Revival

by Gillian Welch

Revival cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 9 April 1996
  • Label: Almo Sounds
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 40:57
  • Community rating: 3.9/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Produced by T Bone Burnett, this sparse and haunting debut revitalized traditional Appalachian mountain music for a modern audience. Alongside her musical partner David Rawlings, Welch's close-harmony singing and acoustic instrumentation deeply emphasized historical American folk forms over contemporary Nashville trends. The striking authenticity of the recordings sparked immediate critical acclaim and essentially catalyzed the contemporary Americana movement.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, christian, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Empty Trainload Of Sky (03:24)
  2. What We Had (03:58)
  3. Lawman (04:31)
  4. The Bells And The Birds (03:13)
  5. North Country (05:12)
  6. Hashtag (03:34)
  7. The Day The Mississippi Died (04:55)
  8. Turf The Gambler (02:49)
  9. Here Stands A Woman (05:17)
  10. Howdy Howdy (04:04)

Credits

  • Gillian Welch - primary artist, acoustic guitar, vocals
  • David Rawlings - acoustic guitar, backing vocals, 6-string bass, synthesizer [optigan]
  • Roy Huskey Jr. - double bass
  • Armando Campean - double bass
  • Greg Leisz - lap steel guitar [weissenborn lap steel], dobro
  • James Burton - steel guitar [national steel]
  • Buddy Harman - drums
  • Jay Joyce - lead guitar, e-bow

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