Revival

I absolutely love Anabelle, for me a sister song is The 2013 “All My Tears” by Ane Brun

This album still encapsulates a great talent.

I heard Passing You By in a tv show and bought that, then I decided I needed the entire album. I grew up on country and bluegrass (my dad performed with Hank Williams for a time in Alabama). My mom hates the new country music, and is a country/bluegrass singer and player (dobro). She's 89 yrs old, so has a long history with music. I'm certain she would love this album as much as I do! It is about time to put the country back into country, and this album is a true gem! No auto-tune, no other special effects, just great singing and playing!

This record blew me away when it was released, and it still haunts me a decade later.

This recording shot through me like a bullet when I first happened upon it over ten years ago...and it still profoundly moves me. It provides the same feeling you get when you find yourself standing in front of a great painting and are suddenly transported to another place, time and experience through the magic of the artists paintbrush. Welch creates an authentic sonic portrait of a bygone America. A tragic, majestic tapestry of Appalachia and beyond. The musical interplay is downright mesmerizing and otherworldly. It sounds like the soundtrack to William Faulkners world or what might have been playing in the tragic car ride of Flannery O'Connors "A Good Man Is Hard To Find". "By The Mark" with it's call and response and it's simple yet elegantly gorgeous guitars is a glimpse into the humble and ecstatic reverence mountain people paid to a creator they felt all around them. I'm no "believer" myself...but one has to respect art that can so convincingly transport you into an alternate world. This backwoods manifesto is high art...this is existential...this is a must.

this woman has some serious talent, I heard a cover that horse feathers did of orphan girl which is spectacular. then luckily found her sweet voice.

An acquaintance of mine refers to this album as 'Songwriting 101' -- all of the basic tricks and tools of the trade are used here perfectly. When I was trying to write a song where the words of the chorus remain the same but their meaning changes as the song goes on at one point I happened to listen to 'Pass You By' and noticed that that's one of the techniques used in that song. My favorite songs on the album are probably 'Anabelle', 'Pass You By', and 'Tear My Stillhouse Down'.

Gillian Welch is what I have been seeking in a folk/bluegrass artist. The journey has been a long one. She inhabits the same universe with Patty Griffin, Alison Krause, Emmy Lou and even the Whites. Pity there are not more men in this special genre. Thank goodness for Ricky Scaggs. "One More Dollar" in the hands of Gillian is a American classic. She sings about and express the lives of a forgotten piece of Americana. Highly recommended

Not to much to say but great music.

This is a modern day classic. If you appreciated Americana, folk, old-timey country with a hint of alternative cool, you will love this, I promise.