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New band of the week: The Civil Wars

Profile by Paul Lester, The Guardian, 3 June 2011

We have Adele to thank for introducing us to this Americana duo, whose songs deal with affairs of the heart and lives lived hard ...

The Civil Wars: Academy 2, Manchester

Live Review by Rob Hughes, Daily Telegraph, 21 March 2012

THE SOARAWAY SUCCESS of The Civil Wars is little less than phenomenal. Barely three years after first meeting at a writing camp for a country ...

The Civil Wars at Apollo, Manchester

Live Review by Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 31 October 2012

On paper, the Civil Wars shouldn't work at all. Joy Williams is 29, brought up in California and grew up on blues and country. John ...

The Civil Wars: The Civil Wars

Review by Will Hermes, Rolling Stone, 1 August 2013

TAYLOR SWIFT disses exes with singalong choruses, Rihanna duets with her abusive beau, but no pop act makes outsize romantic dysfunction sound as extravagantly pretty ...

The Civil Wars: The Civil Wars

Review by Holly Gleason, Paste, 6 August 2013

PRESSURE MAKES DIAMONDS — or coal dust. For The Civil Wars, the triple Grammy-winners whose stark acoustica shook pop music, it created both. Amongst their ...

The Civil Wars: The Civil Wars

Review and Interview by Graeme Thomson, Jaan Uhelszki, Uncut, September 2013

THE FINAL CONFLICT? Roots revivalists find harmony in discord on self-titled second album. ...