Revival

Revival is the first album by Gillian Welch, released in 1996. The plant described in the song, "Acony Bell" appears to be Shortia galacifolia, also known as the Oconee bells. Welch later began her own record label under the name Acony.

Artist:

Release Date:

  • Apr 9, 1996

Running Time:

  • 41 min 40 s

Musical Album

Artist

Gillian Welch

Gillian Howard Welch (born October 2, 1967 in New York City) is a singer-songwriter whose musical style combines elements of bluegrass, neotraditional country, Americana, old-time string band music, and folk into a rustic style that she dubs "American Primitive". Her recordings feature the...

Label

Almo Sounds

Almo Sounds is a record label which was started in 1994 by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss after they sold A&M; Records to PolyGram. The intent of the label was to recreate the initial concept of A&M; Records as a small, "boutique" label. The label signed artists Gillian Welch, Imogen Heap, Ozomatli and...

Producer:

Contributions:

top ↑

Similar topics in Freebase

  • Old and in the Gray

    Old and in the Gray

    Old and in the Gray is an album released by the surviving members of Old and in the Way. It was released on the Acoustic Disc record label in 2002.
  • Big Iron World

    Big Iron World

    Big Iron World is an album by folk/country/old timey band Old Crow Medicine Show, released on August 29, 2006. The album was produced by David Rawlings who is most famously known for being Gillian Welch's musical partner. Welch herself plays drums on the album.
  • Hell Among the Yearlings

    Hell Among the Yearlings

    Hell Among the Yearlings is the second album by Gillian Welch, released in 1998. "Hell Among the Yearlings" is a fiddle instrumental from the John Quincy Wolf Folklore Collection performed by Seth Mize in Arkansas. No recording date is given, but other songs in the collection were recorded in the...
  • Soul Journey

    Soul Journey

    Soul Journey is the fourth studio album by Gillian Welch. As with all of her previous releases it is very much a collaboration with her partner, David Rawlings. In their preceding work, Time (The Revelator), Welch and Rawlings had experimented with using only acoustic guitar and banjo as...
  • Old Crow Medicine Show

    Old Crow Medicine Show

    Old Crow Medicine Show, or sometimes known as O.C.M.S., is the 2004 debut full-length release by the acoustic quintet, Old Crow Medicine Show. The songs are roughly an even split of obscure traditional tunes and original compositions by the band members. It includes the band's signature tune, ...
  • Hello Love

    Hello Love is the third album by The Be Good Tanyas, released in 2006.

These people have edited this topic:

Edit this topic
Edit and Show details

Add or delete facts, download data in JSON or RDF formats, and explore topic metadata.

Freebase Logo
What is Freebase?

Freebase is a huge collection of facts, built by people like you. Freebase connects facts in ways other sites can't, giving you new ways to explore millions of subjects.
You can help improve it!

Freebase Attribution

Freebase data is free for use under the CC-BY license.

The original description for Revival was automatically generated from Wikipedia.org licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
[1]
Learn more about Freebase licensing and attribution