The True Artistic Voice
专辑：
拥有一副深情、富有表现力的嗓音，和与生俱来的对传统音乐的旋律和乐旨的领悟力，Gillian Welch此前已经完成了三张美妙的才华横溢的专辑。从她的作品中我们可以看到她一直致力于找寻属于自己的艺术之音，而Soul Journey使她朝着自己的努力方向更进一步。
Soul Journey 是Gillian Welch的第四张录音室专辑。正如她之前发行的所有专辑，此次作品亦是和老搭档David Rawlings合作而成。在上一张作品Time (The Revelator)中，Welch和Rawling尝试了仅用原声吉他和班卓琴进行伴奏。而在Soul Journey里他们又回归到了早期的创作风格，使用了更加多样化、现代化的乐器，如电吉他、风琴和鼓。和Welch的其他作品一样，听者能够从她的音乐中发现其深受美国民谣音乐(American roots music)的影响，而此张专辑尤为突出，"No One Knows My Name"汲取了The Carter Family的经典曲目"Motherless Children"的旋律，还有一首改编自传统曲目的"Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor".
作者：
Gillian Welch于1967年10月2日出生于纽约曼哈顿，是一位创作型歌手，她的音乐融合了多种元素，其中包括bluegrass（兰草），Neotraditional country（新传统主义）,old time, American Primitivism等。她所有的唱片均以密集的和声和老搭档David Rawlings的非传统吉他作品为特色。人们经常形容她的音乐为难以忘怀的，或抚慰人心的。Gillian把她的首字母发音为[g]，而非[dɜ]。
Welch三岁时被人收养，四岁时搬到洛杉矶居住。在八岁生日内天，她如愿得到了一把吉他和相关课程，并且学习得很快。在加州大学圣克鲁兹分校读书期间，Welch接触到了The Stanley Brothers的moutain soul风格的音乐，从而认识了兰草音乐。她加入了当地的一支乐队Söfa，但是没过多久就搬到了波士顿，求学于伯克利音乐学院。
在波士顿，Welch遇到了她日后长期的音乐合作伙伴Dvid Rwalings，并开始和他约会。1992年他们搬到了纳什维尔开创音乐事业，并在那里认识了唱片制作人Bone Burnett，Bone曾与许多艺人合作过，如 Los Lobos, Sam Phillips, Counting Crows, Elvis Costello.1996年Welch发行了她的第一张专辑Revival，并获得了格莱美1997年当代最佳民谣专辑提名。自那时起她陆续录制了其他专辑，她还在电影原声专辑O Brother, Where Art Thou?（格莱美2002年度最佳专辑）中与人合作演绎了两首歌曲 ，"Didn't Leave Nobody But the Baby" 和 "I'll Fly Away" 。在电影中有这样一个小片段，唱片店里，一个女孩儿想要得到一张Soggy Bottom Boys的唱片"Man of Constant Sorrow"，这个女孩儿就是由Welch饰演的。
Welch和她的好友，创作歌手Ryan Adams在Heartbreaker和Destroyer两张专辑中都有合作；2004年她与Rawlings还有Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin和Buddy Miller一起参加了为时三周名为“The Sweet Harmony Traveling Revue”的巡回演出；Welch和Rawlings曾与Old Crow Medicine Show合作并出现在他们的歌曲Wagon Wheel的音乐录影带上；2007年Welch和Rawlings参与了Bright Eyes为专辑Cassadaga举行的美国巡演；她的一首My First Lover被用在了电影the strangers的预告片中；2008年6月，Welch和Rawlings令人惊喜地出现在了Baltimore, Washington D.C., Richmond, Va., Norfolk, Va.和Asheville, NC.为Rilo Kiley乐队暖场，表演了几首二人最新创作的歌曲。
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下载：http://lib.verycd.com/2008/09/16/0000198126.html
===翻译整理原文===
Blessed with a soulful and expressive voice and an innate grasp of the melodies and themes of traditional country music, Gillian Welch has made three beautiful, often brilliant, albums. Yet, one can make the case that she's still searching for her own true artistic voice. Soul Journey brings her ever closer to that elusive goal.
