Filmed at the Newport Folk Festival in 2008, this full concert brings together the American duo Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, major figures of contemporary folk and americana. Two voices, two acoustic guitars: the austerity is total, yet the harmonic richness and instrumental dialogue between Welch and Rawlings are enough to fill the stage of the most legendary of folk festivals. Heir to bluegrass, Appalachian country and the traditional ballad, their music breathes the authenticity of a rural, timeless America. This live capture highlights the precision of Rawlings’s picking and Welch’s inhabited presence, in a repertoire where every silence counts. For fans of acoustic folk and singer-songwriter craft, this filmed concert is a suspended moment, worlds away from overproduction. A precious document from Newport, where Bob Dylan once electrified the stage, and where the duo proves that restraint can be the greatest strength. A complete live concert.
Setlist
- Look at Miss Ohio
- I Want to Sing That Rock and Roll
- Lawman
- My First Lover
- No One Knows My Name
- The Way It Will Be
- Gamblin' Man
- Red Clay Halo
- Knuckleball Catcher (après un faux départ)
- Sweet Tooth
- Orphan Girl
- Gone at Last
- Jackson
Personnel & credits
- Gillian Welch — guitar, banjo, harmonica, vocals
- David Rawlings — guitar, vocals
