Singer-songwriters Joy Williams and John-Paul White met in a Nashville recording studio in 2008. "Barton Hollow", their debut album sticks lightly to their Nashville roots, but offers up so much more than the country that would be expected, in a forty minute acoustic journey of emotion and harmony.
Plucked from obscurity to appear on "Greys Anatomy" and "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" in the States, The Civil Wars first album, released independently, and sparsely produced by Grammy winner Charlie Peacock has sold over 100,000 copies. Listening to it, it's not hard to see why. The folksy vocals, alternative country instrumentation, and delightful two-part harmonies light up any speakers that play it.
From the gorgeous opener, "20 Years", through the outstanding title track, to the sombre closer in "Birds of a Feather", Williams and White offer up beauty, grace and raw emotion from start to finish. An unexpected acoustic delight.
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Watch: "Barton Hollow"
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