Soul Journey is the fourth studio album by Gillian Welch. As with all of her previous releases it is very much a collaboration with her partner, David Rawlings.
In their preceding work, Time (The Revelator), Welch and Rawlings had experimented with using only acoustic guitar and banjo as accompaniment. With Soul Journey, they return to the more diverse and modern instrumentation of their early work, employing electric guitar, organ, and drums. As with Welch's other works, a strong American roots influence can be heard. This is perhaps most clear on the track, "No One Knows My Name", which borrows the melody from the Carter Family classic, "Motherless Children" and in Welch's reading of the traditional, "Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor".
Gillian Welch (born October 2, 1967 in New York City) is a singer-songwriter whose 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". All of her recordings feature the close-harmonies and unconventional guitar work of her musical partner, David Rawlings. Her music is often described as haunting or soothing. Gillian pronounces her first name with a hard G (IPA: [g] rather than IPA: [d??]).
Welch was born in Manhattan and was adopted when she was three days old. She moved to Los Angeles at the age of four. On her eighth birthday she wished for and got a guitar and lessons, and learned soon to play the guitar. Studying at the University of California, Santa Cruz[citation needed] Welch discovered bluegrass music through the "mountain soul" stylings of The Stanley Brothers.After a short stint in a local camp band called S?fa, 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 long-time 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 Grammy-winning soundtrack of the hit film O Brother, Where Art Thou?. Welch also had a cameo in the film, as a girl in a record store trying to obtain a copy of the Soggy Bottom Boys' recording of "Man of Constant Sorrow."
Welch has also collaborated with good friend and singer/songwriter Ryan Adams on the albums Heartbreaker and Destroyer. 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 "Wagon Wheel". Recently, Welch and Rawlings have been touring with Bright Eyes in 2007 on their American Cassadaga tour. Her song My First Lover is featured in the trailer of the new motion picture The Strangers. Welch and Rawlings made surprise appearances in Baltimore, Washington D.C., Richmond, Va., Norfolk, Va., and Asheville, NC. opening for Rilo Kiley in June 2008 to showcase new songs the two had been working on.
拥有一副深情、富有表现力的嗓音，和与生俱来的对传统音乐的旋律和乐旨的领悟力，Gillian Welch此前已经完成了三张美妙的才华横溢的专辑。从她的作品中我们可以看到她一直致力于找寻属于自己的艺术之音，而Soul Journey使她朝着自己的努力方向更进一步。
Soul Journey 是Gillian Welch的第四张录音室专辑。正如她之前发行的所有专辑，此次作品亦是和老搭档David Rawlings合作而成。在上一张作品Time (The Revelator)中，Welch和Rawling尝试了仅用原声吉他和班卓琴进行伴奏。而在Soul Journey里他们又回归到了早期的创作风格，使用了更加多样化、现代化的乐器，如电吉他、风琴和鼓。和Welch的其他作品一样，听者能够从她的音乐中发现其深受美国民谣音乐(American roots music)的影响，而此张专辑尤为突出，"No One Knows My Name"汲取了The Carter Family的经典曲目"Motherless Children"的旋律，还有一首改编自传统曲目的"Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor".
