April 23, 2003

New Gillian Album: "Soul Journey"

Posted by Larry Karnowski at April 23, 2003 9:20 AM

Woohoo!! Just in time before I see her this summer with Norah Jones, Gillian Welch is releasing a new album on June 3rd! You can preorder it here.

On the preorder page, there's a quote from Gil saying it's "the sunniest record I've ever made." Wow, a sunny record from Gillian Welch? I'll have to hear that.... Also, the cover image is very strange for her -- not her style at all, I think. It might just be a sunny album after all!

BTW, it's still early, but I don't have a date for that Norah Jones/Gillian Welch show in June... any takers?

Comments

I only recently fell upon alt-country and had the honour of getting Gillian Welch tickets for a birthday present - Wow! Can't wait for new albumn. Also discovered the amazing voice of Oh Susanna, who is also gracing our city next month. Who else am I missing???? Lou, Bristol, England.

Posted by: Lou at April 27, 2003 5:51 PM

Lou, I haven't heard of "Oh Susanna" (other than the song, of course), but I'll definitely have to check them/her (?) out. If you like Gillian Welch, I have about a hundred people to recommend, but I'd start with the Be Good Tanyas (http://www.begoodtanyas.com) and Tift Merritt (http://www.tiftmerritt.com).

Posted by: larry at April 27, 2003 9:08 PM

I agree with Lou! Jimmy Buffet sucks!

Posted by: Shane O. at April 30, 2003 8:29 PM