The Civil Wars were an American musical duo composed of singer-songwriters Joy Williams and John Paul White. After releasing a live-performance album and a four-song EP, their full-length album Barton Hollow was released in 2011. The band won the Grammy Award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance and Best Folk Album in 2012. Williams and White met in 2008, during a song-writing session or "writing camp" at a music studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Read more on Last.fm
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Unlike Mumford And Sons, The Civil Wars are NOT overrated. Top shelf songwriting and haunting, ethereal melodies keep them fresh, eloquent and relevant.
Once again, incredible musicianship overshadows the bordering-on-awkward seriousness of everything.