2013-04-09

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
NPR World Cafe - Sense Of Place: Nashville
April 09, 2013
FM

Interview
40 minutes
https://www.npr.org/2013/04/09/176156546/gillian-welch-and-david-rawlings-on-world-cafe

For World Cafe's Sense of Place: Nashville edition, we knew we wanted to talk with Gillian Welch and David Rawlings to get their take on changes in the city over the last couple of decades. The country-folk singer-songwriters moved to Nashville in 1993 and have worked there ever since, recording at historic studios like RCA Studio B before buying the legendary Woodland Studios.

Their acoustic sound draws inspiration from country brother bands such as The Delmore Brothers and The Louvin Brothers. Welch and Rawlings have made iconic records spanning from their first together, Revival, to Welch's latest, The Harrow and the Harvest.

Listen to our extended conversation with the duo, in which Welch and Rawlings touch on their experiences in Nashville over the last 20 years. Along the way, they discuss both how the city has changed and what they find unique about their adopted hometown.

 

 

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2020-08-07

Gillian Welch
Interviewed from Nashville
Airdate August 07, 2020

18 minutes

The Music Show 
with Andrew Ford
ABC Radio National Australia

FM

 

 

MP3 192

 

2016-02-06

 

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
102.7 Triple RRR
Interview
Recorded February 06, 2016
47 minutes
FM

https://www.rrr.org.au/on-demand/archives/1190-gillian-welch-dave-rawlings-twang

There is no lossless source for this recording.

01 Interview pt. 1
02 The Way It Will Be (Live in studio)
03 Interview pt. 2

 

 

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2020-08-08

 

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
Airdate August 08, 2020
Triple RRR Radio Australia

Off The Record with Brian Wise
50 minutes
FM

https://www.rrr.org.au/on-demand/archives/welch-rawlings

There is no lossless source for this recording.

All officially released music has been edited out of this recording.

01 Gillian interview
02 David Interview

 

 

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2026-04-08

 

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

ABC Radio Australia - Double J

Take 5 with Zan Rowe

Airdate April 08, 2026

FM

53 Minutes

Interview where Gill & Dave pick 5 songs and explain why they are important to them.
Good stuff.

Robert Johnson - Love in Vain

The Stanley Brothers - Rank Strangers

Townes Van Zandt - Pancho and Lefty (Live at the Old Quarter)

The Carter Family & Johnny Cash - Will the Circle Be Unbroken

John Prine - Angel From Montgomery

MP3 192

I have no lossless recording of this program.

2026-04-16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gillian Welch
KALX 90.7 FM

Berkeley, CA 

April 16, 2026

FM

14 Minutes 

 

01. Acoustic Reckoning Interview

 

MP3 320

 

There is no lossless source for this recording. 

 

 

 

2026-02-19

 

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
Interview
The Friday Revue
with Jacinta Parsons & Brian Nankervis
ABC Radio National Australia
Melbourne
02-19-2026
FM

There is no lossless source for this recording.

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/thefridayrevue/gillian-welch/106398826

01 Interview
02 Lawman (Live in studio)
03 Interview
04 The Way It Will Be (Live in studio)
05 Interview
06 Choir singing I Dream A Highway (ft. G&D on guitars for a bit)

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2016-01-29

 

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
Interview
January 29, 2016
The Music Show
ABC Radio National
Live in Studio in Perth
17 min
FM

There is no lossless source for this recording.

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/musicshow/gillian-welch-&-david-rawlings/7125360

01 Intro
02 Hard Times (Live in studio)
03 Interview

 

MP3 128

2011-06-25

 

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
Airdate June 25, 2011
102.7 FM Triple RRR radio Australia
Off The Record with Brian Wise
FM
38 minutes

https://www.rrr.org.au/on-demand/archives/484-gillian-welch-david-rawlings-off-the-record

There is no lossless source of this recording.

Officially released material has been edited out.

MP3 320

 

2026-02-13

 

 

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
Live in Studio
Airdate February 13, 2026
FM

ABC Radio National Australia
The Music Show
with Andrew Ford
30 minutes

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/musicshow/gillian-welch-david-rawlings-raphael-pichon/106289720

No lossless source exists for this recording

01 Intro
02 Empty Trainload Of Sky (Live in Studio)
03 Interview
04 Hashtag (Live in Studio)
05 Interview
06 Everything Is Free (Live in Studio)
07 Outro

 

 

MP3 128

 

2026-02-17

 

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
Airdate February 17, 2026
ABC National Radio Australia

Conversations
with Sarah Kanowski
53 min
FM

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/conversations/gillian-welch-david-rawlings-folk-music-nashville/106336432

There is no lossless source for this recording

 

 

MP3 128

2026-02-05

 

Gillian Welch
Interviewed from Nashville
Airdate February 05, 2026

Rhythms Magazine Podcast
with Brian Wise
23 minutes

FM

https://rhythmsmagazine.podbean.com/e/gillian-welch-on-her-forthcoming-australian-tour-with-david-rawlings/

MP3 320

2018-06-29

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

Interviewed in Nashville, TN

BBC Radio Scotland 

Another Country with Ricky Ross

Summer 2018 

FM

 

All officially released music has been edited out of this recording.

