The Civil Wars

Uåpnet, fortsatt i plastinnpakningen: Nashville-duoen The Civil Wars var en snakkis i hjemlandet USA i 2008 -2013. Joy Williams og John Paul White blander flere stilarter, men folkrock er det mest dekkende beskrivelsen. Vokalharmonier, bluesinfluenser og akustiske rock/country blandes delikat på debutalbumet ”Barton Hallow”. Albumet har mottatt ’top score’ i blader som MOJO, Music Week, Classic Rock, Rolling Stone m.fl.

Under 2012 Grammy stakk de da også av med prisen ’Best Country Duo/Group Performance’ og ’Best Folk Album’.

Sammen med Taylor Swift har de laget sangen ”Safe & Sound” som er blitt soundtrack til den første filmen fra Suzanne Collins populære Hunger Games-bokserie.

The Civil Wars were an American musical duo composed of Joy Williams and John Paul White. Formed in 2008, The Civil Wars won four Grammy Awards prior to their 2014 breakup.

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