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John Paul White
John Paul White (born August 4, 1972) is an American musician and former member of the Grammy Award-winning duo the Civil Wars. He restarted his solo career with his 2016 release, ''Beulah''. Early life White was born in Muscle Shoals, Alabama and grew up in Loretto, Tennessee, on a chicken farm. He attended Sacred Heart School as well as Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Loretto, Tennessee, as a child and graduated from Loretto High School. He is the oldest of four children. Career White released his first album independently as the band Nuthin' Fancy. The album was recorded with Jeff Quillen at Rock N Roll Dawg Sound/Studio in his hometown of Loretto, Tennessee. White released the album '' The Long Goodbye'' in 2008. The following year, White joined Joy Williams to form The Civil Wars. The duo won the 2012 Grammy Awards for Best Folk Album, and Country Performance by a Duo or Group. In 2015, he contributed the song "Kyrie", a duet with Emmylou Harris, to the album ''M ...
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Muscle Shoals, Alabama
Muscle Shoals is the largest city in Colbert County, Alabama, United States. It is located on the left bank of the Tennessee River in the northern part of the state and, as of the 2010 census, its population was 13,146. The estimated population in 2019 was 14,575. Both the city and the Florence-Muscle Shoals Metropolitan Area (including four cities in Colbert and Lauderdale counties) are commonly called "The Shoals". Northwest Alabama Regional Airport serves the Shoals region, located in the northwest section of the state in Muscle Shoals. Due to its strategic location along the Tennessee River, Muscle Shoals had long been territory of Native American tribes. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, as Europeans entered the area in greater number, it became a center of historic land disputes. The new state of Georgia had ambitions to anchor its western claims (to the Mississippi River) by encouraging development here, but that project did not succeed. Under President ...
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Alabama Shakes
Alabama Shakes are an American rock band formed in Athens, Alabama, in 2009. The band currently consists of lead singer and guitarist Brittany Howard, guitarist Heath Fogg, and bassist Zac Cockrell. The band began its career touring and performing at bars and clubs around the Southeastern United States for two years while honing its sound and writing music. They recorded their debut album, '' Boys & Girls'', with producer Andrija Tokic in Nashville while still unsigned. Online acclaim led ATO Records to sign the band, which released ''Boys & Girls'' in 2012 to critical success. The album's hit single, " Hold On," was nominated for three Grammy Awards. After a long touring cycle, the band recorded its second record, '' Sound & Color'', which was released in 2015, debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' 200, and won them three Grammy Awards, including Best Rock Song for " Don't Wanna Fight." In 2018, the band won the Grammy Award for Best American Roots Performance for their ...
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Barton Hollow
''Barton Hollow'' is the first full-length studio album from the Civil Wars. Produced by Charlie Peacock, it was released on February 1, 2011. It peaked at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Digital Albums chart, No. 10 on the ''Billboard'' 200, No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Folk Albums chart, and No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' Rock Albums chart, selling 25,000 copies in its first week. , the album has sold 623,000 copies in the US. Barton Hollow was preceded by the lead single and title track, which was performed live on ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'' on January 14, 2011. A track on this album, "Poison and Wine" was previously released as a single from their EP '' Poison & Wine'' in 2009. On November 30, 2011, ''Barton Hollow'' was nominated for Grammys in the Best Folk Album and Best Country Duo/Group Performance categories, for the title song. The album ended up winning both awards. Numerous publications noted that the Civil Wars were snubbed a Best New Artist nomi ...
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Poison & Wine
The Civil Wars were an American musical duo composed of Joy Williams and John Paul White. Formed in 2008, their style blended folk, country, and Americana, characterized by haunting harmonies and poignant lyrics. The duo gained recognition with their debut album ''Barton Hollow'' in 2011, which won two Grammy Awards. Their eponymous second album was released in 2013 and further solidified their success. They won two additional Grammy Awards before their breakup in 2014. History 2008–2010: Formation Both Williams and White had solo careers prior to meeting at a songwriting workshop in Nashville in 2008. Williams had recorded several moderately successful albums and was signed as a songwriter to Warner/Chappell; White had independently released ''The Long Goodbye''—which was originally set to be released through a deal with Capitol Records—and was writing for EMI Music. At the workshop, approximately 25 songwriters were assembled by music publishers to write radio si ...
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Live At Eddie's Attic
''Live at Eddie's Attic'' is the first release from The Civil Wars, featuring Joy Williams and John Paul White. The album was recorded live at Eddie's Attic in Decatur, Georgia on April 8, 2009. It was released on their website through NoiseTrade NoiseTrade was a global online audio and book direct-to-fan distribution platform. It was based in Nashville, Tennessee. It enables its users to upload original music and books and give away for free without digital rights management to anyone ... as a free download on June 30, 2009. The album has been downloaded over 500,000 times to date. On April 19, 2014, the album was re-released in a limited edition vinyl pressing in celebration of Record Store Day. Track listing References {{Authority control 2009 debut albums The Civil Wars live albums 2009 live albums ...
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The New York Observer
''The New York Observer'' was a weekly newspaper established in 1987. In 2016, it ceased print publication and became the online-only newspaper ''Observer''. The media site focuses on culture, real estate, media, politics and the entertainment and publishing industries. History The ''Observer'' was first published in New York City on September 22, 1987, as a weekly alternative newspaper by Arthur L. Carter, a former investment banker. The ''New York Observer'' had also been the title of an earlier weekly religious paper founded 164 years before by Sidney E. Morse in 1823. After almost two decades, in July 2006, the paper was purchased by the American real estate figure Jared Kushner, then only 25 years old. The paper began its life as a broadsheet, and was then printed in tabloid format every Wednesday, and currently has an exclusively online format on an internet website. It is headquartered at 1 Whitehall Street in lower Manhattan. Previous prominent writers for the ...
