As the year comes to an end, we want to thank all the fans who’ve bought the new record, come to a show, or supported us in any fashion! We can’t wait to get back on the road again in a few weeks, and we are humbled by POOR DAVID’S ALMANACK being included in some of our favorite publications’ end-of-year lists. Here are a few of the inclusions:

“Nobody bends and breathes between notes quite like David Rawlings on guitar, and nobody harmonizes like David and his longtime partner Gillian Welch… In writing Poor David’s Almanack, David and Gillian set out to craft new folk songs that have the timeless quality of music passed down for generations.”
NPR Music “10 Albums That Made 2017 Brighter”

“…what remains crystal clear is the quality of the music. That’s especially true for standout track “Cumberland Gap,” a foot-stomping ode to one of the most treacherous mountain passes in Appalachia.”
Rolling Stone’s “25 Best Country Songs of 2017”

“Most of these originals sound like vintage folk classics, and his sibling-deep harmonies with Welch – who sings throughout – remain glorious.”
Rolling Stone’s “40 Best Country and Americana Albums of 2017″

“As ever, he plumbs the dark corners of American music and makes old sounds mean new things, with a deft picking style and a playful sense of structure and repetition.”
Stereogum’s “The 10 Best Country Albums Of 2017″

“Almanack is an endlessly inventive and lively collection of new folk tunes that sound old, as though Rawlings hadn’t written them but had found them in the back of some old antique store in the middle of nowhere. And yet, just like the old LP technology experiencing its own resurgence, these old-sounding songs somehow sound current, relevant, prescient”
The Bluegrass Situation’s “BGS CLASS OF 2017: ALBUMS”

As an end-of-year present, we also made a music video for Cumberland Gap! You can watch it right now on Apple Music.

WATCH: http://apple.co/cumberlandgap

David Rawlings has announced an extensive Winter/Spring tour, in support of POOR DAVID’S ALMANACK, released August 11th on Acony Records. David, Gillian and the band will be headlining shows all across the United States. Special fan club presale begins Wednesday, September 27th at 10am local time for access to early-bird tickets. Just use the code “ALMANACK”. The presale only lasts for 24 hrs and can be accessed here, with all updated ticket links on the David Rawlings tour page. All shows go on sale Friday, September 29th.

11/24 – Hartford, CT at Infinity Hall
11/25 – Providence, RI at Columbus Theatre
11/27 – Portland, ME at State Theatre
11/28 – Northampton, MA at Academy of Music Theatre
11/29 – Boston, MA at Wilbur Theatre
12/1 – Burlington, VT at Higher Ground
12/2 – Albany, NY at The Egg
12/3 – Ithaca, NY at State Theatre
12/5 – New York, NY at Brooklyn Steel
12/6 – Washington, DC at Lincoln Theatre
12/7 – Philadelphia, PA at Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
12/8 – Richmond, VA at The National
12/9 – Charlottesville, VA at Jefferson Theater
1/17 – Chattanooga, TN at Tivoli Theater
1/18 – Athens, GA at Georgia Theatre
1/19 – Charlotte, NC at Neighborhood Theatre
1/20 – Saxapahaw, NC at Haw River Ballroom
1/21 – Saxapahaw, NC at Haw River Ballroom
1/23 – Nashville, TN at Ryman Auditorium
1/24 – Birmingham, AL at The Lyric Theatre
1/25 – Atlanta, GA at Variety Playhouse
1/26 – Asheville, NC at The Orange Peel
1/27 – Knoxville, TN at the Bijou Theatre
2/27 – Santa Cruz, CA at Rio Theatre
2/28 – Santa Rosa, CA at Luther Burbank Center for the Arts
3/1 – San Francisco, CA at The Fillmore
3/2 – Santa Barbara, CA at Lobero Theatre
3/3 – Los Angeles, CA at Ace Hotel
3/5 – Arcata, CA at John Van Duzer Theatre
3/7 – Grants Pass, OR at Rogue Theater
3/8 – Eugene, OR at McDonald Theatre
3/9 – Portland, OR at Roseland Theater
3/10 – Seattle, WA at Moore Theatre

*Fan Club presale begins Wednesday, September 27th at 10am local time. Use the code ALMANACK for access to early-bird tickets and lower fees.

No Depression founder Grant Alden pens piece about Poor David’s Almanack

Being a Meditation on the Power and Glory of Folk Music Click here to read…

More Poor David’s Almanack In the Press

“…a sweetly engaging, impressively wide-ranging collection of American roots music.”

“An extraordinary folk guitarist with a sympathetic ear and a bell-like tone…”

“With its sway and moments of breezy virtuosity, ‘Poor David’s Almanack’ has
the feel of music made on a mountainside back porch for no other reason than the joy of doing so.”

“On Rawlings’ third LP under his own name, the question of whether his solo efforts are somehow
lesser than those he’s made with top-billed Gillian Welch becomes moot. Most of these 10 originals
sound like time-proven folk classics…”

“…an Americana record you can howl along to in the car until your heart feels replenished, to guitar
work that stands among the finest.”

“David Rawlings’ Poor David’s Almanack picks up where Nashville Obsolete left off — with that
gorgeous, spacious, sepia-toned timelessness and motion that Rawlings and his longtime partner,
Gillian Welch, conjure so well.”

“What’s so profoundly American about these songs are the way they often deploy humorous metaphor
and simple, child-like storytelling devices to convey deeper, darker truths.”

“Old-fashioned yet timeless and inextricably entwined, albums crafted by David Rawlings and his
partner-in-rhyme Gillian Welch have become the bedrock of 21st-century Americana music.”


