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Gillian Welch and David Rawlings on the Tornado That Hit Their Studio, How Lockdown Affected Their New Album, ‘Woodland,’ and Being ‘Undaunted by Life’s Destructive Moments’
Gillian Welch and David Rawlings discuss the tornado that ripped up their Nashville studio and how that affected the tone of their 'Woodland' album.
But “Woodland” isn’t just a random title — it really does reflect the hardships and triumphs that came about over the last few years at the recording facility of the same name, which had its roof blasted off in the famous Tennessee tornado of 2020, right before lockdown made everything still more difficult. Still, this is the first album of fresh material to come out with her name on it since 2011’s “The Harrow & the Harvest,” and as such, counts as a very big deal in the worlds of folk and Americana, though that might be said for any project they collectively lay their hands on. Most of those themes were affected or created by this experience of being in this same building for 14 hours a day, for four years, going through these different kinds of struggles and trying to make music in a not optimal situation.
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