The Latest Breaking News from Gillian Welch

“Rock and roll is for senior citizens now – However strange one feels, you can just look at the Stones who are far older and further down the path to oblivion”: Robyn Hitchcock reflects on his many decades of innovative songwriting

The psychedelic pop pioneer shares the story behind his latest record and the enduring legacy of his band The Soft Boys

MusicRadar · Aug 26

Gillian Welch knew this was coming

Her 2001 song on piracy predicted who'd get rich — and who'd be left behind

Salon · Aug 3

“The letter read, ‘This was our mom’s guitar. It’s worth a lot of money. We want you to have it’”: How actor turned musician Morgan Nagler got her 1977 Martin acoustic, wrote with neighbor Phoebe Bridgers, and finally made a solo album

A TV star from the age of 5, she abandoned one art for another, and wound up learning from Gillian Welch, and being asked to work with Kim Deal

Guitar World · Apr 28

“I wanted to capture that destruction and endurance”: A devastating tornado threatened to tear apart Gillian Welch and David Rawlings’ beloved studio. Now they’ve documented the natural disaster – and their Nashville rebirth – on a new album

The Americana duo tell the story of their return to a long-serving Nashville studio and a remarkable record that bears its name

Guitar World · Feb 17, 2025

Music: Kitty Empire’s 10 best albums of 2024

Americana’s classiest duo weather the storm, Kendrick Lamar has the last word, UK jazz soars – and Charli xcx unleashes the power of Brat

The Guardian - UK · Dec 22, 2024

Gillian Welch and David Rawlings: Woodland review – 10 exquisite songs of loss and love

Named after their Nashville studio, hit by a tornado in 2020, the duo’s first album together in 13 years picks its impeccable, old-time way through personal and social upheaval

The Guardian - UK · Aug 17, 2024

Americana icon Gillian Welch: ‘Bob Dylan walking on to our version of Billy put a smile on my face’

Back with a new album, the singer-songwriter answers your questions on the Coen brothers, John Paul Jones, and having David Cameron as a fan

The Guardian - UK · Aug 8, 2024

Post your questions for Gillian Welch

On the cusp of a new album with long-term collaborator and partner David Rawlings, the Americana icon will answer your pressing enquiries

The Guardian - UK · Aug 2, 2024

From Britney to Germán Bringas: the best old music our writers discovered in 2023

Our belated discoveries included some giant hits of the 80s and 90s as well as little noticed Moroccan genius and Polish post-punk

The Guardian - UK · Dec 26, 2023

In bluegrass, as in life, Molly Tuttle would rather be a 'Crooked Tree'

Molly Tuttle's new album is her third. But in many ways, it's a reintroduction – of her prodigious guitar talent, of her personal story, and to the Recording Academy that decides Grammy Awards.

WEKU · Feb 3, 2023