作者：
Gillian Welch于1967年10月2日出生于纽约曼哈顿，是一位创作型歌手，她的音乐融合了多种元素，其中包括bluegrass（兰草），Neotraditional country（新传统主义）,old time, American Primitivism等。她所有的唱片均以密集的和声和老搭档David Rawlings的非传统吉他作品为特色。人们经常形容她的音乐为难以忘怀的，或抚慰人心的。Gillian把她的首字母发音为[g]，而非[dɜ]。
Welch三岁时被人收养，四岁时搬到洛杉矶居住。在八岁生日内天，她如愿得到了一把吉他和相关课程，并且学习得很快。在加州大学圣克鲁兹分校读书期间，Welch接触到了The Stanley Brothers的moutain soul风格的音乐，从而认识了兰草音乐。她加入了当地的一支乐队Söfa，但是没过多久就搬到了波士顿，求学于伯克利音乐学院。
在波士顿，Welch遇到了她日后长期的音乐合作伙伴Dvid Rwalings，并开始和他约会。1992年他们搬到了纳什维尔开创音乐事业，并在那里认识了唱片制作人Bone Burnett，Bone曾与许多艺人合作过，如 Los Lobos, Sam Phillips, Counting Crows, Elvis Costello.1996年Welch发行了她的第一张专辑Revival，并获得了格莱美1997年当代最佳民谣专辑提名。自那时起她陆续录制了其他专辑，她还在电影原声专辑O Brother, Where Art Thou?（格莱美2002年度最佳专辑）中与人合作演绎了两首歌曲 ，"Didn't Leave Nobody But the Baby" 和 "I'll Fly Away" 。在电影中有这样一个小片段，唱片店里，一个女孩儿想要得到一张Soggy Bottom Boys的唱片"Man of Constant Sorrow"，这个女孩儿就是由Welch饰演的。
Welch和她的好友，创作歌手Ryan Adams在Heartbreaker和Destroyer两张专辑中都有合作；2004年她与Rawlings还有Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin和Buddy Miller一起参加了为时三周名为“The Sweet Harmony Traveling Revue”的巡回演出；Welch和Rawlings曾与Old Crow Medicine Show合作并出现在他们的歌曲Wagon Wheel的音乐录影带上；2007年Welch和Rawlings参与了Bright Eyes为专辑Cassadaga举行的美国巡演；她的一首My First Lover被用在了电影the strangers的预告片中；2008年6月，Welch和Rawlings令人惊喜地出现在了Baltimore, Washington D.C., Richmond, Va., Norfolk, Va.和Asheville, NC.为Rilo Kiley乐队暖场，表演了几首二人最新创作的歌曲。
翻译整理：毛儿。转载注明。
下载：http://lib.verycd.com/2008/09/16/0000198126.html
===翻译整理原文===
Blessed with a soulful and expressive voice and an innate grasp of the melodies and themes of traditional country music, Gillian Welch has made three beautiful, often brilliant, albums. Yet, one can make the case that she's still searching for her own true artistic voice. Soul Journey brings her ever closer to that elusive goal.
Soul Journey is the fourth studio album by Gillian Welch. As with all of her previous releases it is very much a collaboration with her partner, David Rawlings.
In their preceding work, Time (The Revelator), Welch and Rawlings had experimented with using only acoustic guitar and banjo as accompaniment. With Soul Journey, they return to the more diverse and modern instrumentation of their early work, employing electric guitar, organ, and drums. As with Welch's other works, a strong American roots influence can be heard. This is perhaps most clear on the track, "No One Knows My Name", which borrows the melody from the Carter Family classic, "Motherless Children" and in Welch's reading of the traditional, "Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor".
Gillian Welch (born October 2, 1967 in New York City) is a singer-songwriter whose 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". All of her recordings feature the close-harmonies and unconventional guitar work of her musical partner, David Rawlings. Her music is often described as haunting or soothing. Gillian pronounces her first name with a hard G (IPA: [g] rather than IPA: [d??]).
Welch was born in Manhattan and was adopted when she was three days old. She moved to Los Angeles at the age of four. On her eighth birthday she wished for and got a guitar and lessons, and learned soon to play the guitar. Studying at the University of California, Santa Cruz[citation needed] Welch discovered bluegrass music through the "mountain soul" stylings of The Stanley Brothers.After a short stint in a local camp band called S?fa, 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 long-time 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 Grammy-winning soundtrack of the hit film O Brother, Where Art Thou?. Welch also had a cameo in the film, as a girl in a record store trying to obtain a copy of the Soggy Bottom Boys' recording of "Man of Constant Sorrow."
Welch has also collaborated with good friend and singer/songwriter Ryan Adams on the albums Heartbreaker and Destroyer. 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 "Wagon Wheel". Recently, Welch and Rawlings have been touring with Bright Eyes in 2007 on their American Cassadaga tour. Her song My First Lover is featured in the trailer of the new motion picture The Strangers. Welch and Rawlings made surprise appearances in Baltimore, Washington D.C., Richmond, Va., Norfolk, Va., and Asheville, NC. opening for Rilo Kiley in June 2008 to showcase new songs the two had been working on.
