Gillian Welch Played The Beacon, Touring (Europe and US)

Gillian Welch at the Beacon Theatre (10/22/11) Photo: Geoff Green Gillian Welch and her musical partner in crime David Rawlings recently played the Beacon Theatre in support of Gillian’s (long awaited) new record, The Harrow and The Harvest. In case you haven’t heard the #1 album on Amazon.com’s Folk charts (and it came out in…

Wednesday’s Presales: July 13, 2011

John K. Samson of The Weakerthans at MHOW (09/18/09) Photo: Matt Fricovsky (more) Aug 25 2011 Seether Starland BallroomSayreville, NJ07:00 PM Buy TicketsAmex presale begins:Thu, 07/14/1109:00 AM Aug 30 2011 The Lumineers Mercury LoungeNew York, NY06:30 PM Buy TicketsAmex presale begins:Wed, 07/13/1112:00 PM Sep 3 2011 The Foot. plus A Cool Stick Mercury LoungeNew York,…

Gillian Welch Released A New Album, Adds Beacon Theatre Show

Gillian Welch – Harrow and the Harvest Much to the delight of her overly patient fans Gillian Welch released her first new studio album in 8 years a little less than two weeks ago. The long awaited new album, entitled The Harrow and the Harvest, made a bit of a splash on the Billboard Charts…

Dark Was The Night Is Coming, Listening Party at Stanton Public

Dark Was The Night is the upcoming stunning new double CD set from the Red Hot Organization and 4AD. Honestly, and I never say this about compilations, let alone double records, but this thing could well be my favorite album of the year. Dark Was The Night was masterfully produced (and that’s not idle flattery,…