Gillian Welch
Gillian Howard Welch (born October 2, 1967) is an American singer-songwriter who performs with guitarist David Rawlings. Their spare, often dark sound, which The New Yorker calls "at once innovative and obliquely reminiscent of past rural forms", blends Appalachian, bluegrass, country and Americana.
Welch and Rawlings have collaborated on nine critically acclaimed albums, five under her name, three under Rawlings', and two jointly. Her debut Revival (1996) was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album, as was Time (The Revelator), from 2001. Soul Journey (2003) introduced a fuller, more upbeat sound, with drums and electric guitar. After an eight-year gap, The Harrow & the Harvest (2011) was also nominated for a Best Contemporary Folk Album Grammy.
In 2020, Welch and Rawlings released All the Good Times (Are Past & Gone), which won the 2021 Grammy Award for Best Folk Album. In 2024, Welch and Rawlings released Woodland, which would win the 2025 Grammy Award for Best Folk Album, currently making Welch and Rawlings the only duo to win the award more than once.
Welch was an associate producer and performed on two songs of the soundtrack of the Coen brothers 2000 film O Brother, Where Art Thou?, a platinum album that won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2002. She also appeared in the film attempting to buy a Soggy Bottom Boys record. Welch, while not one of the principal actors, did sing and provide additional lyrics to the Sirens song "Didn't Leave Nobody but the Baby." In 2018 she and Rawlings wrote the song "When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings" for the Coens' The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, for which they received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
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Turn It Up - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 3 -
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Strangers Again - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 3 -
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What Can I Do - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 3 -
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Make Me Down A Pallet On Your Floor - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 3 -
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City Girl - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 3 -
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How's About You - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 3 -
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Changing Ground - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 3 -
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If I Ain't Going To Heaven - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 3 -
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Peace In The Valley - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 3 -
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Cowboy Rides Away - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 3 -
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There's A First Time For Everything - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 3 -
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Wanted Man - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 3 -
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Put Your Foot Upon The Path - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 3 -
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Garden Of Love - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 3 -
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Streets Of St. Paul - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 3 -
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One Little Song - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 3 -
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Wouldn't Be So Bad - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 2 -
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Didn't I - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 2 -
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Good Baby - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 2 -
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Hundred Miles - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 2 -
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Rambling Blade - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 2 -
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I Only Cry When You Go - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 2 -
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Lonesome Just Like You - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 2 -
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You Only Have Your Soul - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 2 -
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Picasso - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 2 -
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Beautiful Boy - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 2 -
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Happy Mother's Day - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 2 -
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Papa Writes to Johnny - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 2 -
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Fair September - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 2 -
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Wella Hella - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 2 -
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I Just Want You To Know - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 2 -
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Johnny Dear - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 1 -
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First Place Ribbon - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 1 -
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Give That Man A Road - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 1 -
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Mighty Good Book - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 1 -
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Chinatown - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 1 -
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Fly Down - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 1 -
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Shotgun Song - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 1 -
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Apalachicola - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 1 -
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Strange Isabella - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 1 -
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Little Luli - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 1 -
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Valley Of Tears - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 1 -
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Blind On The Inside - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 1 -
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Back Turn And Swing - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 1 -
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Roll On - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 1 -
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Honey Baby - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 1 -
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Here Come The News - Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 1 -
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