Monday, April 9, 2012

The Civil Wars



The Civil Wars are a duo composed of singer-songwriters Joy Williams and John Paul White. The two met during a Nashville, Tennessee songwriting session in 2008. After recording a live performance album and a four song EP, their full length album, Barton Hollow, was released in 2011. The band won the Grammy Award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance and Best Folk Album in 2012.

Grammy for Best Folk Album
In December, The Civil Wars performed at the Grand Ole Opry's Ryman Auditorium and composed the song "Safe & Sound" with Taylor Swift and T Bone Burnett for the film The Hunger Games. The Civil Wars also recorded another song for The Hunger Games soundtrack (The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond), called "Kingdom Come". The soundtrack was released in the U.S. on March 20th, 2012.

Barton Hollow was included on several Best Albums of 2011 lists, including NPR Music, Paste Magazine, American Songwriter, Rough Trade, Amazon.com, Time Magazine, iTunes, Huffington Post, Associated Press, The Tennesseean, AllMusic.com and The Wall Street Journal.

Entertainment Weekly, USA Today and Yahoo Music picked the duo as their Best New Artists and Breakout Stars of 2011.




Buy Barton Hallow
Official website

Single: Barton Hallow

Notable Song: Poison & Wine

My personal favorite: Falling



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