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 ...

At Sunday's 67th annual Grammy Awards ceremony, Nashville folk singers Gillian Welch and David Rawlings took home a Grammy Award. The pair won the best folk album Grammy for their August 2024 album ...

Folk guitar hero David Rawlings has put out a new collection of songs that may best be described as a pop roots album — “Poor David’s Almanack.” The singer and songwriter teamed up with his musical ...

David Rawlings has announced the release of his new album, Poor David’s Almanack, available August 11 via Acony. The record features 10 new tracks recorded in Nashville by the Dave Rawlings Machine ...

With the help of longtime partner Gillian Welch, Rawlings assembles a sweetly engaging, impressively wide-ranging collection of American roots music. Note: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after ...

July 2, 2025 • The duo's music leans into small moments in order to make the outsized ones seem surmountable. December 2, 2024 • You can't always know that it's a great year for new music while it's ...

Gillian Welch and David Rawlings put out Soul Journey, their last record under Welch's name, in 2003, and since then have toured under the moniker David Rawlings Machine. For most listeners, Welch may ...

David Rawlings with Gillian Welch. Or Gillian Welch with David Rawlings. Rawlings, a North Smithfield native, and his longtime musical partner Welch have released eight albums together since the ...

Long renowned for a faithful adherence to the Appalachian folk music tradition in many of their solo works as well as their collaborations as a duo, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings have announced the ...

Songwriter-guitarist-producer David Rawlings has worked alongside partner Gillian Welch since the two met as performance majors at Boston ‘s Berklee College of Music, where they auditioned to be in a ...