For Civil Wars fans, there’s good news and bad news. Six months after the band called an unceremonious halt to their European tour to take a break amid “internal discord“, Joy Williams and John Paul White have announced a self-titled second album is on its way this summer. No release date has yet been...
The Civil Wars: never was a band name more apt. Reviewing the duo, who have just cancelled the rest of their tour and gone on hiatus citing ‘differences in ambition’, is a tricky one. Leaving The Roundhouse last Tuesday I was looking forward to enthusiastically recommending the show to any man, woman or child that...
The Civil Wars have scrapped the remainder of their European tour amid what the band describe as “internal discord and irreconcilable differences of ambition”. With no indication of what was to come, Joy Williams and John Paul White played a gig described by FFS’ own interviews editor as “divine” at the Camden Roundhouse last...
When marriages have lasted 50 years, it is traditional to receive presents of gold. For Irish trad-folkies the Chieftains, that particularly anniversary has brought a variety of even more glittering gifts. Keep your Rolex watches and charming carriage clocks. Bin the broaches. Give me guest slots from Bon Iver, Lisa Hannigan, The Civil Wars,...
With over 400 special releases planned, this year’s will easily be the biggest Record Store Day to date. We can’t imagine such a huge array of vinyl will leave anyone short of ideas, but you might just be overwhelmed by it all, so – without wishing to give away our entire shopping lists –...
Belle & Sebastian, Richard Hawley and The Civil Wars will all release limited edition vinyl, along with The Flaming Lips, David Bowie, T-Rex and almost 200 other artists, as part of this year’s Record Store Day (RSD). An unprecedented 192 stores have already signed up to stock from the almighty RSD release list, a...
“I haven’t smiled this much all week,” says John Paul White as another huge cheer goes up from the cowd. “That might sound pretty sad, but…well, thanks.” White and Joy Williams, the other half of the Civil Wars, have had plenty of reason to be happy of late. In the 13 months since their...
Some voices were meant to go together. And it will only take a few moments of Barton Hollow opener 20 Years for the uninitiated to realise that John Paul White and Joy Williams were born to sing together. Like the modern heirs to Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris, they play off each other wonderfully,...
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