Prescott Park Arts Festival presents: Gillian welch
Date and Time
Saturday Jul 21, 2018
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM EDT
Location
Prescott Park, Portsmouth
Website
Description
River House Restaurant Concert Series
Gillian Welch’s rich and remarkable career spans over twenty years, and is a pillar of the modern acoustic music world.
After moving to Nashville in the early 1990s, Welch was launched into the public consciousness when Emmylou Harris recorded a cover of Welch’s “Orphan Girl.” Her career continued to flourish as her 1996 debut Revival was released to critical acclaim.
Firmly on the roots music map following the release, Welch followed up that GRAMMY nominated album release with 1998’s Hell Among The Yearlings, a stark duet record with partner David Rawlings, further solidifying the duo as a force in the folk music scene.
When Welch served as executive producer as well as a performer on the eight times platinum O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack, she was awarded the Album of the Year GRAMMY Award win, and was simultaneously nominated for her own Time (The Revelator) which Rolling Stone called one of the best albums of the 2000s and is widely considered by critics to be one of the best albums of all time.
2011’s The Harrow and The Harvest felt like a sonic cultivation of what Welch and Rawlings had been honing in on and perfecting for decades, and the awards circuit noticed, nominating the album forBest Contemporary Folk Album and Best Engineered Album at the GRAMMYs, Artist of the Year (Welch) and Instrumentalist of the Year (Rawlings) at the Americana Honors & Awards, along with glowing reviews and multiple mentions on year end “Best Of” lists. The duo returned to Rawlings’ moniker for their next two releases, 2015’s Nashville Obsolete and 2017’s Poor David’s Almanack (GRAMMY Nominated for “Best American Roots Song” for first single “Cumberland Gap“).
Welch and Rawlings continue to tour the world in support of their projects while simultaneously writing, lending their talents to countless fellow artist’s recordings, and working to release their highly celebrated catalog on phonograph record for the first time ever.
If you are a member you should have received an email with a link to reserve your table. For any questions, call the Box Office at 603-436-2848.
If you are not a member, tables and blankets will be available on May 21th*. Become a member today!
*Tables are subject to availability and are first come, first served