Poor David’s Almanack LPs are now widely available. Visit your favorite record store or click below to order the new album now.


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Poor David’s Almanack is out today! NPR hails the album as an “impressively wide-ranging collection of American roots music” and it can purchased on LP, CD, or digital here.

“With its sway and moments of breezy virtuosity, David Rawlings’ POOR DAVID’S ALMANACK has the feel of music made on a mountainside back porch for no other reason than the joy of doing so.”
– The Wall Street Journal

“This is soul music, down and dirty. He’s rediscovered America. I could listen to these songs a hundred times.”
– Garrison Keillor

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Track Listing
1. Midnight Train
2. Money Is The Meat In The Coconut
3. Cumberland Gap
4. Airplane
5. Lindsey Button
6. Come On Over My House
7. Guitar Man
8. Yup
9. Good God A Woman
10. Put ‘Em Up Solid

8/16 – Louisville, KY at Brown Theatre
8/17 – St. Louis, MO at The Sheldon Concert Hall – SOLD OUT
8/18 – Kansas City, MO at Folly Theater
8/20 – Lyons, CO at Rocky Mountain Folks Fest
8/23 – Minneapolis, MN at Pantages Theatre
8/24 – Madison, WI at Capitol Theater – Overture Center
8/25 – Chicago, IL at Thalia Hall
8/26 – Bloomington, IN at The Bluebird

*All shows are on sale now!

The rollicking new single features shared vocals with long time compatriot Gillian Welch on what Rolling Stone calls “a haunting…Southern Gothic stomp.”

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David Rawlings’ third album, Poor David’s Almanack, will be released on Acony Records August 11th. Preorder the new album on davidrawlingsmusic.com.

Gillian and David hit the road this weekend to begin The Harrow & The Harvest: Live in Concert Tour. Then the Machine will join them and roll into the first leg of the Poor David’s Almanack Tour. Both tours will continue into the fall. Confirmed dates below.
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THE HARROW AND THE HARVEST IN CONCERT – VINYL RELEASE TOUR
Sun 7/30 – Charlottesville, VA @ Sprint Pavilion
Mon 7/31 – Washington, DC @ Kennedy Center
Wed 8/2 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre
Fri 8/4 – Charlotte, NC @ Knight Theater
Sat 8/5 – Atlanta, GA @ Atlanta Symphony Hall
Mon 8/7 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium

DAVE RAWLINGS MACHINE – ON TOUR

8/16 – Louisville, KY at Brown Theatre
8/17 – St. Louis, MO at The Sheldon Concert Hall
8/18 – Kansas City, MO at Folly Theater
8/20 – Lyons, CO at Rocky Mountain Folks Fest
8/23 – Minneapolis, MN at Pantages Theatre
8/24 – Madison, WI at Capitol Theater – Overture Center
8/25 – Chicago, IL at Thalia Hall
8/26 – Bloomington, IN at The Bluebird

THE HARROW AND THE HARVEST IN CONCERT – WEST COAST TOUR
Tue 10/3 – San Diego, CA @ Balboa Theatre
Wed 10/4 – Los Angeles, CA @ Orpheum Theatre
Fri 10/6 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore * SOLD OUT *
Mon 10/9 – Portland, OR @ Newmark Theatre * SOLD OUT *
Tue 10/10 – Portland, OR @ Newmark Theatre * SOLD OUT *
Wed 10/11 – Seattle, WA @ Moore Theatre

See all tour dates on the Gillian Welch Tour Page!

Gillian Welch and David Rawlings are featured in The Wall Street Journal on newstands and online today, in an article detailing their 5-year effort to put their music out on high-quality vinyl LPs. Read by clicking below!

“Folk music duo Gillian Welch and David Rawlings were frustrated by the quality of vinyl LPs being produced today. So they decided to cut their records themselves.”

READ ONLINE: on.wsj.com/2vLAe6Y

Dear Friends,

Gillian Welch and David Rawlings have added eight more tour dates this fall, continuing their The Harrow & The Harvest: In Concert tour in LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Portland, and Seattle. All the new west coast tour dates go on sale this Friday, July 17th. Most shows are having a fan club presale using the code HARROW, please note the dates and times for presale tickets below. Hope to see you soon!


THE HARROW & THE HARVEST
IN CONCERT

* playing the album in its entirety
Sun 7/30 – Charlottesville, VA @ Sprint Pavilion +
Mon 7/31 – Washington, DC @ Kennedy Center +
Wed 8/2 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre +
Fri 8/4 – Charlotte, NC @ Knight Theater +
Sat 8/5 – Atlanta, GA @ Atlanta Symphony Hall +
Mon 8/7 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium +
+ ON SALE NOW

New Dates! – WEST COAST

Tue 10/3 – San Diego, CA @ Balboa Theatre *
Wed 10/4 – Los Angeles, CA @ Orpheum Theatre *
Fri 10/6 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
Mon 10/9 – Portland, OR @ Newmark Theatre *
Tue 10/10 – Portland, OR @ Newmark Theatre *
Wed 10/11 – Seattle, WA @ Moore Theatre **
*on Presale Wed, July 12th at 10am PST, password HARROW
** on Presale Tue, July 11th at 10am PST, password HARROW

Click here to see all upcoming tour dates, including the album release tour for the upcoming David Rawlings’ album, Poor David’s Almanack.


The Harrow & The Harvest on Vinyl

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Available for the first time at the above shows, Gillian Welch’s long-awaited first record pressing will be 2011’s The Harrow & The Harvest, coming out on Acony Records on July 28th, 2017. You can preorder the album right now gillianwelch.com, amazon.com, or your most-beloved record store.

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