Are we in a golden age for acoustic music? You’d just about have to think so, if you are privy to a couple of significant tours coming through California right now, one by the duo of Gillian Welch and ...

The long-awaited new album of original material from Gillian Welch and David Rawlings comes 13 years after they worked together in a co-writing capacity on The Harrow & the Harvest and four years ...

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 ...

3 ICYMI: Meet the Next On Stage: Season 6 Finalists Earlier this year, the duo received a Grammy for 2025 Best Folk Album for their 10th studio album, Woodland. The duo previously received two Grammys ...

“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 ...

Welch and Rawlings perform an in-studio concert featuring several songs from The Harrow and the Harvest, and talk about many of the lyrics they've... Gillian Welch & David Rawlings: The Fresh Air ...

I don’t think Gillian Welch could sing “Happy Birthday” without it sounding like a yearning, aching lament. This isn’t a good thing — it’s a REALLY good thing. But the much-lauded, platinum level, ...

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 ...

GILLIAN WELCH’s rich and remarkable career spans over twenty-five years, and she and her musical partner DAVID RAWLINGS are a pillar of the modern acoustic music world. They have been hailed by ...