Post by emma on Oct 29, 2011 7:49:58 GMT -5
The first thing you should know about Joy Williams and John Paul White, better known as The Civil Wars, is that they're not a couple. The duo, who were both happily married well before they met at a Nashville songwriting session in 2008, do banter playfully in conversation, but it's more the sarcastic-sweet ribbings of a brother-sister bond than the stuff of tension-soaked romance novels.
The music, on the other hand, is a different story. The band's debut, Barton Hollow, is filled with hushed conversations between lovers, lyrical forget-me-nots, and the kind of sparse arrangements that beg to be played in dim lighting. It's an impressive debut, to be sure, and a surprising pairing considering Williams is a former contemporary Christian artist and White a self-described whiskey drinker from Alabama who was raised on Southern rock and Johnny Cash.
More here
www.interviewmagazine.com/blogs/music/2011-10-27/civil-wars-barton-hollow
The music, on the other hand, is a different story. The band's debut, Barton Hollow, is filled with hushed conversations between lovers, lyrical forget-me-nots, and the kind of sparse arrangements that beg to be played in dim lighting. It's an impressive debut, to be sure, and a surprising pairing considering Williams is a former contemporary Christian artist and White a self-described whiskey drinker from Alabama who was raised on Southern rock and Johnny Cash.
More here
www.interviewmagazine.com/blogs/music/2011-10-27/civil-wars-barton-hollow
hoping they patch things up soon...missing them :,( </3