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The Harrow & The Harvest

Gillian WelchMP3 Music
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  • Original Release Date: June 28, 2011
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Not to mention perfect harmonies and gills amazingly beautiful voice. kathy2crows  |  25 reviewers made a similar statement
I have many of their albums, and I love this one the best. Nancy L. Rickard  |  16 reviewers made a similar statement
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103 of 110 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Worth the wait June 28, 2011
By Kil Roi
Format:Audio CD
Whatever the reason Gillian Welch and David Rawlings waited eight years to release this much anticipated album, we're rewarded for our patience.

The 10 tracks on "The Harrow & the Harvest" are well-penned and executed. In an interview with The Australian, Gillian said the duo struggled with getting the material just right for this album. And got it right they did. Gillian returns to her cowgirl-boots-in-a-daisy-field folk, dark lyrics and melodies with just enough melancholia to make you feel good.

Gone are the drums that adorned her previous album, "Soul Journey," (the drum work on that LP wasn't flashy, but rather curiously echoed the plodding snare thumps found on Neil Young's "Harvest.")

Standout tracks include "Dark Turn of Mind" and "Down Along the Dixie Line." But the whole album flows and is best enjoyed in its entirety, in solitude.

"The Harrow & the Harvest" is a must-have for Gillian Welch fans.

If you're new to her, this is a great starting point. But there's no need to tell you to explore her back catalog. After hearing this, you will.
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75 of 84 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars silver and copper and a heart of gold June 28, 2011
By Matthew
Format:Audio CD
one of things i noticed reading the other reviews is
the songs that have resonated most with me are not the same as
some of the ones that have resonated with others-- which is to
say this is a dynamic album that will touch everyone in different
ways. i've been dying for this record. they've been playing
"the way it will be" live since the time of soul journey, 8 years ago.
i've listened to the record three times since yesterday
(i don't want to overdo it). gillian's voice in a room, with
two guitars, a banjo, some hands, whatever.. it cuts to my core
and so my review will be biased because her lilts and syncopated
notes walk the edge of despair and something silver. for me, her
soulfulness resonates in a similar realm as that of otis redding-
for different reasons of course.

pretty much, i just want to thank gillian and david for putting
out another record. from the stunningly pretty guitar work on
"scarlet town" (whatever key that's in makes david's guitar
sound like copper pennies falling into a well.)
to the acid, lonesome message of "the way it will be" to
the timely and timeless, soul-stirring "hard times"--
and everything in between.

i'm grateful for this music.
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71 of 80 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Gillian Welch - "Ten different kinds of sad" June 28, 2011
Format:Audio CD
This is much more than the release of an album. The last time that we properly heard from Gillian Welch was eight years ago when Lehman brothers were still in profit and Facebook was a new business start up. Granted she has toured extensively in that time and made appearances on "Friend of a Friend" in 2009 the album by her musical soul mate Dave Rawlings. She also had a large starring role on the Decemberists excellent "King is Dead" this year so 2011 is almost proving hyperactive for this great singer. So let us start by warmly welcoming her back and stating that the "The Harvest and the Harrow" is magnificent and well worth the long wait. Listeners will note immediately that it is an album of relative sparsity in terms of instrumentation, Rawlings presence is musically vital but never overwhelming and Welch herself has moved away from some of the playfulness on "Soul Journey" into a territory, which tends to explore the darker themes of her best album "Time (the revelator)". More than this it harks back to a heartfelt traditionalism which mines something very deep in American music.

"Scarlet town" has the Appalachian ambience of Caleb Mayer and is a great opener with Rawlings accompaniment showing the master musician at his best and a memorable chorus where Welch croons "look at that deep well, look at that dark day". Next up is "Dark turn of mind" a country blues lament that gently rolls along so slowly that you fear it might stop, but is genuinely exquisite. Three songs on the album start with the words "The Way" and the third song will excite those who have longed for the release of the live favourite "Throw me a rope" now renamed "The way it will be". It hints at Neil Young's "On the beach" and is an utter standout. The middle section of the album builds on this tremendous opening and comprises the drug referenced "The way that it goes", the intense six minute plus ruminating dark epic "Tennessee" (perhaps the albums nearest equivalent to "Revelator") and "Down along the Dixie Line" full of references to the deep south and lines drawn from the original civil war anthem "Dixie". In this setting the harmonizing of Welch and Rawlings is memorizing and the way he weaves his guitar lines effortless. Thus when "Six white horses" bounds in with harmonicas and handclaps its almost a full gear change upwards but a delightful one.

The album concludes with "Hard times" which could have been sung the day after the end of the civil war and it would have had resonance for that resolute generation of Americans. The penultimate song "Silver dagger" is possibly the weakest on the album sounding like a reworking of "You are my sunshine" yet other country artists would give their right arm to cover this. Finally the last of the "The Way" trilogy is the aptly named the "The Way the whole thing ends" which could have sound tracked Peter Bogdanovich's stunning portrait of a atrophied West Texas town "The Last Picture Show" as Welch gently laments "that's the way the cornbread crumbles/that the way the whole thing ends". In the last analysis "The Harrow and the Harvest" is deceptively simple album but on deeper listens we discover hidden subtleties and gradations, which Welch and Rawlings have crafted into their best album to date. A warning - this reviewer has no objectivity when it comes to these master musicians but despite this when sheer class of this calibre hits you full force all you can do is hope that we don't have to wait until 2019 for another instalment of such virtuosity.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Being a huge Gillian Welch fan, this effort was long-awaited. The stories and characters in her songs evoke Edgar Lee Masters' poetry: quirky, small-town/rural, and tragic. Read more
Published 19 days ago by Jerry
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Work!
Really Timeless music. Even my kids like it. It's really honest, bare-bones, well crafted. Gillian has such a great voice.
Published 23 days ago by A. Newman
3.0 out of 5 stars Not what I expected
I expected more Appalachian style folk music. I was happily surprised by what I got, the album is more modern.
Published 1 month ago by Anna from SLC
5.0 out of 5 stars Great CD
I bought this when it came out; still listen to it pretty frequently. It's as good or better than Revelator, in my opinion. I wish she'd come to northern Colorado sometime... Read more
Published 1 month ago by J. Johnson
5.0 out of 5 stars Record to Die 4
This was in Stereophiles record to die 4 list so I bought it and I do not regret it. I will have to check out more of her music.
Published 1 month ago by Robert Kernechel
5.0 out of 5 stars excellent, one of my favorite all-time records!!
I love this album, the songs are all great, I love the mood of it, the musicianship is amazing, just absolutely gorgeous. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Athina
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Artist I'm Getting More
Gillian Welch's voice mesmerizes me and her song-writing is warm and fun. I really enjoyed listening to this disc and I found that it stayed in my office player for a couple of... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Stuart M. Tanner
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
A great collection of music. Also it's great sound. A good CD that has good sound and is something you want to listen to.
Published 2 months ago by garym
5.0 out of 5 stars Among my favorite albums!
I never get tired of listening to this one. Love, love, LOVE the lyrics and sing along with it all the time.
Published 3 months ago by Melanie L. Jobes
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful and complex.
Gillian and David are amazing artists. Their poetry and musicianship make for a very special brew. No other duo is like them.
Published 3 months ago by Kate
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