Gillian Welch's musical style combines elements of bluegrass, neotraditional country, americana, old time string band music and folk into a rustic style that she dubs "American Primitive". Her music is often described as haunting or soothing. Welch was born in Manhattan and was adopted when she was three days old. She moved to Los Angeles at the age of four. By the age of seven, she had learned to play the guitar. Studying at the University of California, Santa Cruz Welch discovered bluegrass music through the "mountain soul" stylings of The Stanley Brothers. After a short stint in a local band, Welch moved to Boston and studied at the Berklee College of Music. In Boston, Welch met and began dating David Rawlings, who would become her longtime musical partner. In 1992, they moved to Nashville and began building a career. In Nashville, she met T-Bone Burnett, producer to such artists as Los Lobos, Sam Phillips, Counting Crows, and Elvis Costello. In 1996, Welch released her first album, Revival, which was nominated for a Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album in 1997. Since then, she has recorded other albums and collaborated on the songs "Didn't Leave Nobody But the Baby" and "I'll Fly Away" on the soundtrack of the Coen Brothers hit O Brother, Where Art Thou?. Welch has also collaborated with good friend and singer/songwriter Ryan Adams on the albums Heartbreaker, Gold, and Demolition. She and Rawlings toured with Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, and Buddy Miller in 2004 as The Sweet Harmony Traveling Revue. Welch and Rawlings have collaborated with Old Crow Medicine Show and appear in their video of their song &quo
| 1 | Wayside Back in Time | Soul Journey |
| 2 | I Had A Real Good Mother and Father | Soul Journey |
| 3 | The Way The Whole Thing Ends | The Harrow & The Harvest |
| 4 | Whiskey Girl | Hell Among The Yearlings |
| 5 | April The 14th (Part 1) | Time (The Revelator) |
| 6 | Ruination Day (Part 2) | Time (The Revelator) |
| 7 | Winter's Come and Gone | Hell Among The Yearlings |
| 8 | I Made A Lovers Prayer | Soul Journey |
| 9 | Rock Of Ages (With Emmylou Harris) (Live) | Gillian Welch |
| 10 | I Want To Sing That Rock And Roll | Time (The Revelator) |
| 11 | Tear My Stillhouse Down | Revival |
| 12 | One Morning | Hell Among The Yearlings |
| 13 | Im Not Afraid To Die | Hell Among The Yearlings |
| 14 | One More Dollar | Revival |
| 15 | Wrecking Ball | Soul Journey |
| 16 | Miner's Refrain | Hell Among The Yearlings |
| 17 | By the Mark | Revival |
| 18 | Masked Marauders - I Can't Get No Nookie | Gillian Welch |
| 19 | One More Dollar | Gillian Welch |
| 20 | One Monkey | Soul Journey |