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Gillian Welch: Soul Journey (Acony)

Nick Southall, Stylus, 1 September 2003

GILLIAN COULD HAVE COME DOWN from the mountains after Oh Brother and made the step into the wind that would have carried her to prosperity. Lines were clear, doors were open. It was her songs with David Rawlings that were the highlights, for heaven's sake. It was her presence that made Krauss and Emmy Lou shine.

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