillianwelch.com

Gillian Howard Welch (/ˈɡɪliən ˈwɛl/; born October 2, 1967) is an American singer-songwriter. She performs with her musical partner, guitarist David Rawlings. Their sparse and dark musical style, which combines elements of Appalachian music, bluegrass, and Americana, is described by The New Yorker as "at once innovative and obliquely reminiscent of past rural forms".

Welch and Rawlings have released five critically acclaimed albums under the name Gillian Welch and two under the name Dave Rawlings Machine. Their 1996 debut, Revival, and the 2001 release Time (The Revelator), received nominations for the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album. Their 2003 album, Soul Journey, introduced electric guitar, drums and a more upbeat sound to their body of work. After a gap of eight years, they released their fifth studio album, The Harrow & The Harvest, in 2011, which was also nominated for a Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album.

Welch was associate producer and performed on two songs of the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack, a platinum album that won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2002. Welch has collaborated and recorded with distinguished musicians such as Alison Krauss, Ryan Adams, Jay Farrar, Emmylou Harris, the Decemberists, and Ani DiFranco.


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