Gillian Welch: In her own words


NOTES:
Gillian is pronounced with a  hard 'G'  (as in the "gills" of a fish)
Outro includes optional language to announce a local performance. During music
programming can be used to introduce a music selection.

INTRO:

In Nashville, Gillian Welch is known as a songwriter with a knack for the
old, hard-country sound. The characters in her songs live tough lives. They
are fruit pickers, failed moonshiners, orphan girls.

WelchÕs duet with Alison Krauss was a highlight of the Grammy-winning
soundtrack to "O Brother, Where Art Thou."  And some of her songs can sound
old fashioned ... at first.

But Welch doesn't think of  her songs as nostalgia, or as a way to escape
the present.

This is how she describes her music, in her own words ...

TAPE IN:  (starts over music) ÒHey, this is Gillian Welch ... Ó
TAPE OUT:  (ends with music) last spoken words: Ò ... helping people get
through really tough times.Ó
[DURATION: 3:07]

OUTRO:

Songwriter Gillian Welch.  Her songs have been covered by the likes of Alison Krauss
and Joan Baez. And Emmylou Harris -- she describes Welch simply as "the future." 

We heard from Gillian  Welch as part of "Musicians in their own words," 
a series produced by David Schulman  and supported by the Corporation
for Public Broadcasting.


[[Gillian Welch and her partner, guitarist David Rawlings,  will be performing live on
DATE at the VENUE in CITY.


HereÕs one of the songs from their latest CD, ÒSoul JourneyÓ É ]]



SAMPLE CREDIT LANGUAGE, END OF HOUR:

"'Musicians in their own words' is produced by David Schulman and supported by the
Corporation for Public Broadcasting."

For stations considering using this piece during music programming ...

SUGGESTED TRACKS FROM CD "SOUL JOURNEY"

1) Look at Miss Ohio
5) One Monkey
7) Lowlands
10) Wrecking Ball

For stations using the piece during music programming and wishing to explore the
Emmylou Harris connection, "Orphan Girl" from Welch's CD Revival would be a good
choice. It's one of her first songs -- she wrote it while working as a "cleaning lady" --
and was first recorded by Harris on the Grammy-winning "Wrecking Ball" CD. Welch
didn't have a recording contract at the time, and she says  when she did get into the
studio  it was a challenge to sing her own song  after Harris had put her stamp on it. 
They've since collaborated on a number of projects.
