Congratulations to Gillian Welch and David Rawlings!


 

I don't watch the Grammy Awards show, so I just heard (via an email from the duo's website) that Gillian and David won the Best Folk Album award at the recent ceremony. Does winning that award still result in an increase of album sales? I also wonder if non-audiophiles notice the album sounds a lot better than most albums.

   

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A great article @mashif, thanks for the link. I knew nothing about the Woodland Sound Studio story.

 

 

I was very happy when both of Levon Helms' last two albums won Grammy Awards, Dirt Farmer for best Traditional Folk Album and Electric Dirt for best Americana album. I fitting way to go out.

 

Always loved Gillian and David. I was shocked to hear just how great Rawlings voice sounds live when I saw them last year. He's also a very good and passionate guitar player. I will always support his Acony label. 

I guess I’m in the minority. Given a choice to listen to Gillian or David sing, I’ll take Gillian every time. However, I do greatly admire and enjoy David's guitar playing. He’s in a select small group of guitarists who truly possess a style all their own. That in and of itself is an enormous accomplishment.

 

I wasn't qualifying their voices, just remarking on personal experience. Rawlings has always taken a backseat to Welch. It's nice that she's supporting his artistic expression now