Gillian Welch
Gillian Welch (Born October 2, 1967) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and banjoist. Born in New York City and raised in Los Angeles, California, she earned a fine arts degree from the University of California, Santa Cruz, before studying songwriting at the Berklee College of Music. While in Boston, she began her legendary partnership with guitarist David Rawlings. After relocating to Nashville, Tennessee, she achieved immediate acclaim with her T Bone Burnett-produced solo debut, Revival (1996). She subsequently worked as an associate producer and featured vocalist on the blockbuster, multi-platinum soundtrack O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), which won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. She was presented with the Americana Music Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting in 2015.
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