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The Civil Wars
The Civil Wars performing at The Sugar Club, Dublin in September 2011
The Civil Wars performing at The Sugar Club, Dublin in September 2011
Background information
OriginNashville, Tennessee
GenresAmericana, folk, alternative country
Years active2009–present
LabelsSensibility Music
MembersJoy Williams
John Paul White
Websitewww.thecivilwars.com

The Civil Wars are a Grammy nominated duo composed of singer-songwriters Joy Williams and John Paul White. The two met during a Nashville, Tennessee songwriting session in 2008. After recording a live performance album and a four song EP, their full length album, Barton Hollow, was released in 2011.

History

2008 to 2010

Williams and White met during a song writing session at a music studio in Nashville, Tennessee in 2008.[1][2] [3] According to the duo's web site, they recorded their performance at Eddie's Attic in Decatur, Georgia on April 8, 2009 and created a free Internet download called Live at Eddie's Attic.[3] In November, the duo released a digital extended play album, produced by Charlie Peacock, called Poison & Wine [4] and the title song was featured on the TV show, Grey's Anatomy.[5] In December 2010 the duo was featured in Paste Magazine's "Best of What's Next" column.[6]

2011 to the present

In 2011, The Civil Wars performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,[citation needed] at the Sundance Film Festival and ASCAP's Music Cafe.[7] Their album Barton Hollow was released in 2011 reached No. 12 on the Billboard 200 chart and No. 1 on the BillBoard Digital Albums chart,[8] sold 25,000 copies in its first week[9] and remained at No. 1 on the iTunes chart for 9 days.[10] The Civil Wars appeared on NPR's All Things Considered and were featured in The Los Angeles Times.[11][12] They appeared on A Prairie Home Companion and their "Barton Hollow" video was played on VH1.[13][14] They were nominated for a CMT Award in the Duo Video of the Year category and featured on the cover of Pollstar Magazine.[15][16] The Civil Wars appeared a second time on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in May,[17] were the opening act for singer Adele's North American tour,[18] were nominated for the Americana Music Awards in the Duo/Group of the Year and Emerging Artist of the Year categories,[19] and performed a benefit concert for victims of the 2011 Alabama tornado.[20] In June, they were The Guardian's 'New Band of the Day'.[21]

In the summer of 2011 the duo performed on the Los Angeles radio station KCRW, opened several shows for Emmylou Harris, and performed at Rhode Island's Newport Folk Festival.[22][23][24] In September they rejoined Adele's UK Tour and were nominated for a Country Music Association Award in the Vocal Duo of the Year category.[25][26] They performed on the UK television show Later... Live in October [27] and their Barton Hollow album debuted at No. 22 on the UK Download Chart and No. 54 on the UK Albums Chart.[28][29]

In October the duo was featured in The New York Times, appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman[30][31] and were featured in Interview Magazine.[32] They received the Vanguard Award at the 49th Annual ASCAP Country Music Awards in November. [33]

The duo appeared on the cover of the November issue of Nashville Scene [34] and were a topic of conversation on the radio talk show Sound Opinions. [35] The Civil Wars released the Holiday single "Tracks in the Snow" on 10" white vinyl and the digital version's B-side "O Come O Come Emmanuel", was iTunes's Holiday Single of the Week.[36]

On November 30, 2011, Barton Hollow received Grammy nominations in the Best Folk Album and Best Country Duo/Group Performance categories. Numerous publications noted that The Civil Wars were snubbed a Best New Artist nomination by The Grammys.[37][38][39]

In December, The Civil Wars performed at the Grand Ole Opry's Ryman Auditorium.[40] and composed a song with Taylor Swift and T Bone Burnett for the film The Hunger Games.[41][42]

Barton Hollow was included on several Best Albums of 2011 lists, including NPR Music, Paste Magazine, American Songwriter, Rough Trade, Amazon.com, Time Magazine, iTunes, Huffington Post, Associated Press, The Tennesseean, AllMusic.com and The Wall Street Journal.[43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54]

Entertainment Weekly, USA Today and Yahoo Music picked the duo as their Best New Artists and Breakout Stars of 2011.[55][56]

Discography

The Civil Wars have U.S. sales of more than 280,000 copies and 360,000 digital tracks for their album, Barton Hollow, according to Nielsen Soundscan.[57]

Studio albums

Title Details Peak chart positions
US
[58] 		US Rock
[59] 		US Indie
[60] 		US
Folk
[61] 		UK
[62]
Barton Hollow 12 3 4 2 54

