Revival (Gillian Welch album)
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Revival is the first album by Gillian Welch
, released in 1996
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The plant described in the song, "Acony Bell" appears to be Shortia galacifolia
, also known as the Oconee bells. Welch later began her own record label under the name Acony.
Gillian Welch
Gillian Welch is an American singer-songwriter. She performs with her musical partner, guitarist David Rawlings. Their sparse and dark musical style, which combines elements of Appalachian music, Bluegrass, and Americana, is described by The New Yorker as "at once innovative and obliquely...
, released in 1996
1996 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1996.-January:* January – At the trial of two American teenagers, Nicholaus McDonald and Brian Bassett, for the murder of Bassett's parents and young brother, defense lawyers attempt to lay the blame for the murders on the fact...
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The plant described in the song, "Acony Bell" appears to be Shortia galacifolia
Shortia galacifolia
Shortia galacifolia is a rare plant of the Southern Appalachians in the family Diapensiaceae. It is a relict herb which long bewitched Asa Gray, the eminent American botanist, a saga detailed in the paper "Asa Gray and his quest for Shortia glaucifolia" [Arnoldia Vol. 2, 13-26. 1942]...
, also known as the Oconee bells. Welch later began her own record label under the name Acony.
Track listing
- "Orphan Girl" – 3:57
- "Annabelle" – 4:03
- "Pass You By" – 3:57
- "Barroom Girls" – 4:14
- "One More Dollar" – 4:34
- "By the Mark" – 3:40
- "Paper Wings" – 3:57
- "Tear My Stillhouse Down" – 4:32
- "Acony Bell" – 3:06
- "Only One and Only" – 5:33
External links
- Gillian Welch, "Revival" , Review by Lori Leibovich for Salon.com