 

PART 1
Airdate Friday, June 29, 2018

As we're halfway through 2018, Ricky plays some of his favourite country and Americana songs of the year so far.

Plus the first part of an exclusive interview with singer-songwriters Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings, recorded in Nashville. They discuss their recent projects, the stories behind some of their most-loved songs and reveal some future plans.

The duo share stories about driving across America in their truck, listening to cassettes and AM radio. They explain the difference between a Gillian Welch and David Rawlings project and why the Dave Rawlings Machine turned into Poor David's Almanack. Plus how they've brought traditional folk songs to a new audience through the albums they've produced with Willie Watson. As they re-examine their own back catalogue and their influences, they celebrate their love and belief in the power of song.

PART 2
Airdate Friday, July 06, 2018

As we're halfway through 2018, Ricky plays more of his favourite country and Americana songs of the year so far.

Plus the final part of an exclusive interview with singer-songwriters Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings, recorded in Nashville. They discuss their recent projects, the stories behind some of their most-loved songs and reveal some future plans.
 
The duo share their reaction to the some of the artists who have covered their music, including Miranda Lambert, Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson and Tom Jones. They reveal their plans for a new Gillian Welch album, the on-going Official Bootleg series of outtakes from their archive and their ambition to return to Scotland to play live.

 

MP3 320

 

 

There is no lossless source for this recording.

 

 

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2025-11-05

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe

BBC Radio 2

Likely recorded at BBC Studios in Manchester, UK on either October 24 or 25, 2025

Original air-date November 05, 2025 

FM

 

with Paul Kowert on bass

 

1. Intro/Interview

2. Empty Trainload Of Sky

3. Chat/Outro 

4. Intro

5. Hashtag

6. Interview

7. Hard Times

8. Outro

 

 

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FLAC

ALAC

 

 

 

 

 

1998-08-07

 

Gillian Welch

KCRW Studios

August 7, 1998
Santa Monica, CA
FM

 

01. (chat about T-Bone)
02. One Morning
03. (DJ - interview)
04. Whiskey Girl
05. (chat about album title & use of banjo)
06. Winter's Come and Gone
07. (DJ - interview)
08. Caleb Meyer
09. (DJ - interview) (plugs for album)

FLAC

320

1995-07-21

 

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings   

with T-Bone Burnett
Morning Becomes Eclectic
KCRW Studios
Santa Monica, CA
1995-07-21
FM

1. Barroom Girl
2. Interview
3. One More Dollar
4. Interview
5. Pass You By
6. Interview

MP3 320
FLAC

2005-06-12

Gillian Welch

June 12, 2005

Le Cafe Bonjour

Los Angeles, CA

 

5 Minutes With Wichita Podcast

with Wichita Rutherford 

MP3 160

2011-08-06

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
Weekend Edition
NPR
Aug 06, 2011
SBD

Interview
10 min.

MP3 64

 

 

2016-08-26

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

Mary Ann Kennedy presents Kershaw's Appalachian Sessions

BBC Radio 3 

Broadcast August 26, 2016

Recorded January 2016

FM

 

1. Intro

2. Single Girl (Carter Family)

3. Interview

4. The Cruel Mother (Traditional)

5. Interview

6. Orphan Girl

7. Outro

 

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MP3 320

 

 

 

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1994 - Summer Interview

Gillian Welch
Interviewed by Peter Zimmerman
Vandyland
Nashville, TN
Circa July or August, 1994

AUD

46 minutes

01  Intro
02  Early History, Berklee School of Music
03  Nashville Impressions
04  Gender, and Musical Genres
05  Singing and playing with David Rawlings
06  Playing in Nashville, Open-Mic Nights
07  Interest from Publishers, Staff Writing
08  Signing a Publishing Deal
09  Writing Songs
10  Making it in Nashville, Working a Straight Job
11  On Having an Accent
12  Subject Matter and Themes
13  Cars
14  Where to Live Near Nashville
15  Being Recorded by Other Artists

This is a wonderful audio interview with Gillian from probably either July or August of 1994.  Recorded in a restaurant in Nashville called Vandyland, it is one of the earliest interviews with Gillian that I have run across. Two years before Revival was released in 1996.

The interview was conducted by Peter Zimmerman for inclusion in his book, Tennessee Music: Its People and Places.  Please consider buying a copy of this interesting book in thanks of this amazing gift.
Mr. Zimmerman also wrote another book called, Podunk: Ramblin' to America's Small Places In a Dilapidated Delta 88.

He has been kind enough to share the original masters of the audio with me.  As this was recorded at a breakfast restaurant, the audio was extremely hard to make out in some spots, due to room noise.  I have done some slight remastering of the audio to bring down the room tone and background noise, and bring Gillian's voice forward in the mix.  I believe this is a significant improvement. It is still a little hard to hear Mr. Zimmerman's questions sometimes, but if you listen carefully, you can hear everything, and catch a very young Gillian Welch discussing her early career.  Enjoy!

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FLAC

I am providing a FLAC copy of this, along with the MP3. I do not believe that the FLAC will sound any better on most systems. I provide it here for archival purposes only.