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Florence, Alabama
Florence is a city in, and the county seat of, Lauderdale County, Alabama, Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the state's northwestern corner, and had a population of 40,184 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Florence is located along the Tennessee River and is home to the University of North Alabama, the oldest public college in the state. Florence is located about 70 miles west of Huntsville, Alabama, via U.S. Route 72, US-72, and about 115 miles northwest of Birmingham, Alabama. Florence is the largest and principal city of the "Quad Cities," more commonly known as "Florence–Muscle Shoals metropolitan area, The Shoals," which also includes the cities of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, Alabama, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia, Alabama, Tuscumbia in Colbert County, Alabama, Colbert County and had a population of 148,779 as of the 2020 census. Florence is considered northwestern Alabama's primary economic hub. Annual tourism events include the ...
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Taylor Swift
Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. Known for her autobiographical songwriting, artistic versatility, and Cultural impact of Taylor Swift, cultural impact, Swift is one of the Best selling artists, world's best-selling artists, the List of highest-grossing live music artists, highest-grossing performer, the List of music artists by net worth, richest female musician, and the first billionaire with music as the main income. Swift signed to Big Machine Records in 2005, debuting as a Country music, country singer with the albums ''Taylor Swift (album), Taylor Swift'' (2006) and ''Fearless (Taylor Swift album), Fearless'' (2008). The singles "Teardrops on My Guitar", "Love Story (Taylor Swift song), Love Story", and "You Belong with Me" found Crossover music, crossover success on Country radio, country and Contemporary hit radio, pop radio formats. She incorporated Rock music, rock on ''Speak Now'' (2010) and Electronic music, electronic ...
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Safe & Sound (Taylor Swift Song)
"Safe & Sound" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift featuring the American musical duo the Civil Wars, taken from the soundtrack of ''The Hunger Games'' (2012). Swift and the Civil Wars wrote the track with its producer T Bone Burnett. The track is an indie folk ballad with a spare arrangement evoking Americana, alternative country, and Appalachian music. The lyrics are about the ''Hunger Games'' protagonist Katniss Everdeen's empathy and compassion for other characters, even as she fights to survive in the eponymous Games. Swift sings lead vocals in a fragile, high-pitched tone, while the Civil Wars provide vocal harmonies. Big Machine Records released "Safe & Sound" for download via the iTunes Store on December 26, 2011. A music video for "Safe & Sound", directed by Philip Andelman and filmed in Watertown, Tennessee, was released on February 13, 2012. Music critics described the production as haunting and eerie and generally praised the songwriting. "S ...
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Re-recording (music)
A re-recording is a recording produced following a new performance of a work of music. This is most commonly, but not exclusively, by a popular artist or group. It differs from a reissue, which involves a second or subsequent release of a previously-recorded piece of music. Re-recordings are often produced decades after the original recordings were released, usually under contract terms more favorable to the artists. This is especially common among acts who originally agreed to contracts that would be considered unfair and exploitative today. When re-recordings are issued under newer contracts, artists can collect far higher royalties for use in films, commercials, and movie trailers. Other artists re-record their work for artistic reasons. Jeff Lynne of the Electric Light Orchestra released a solo best-of album with new versions of previous hits like " Mr. Blue Sky", the original of which Lynne described as " otquite how I meant it". Some artists, such as Def Leppard and Taylor Sw ...
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Erin Rae
Erin Rae (formerly a part of Erin Rae & the Meanwhiles) is an American folk pop musician from Nashville, Tennessee. According to Rolling Stone, Erin Rae "makes smooth-edged music for Sunday afternoons" and "her arrangements — anchored by pedal-steel guitar and the steady strum of an acoustic guitar — may be rooted in modern-day indie folk, but the songs themselves rustle up comparisons to Joni Mitchell and Jackson Browne". History Erin Rae began her singer/songwriter career as Erin Rae and the Meanwhiles in 2012 with the release of an EP titled ''Crazy Talk''. In 2015, Erin Rae released her debut full-length album with The Meanwhiles titled ''Soon Enough''. The album was recorded in only two days. In July 2015, Erin Rae and the Meanwhiles recorded a Daytrotter session at Big Light Studio in Nashville. Erin Rae's second full-length album, Putting On Airs, was released in June 2018. In 2021 she as a solo artist was inter alia part of the Newport Folk Festival in July. Er ...
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Rosanne Cash
Rosanne Cash (born May 24, 1955) is an American singer-songwriter and author. She is the eldest daughter of country musician Johnny Cash and his first wife, Vivian Cash. Although Cash is often classified as a country artist, her music draws from many genres, including folk, pop, rock, blues, and in particular, Americana. In the 1980s, she had a string of genre-crossing singles that entered both the country and pop charts, the most commercially successful being her 1981 breakthrough hit " Seven Year Ache". It topped the U.S. country singles chart, and reached the Top 30 on the U.S. pop chart. In 1990, Cash released '' Interiors'', a spare, introspective album that signaled a break from her pop-country past. The following year she ended her marriage to songwriter Rodney Crowell. She moved from Nashville to New York City. She has continued to write, record, and perform, having since released six albums, written three books, and edited a collection of short stories. Her fict ...
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