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Gillian Welch is tagged as: alt-country, singer-songwriter, americana, country, folk

Gillian Welch’s musical style combines elements of bluegrass, neotraditional country, americana, old time string band music and folk into a rustic style that she dubs “American Primitive”. Her music is often described as haunting or soothing.
Welch was born October 2, 1967 in New York City and was adopted when she was three days old. She moved to Los Angeles at the age of four. By the age of seven, she had learned to play the guitar. Studying at the University of California, Santa Cruz Welch discovered bluegrass music through the “mountain soul” stylings of The Stanley Brothers. After a short stint in a local band, Welch moved to Boston and studied at the Berklee College of Music.
In Boston, Welch met and began dating David Rawlings, who would become her longtime musical partner. In 1992, they moved to Nashville and began building a career. In Nashville, she met T-Bone Burnett, producer to such artists as Los Lobos, Sam Phillips, Counting Crows, and Elvis Costello. In 1996, Welch released her first album, Revival, which was nominated for a Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album in 1997. Since then, she has recorded other albums and collaborated on the songs “Didn’t Leave Nobody But the Baby” and “I’ll Fly AwayR...
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Top 10 Gillian Welch Songs
Revelator
Look at Miss Ohio
My First Lover
Everything is Free
Elvis Presley Blues
Dear Someone
Red Clay Halo
I Want To Sing That Rock And Roll
Orphan Girl
Annabelle
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Top 10 Gillian Welch Albums
Time
Revival
Soul Journey
Hell Among The Yearlings
Time (The Revelator)
Live and Obscure
Horse Whisperer
Time (The Relevator)
Time
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