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Gillian Howard Welch (born October 2, 1967 in New York City) is an American singer-songwriter. She performs with her musical partner, guitarist David Rawlings. Welch’s musical style combines elements of bluegrass, neotraditional country, americana, old time string band music, and folk into a rustic style that she dubs “American Primitive”. Her music is often described as haunting or soothing.

Welch was adopted when she was three days old. She moved to Los Angeles at the age of four. By the age of seven, she had learned to play the guitar. Studying at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Welch discovered bluegrass music through the “mountain soul” stylings of The Stanley Brothers. After a short stint in a local band, Welch moved to Boston and studied at the Berklee College of Music.

In Boston, Welch met and began dating David Rawlings, who would become her longtime musical partner. In 1992, they moved to Nashville and began building a career. In Nashville, she met T-Bone Burnett, producer to such artists as Los Lobos, Sam Phillips, Counting Crows, and Elvis Costello. In 1996, Welch released her first album, Revival, which was nominated for a Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album in 1997. Since then, she has recorded other albums and collaborated on the songs “Didn’t Leave Nobody But the Baby” and “I’ll Fly Away” on the soundtrack of the Coen Brothers hit O Brother, Where Art Thou?.

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1		The Way It Goes			422
2		Scarlet Town			375
3		The Way it Will Be			365
4		Dark Turn of Mind			331
5		Look at Miss Ohio			324
6		Tennessee			292
7		Revelator			266
8		I'll Fly Away - Soundtrack Version (O Brother, Where Art Thou?)			256
9		Hard Times			253
10		Down Along the Dixie Line			249
11		Didn't Leave Nobody But The Baby - Soundtrack Version (O Brother, Where Art Thou?)			240
12		Silver Dagger			219
13		Dear Someone			213
13		The Way the Whole Thing Ends			213
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