Gillian Welch: The Harrow & the Harvest – review

(Acony) This album has been a very long time coming. Gillian Welch released her last set, Soul Journey, in 2003, just a year after the soundtrack album for O Brother, Where Art Thou? (in which she appeared alongside Alison Krauss) won a Grammy. She became a country/folk celebrity, and yet for eight years there has been no follow-up, apparently because she was unhappy with her material. Now, at last, comes this brave, minimalist set of new songs that sound as if they have been around for decades....

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