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Gillian Welch and David Rawlings Reestablish That, in the Realm of Acoustic Music, Nobody Does It Better: Concert Review


Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, touring behind their 'Woodland' album, transfixed an L.A. audience with the power of timeless acoustic music.

You’d just about have to think so, if you are privy to a couple of significant tours coming through California right now, one by the duo of Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, another by solo artist Jason Isbell, trading coastal cities like capos at a guitar pull. Their sold-out appearance Friday night at the Wiltern was an exercise in just how sustained a grip two very unassuming people can have on a captivated audience for the better part of two-and-a-half hours, with not much more arsenal at their disposal than talent, a distinct sense of shared personal identity and a great knack for vintage gear finds. Last year’s “Woodland” found them co-billed on record for the first time, too, trading turns at doing lead vocals (with an occasional true duet or pure harmony number) just as they always have live.

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