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FOUR
Date: 07.09.2004
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FOUR, 8 October 2004, 9.00-10.00pm
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Â鶹Éç FOUR Sessions features a special concert by acclaimed
country-folk singer songwriter Gillian Welch.
Songs include Look at Miss Ohio, Revelator and from the soundtrack of
O Brother, Where Art Thou? - I'll Fly Away.
The session was recorded with Gillian and her partner-producer David
Rawlings at LSO St Luke's in London on Monday 2 August and includes
a special encore cover of The Band's classic The Weight, with bluegrass
outfit Old Crow Medicine Show.
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Gillian grew up in West Los Angeles where she first
got into bluegrass and early country music such as Delmore Brothers,
the Carter Family, and the Stanley Brothers.
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Whilst attending the Berklee School of Music (Boston)
Gillian began performing at open mike showcases with fellow student
David Rawlings.
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The pair went on to perform regularly throughout the
country and were spotted by producer and musician T-Bone Burnett during
their opening for a Peter Rowan performance in Nashville.
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Burnett went on to produce their first album Revival
in 1996 and a second album followed in 1998 titled Hell Among The Yearlings.
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Subsequently Welch has been involved in tribute albums
such as Return Of The Grievous Angel: A tribute to Gram Parsons and
soundtracks such as O Brother, Where Art Thou? and The Horse Whisperer
and has guested on Ryan Adams' album Heartbreaker.
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Soul Journey is Gillian's fourth album and latest release.
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Producer/Serena Cross.
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