Extended plays

Title Details
Poison & Wine
  • Release date: November 20, 2009
  • Label: Sensibility Music
  • Formats: CD, music download
Tracks in the Snow[63]
  • Release date: November 25, 2011
  • Label: Sensibility Music
  • Formats: music download, vinyl

Live albums

Title Details
Live at Eddie's Attic
  • Release date: June 30, 2009
  • Label: Sensibility Music
  • Formats: free music download
iTunes Live: SXSW
  • Release date: March 19, 2011
  • Label: Sensibility Music
  • Formats: music download

Singles

Year Single Album
2011 "Barton Hollow" Barton Hollow
Year Single Artist Peak chart
positions 		Album
US CAN
2011 "Safe & Sound"[41] Taylor Swift 30 33 The Hunger Games
2012 "Lily Love"[64] The Chieftains — — Voice of Ages
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Video

  • “Poison & Wine Official Music Video” (2009) View
  • “Barton Hollow Official Music Video” (2010) View

Awards and nominations

Year Association Category Result
2011 CMT Music Awards Duo Video of the Year — "Barton Hollow"[65] Nominated
Americana Music Association New/Emerging Artist of the Year[66] Nominated
Duo/Group of the Year[66] Nominated
Country Music Association Awards Vocal Duo of the Year[67] Nominated
2012 54th Grammy Awards Best Folk Album — Barton Hollow[39] Nominated
Best Country Duo/Group Performance — "Barton Hollow"[39] Nominated

References

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  2. ^ Knowles, Patrick (2010, December 16). The Civil Wars: Solo Artists Unite as Folk Duo. San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2011-02-22, from SFGate.com
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  4. ^ Conner, Matt (2010, June 9). The Civil Wars. Stereo Subversion. Retrieved 2011-02-22, from StereoSubversion.com
  5. ^ (2011, July 21) "Pop & Rock Listings". *The Civil Wars. Retrieved 2011-10-18, from NYTimes.com
  6. ^ Stiernberg, Bonnie (2010, December 2). Best of What's Next: The Civil Wars. Paste Magazine. Retrieved 2011-02-22, from PasteMagazine.com
  7. ^ Nailen, Dan (2011, January 20). Uncommon Bonds: The Civil Wars prepare for the Year of Their Lives. Retrieved 2011-10-29, from SLCityWeekly.com
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  9. ^ Cooper, Peter (2011, December). Music City. A Year in Review. Retrieved 2012-01-13, from NashvilleLifestyles.com
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  12. ^ Powers, Ann (2011, February 17) The Civil Wars: Marching into the Unknown. Retrieved 2011-10-29 from LATimes.com
  13. ^ Administrator (2011, March 26). God's Own Living Room, Show # 1282. A Prairie Home Companion. Retrieved 2011-04-2, from PrairieHome.PublicRadio.org
  14. ^ Administrator (2011, October 18). The Civil Wars. VH1 You Oughta Know. Retrieved 2011-04-2, from VH1.com
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  22. ^ Administrator (2011, October 18) The Civil Wars. KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic. Retrieved 2011-10-18, from KCRW.com
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  24. ^ Administrator (2011, October 18) The Civil Wars. Newport Folk Festival. Retrieved 2011-10-18, from NPR.org
  25. ^ Smyth, David (2011, October 2) The Adele Effect. Retrieved 2011-10-18, from ThisIsLondon.co.uk
  26. ^ Freeman, Jon (2011, September 6) CMA Nominations Revealed. Retrieved 2011-11-11, from MusicRow.com
  27. ^ Administrator (2011, October 5) The Civil Wars. Later...with Jools Holland. Retrieved 2011-10-18, from BBC.co.uk
  28. ^ UK Download Chart Retrieved 2011-10-18, from The Official Charts Company.com
  29. ^ UK Albums Chart Retrieved 2011-10-18, from The Official Charts Company.com
  30. ^ McKinley, Jim (2011, October 25) Their Year of Living Almost Famously. Retrieved 2011-10-29, from NYTimes.com
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  33. ^ Administrator (2011, October 6) The Civil Wars. ASCAP Vanguard Award. Retrieved 2011-10-18, from ASCAP.com
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  40. ^ (2011, December 19) The Civil Wars and Ella Mae Brown make their Opry debuts. Retrieved 2011-12-22, from Opry.com
  41. ^ a b Perpetua, Matthew. (2011, December 23) Country star teams with The Civil Wars for soundtrack tune. Retrieved 2011-12-25, from RollingStone.com
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  52. ^ Tennessean Music Team (2011, December 21) 2011's Biggest Albums: Music That Made a Mark. Retrieved 2011-12-22, from Tennessean.com
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  55. ^ Smith, Grady. (2011, December 24) 15 Breakout Stars of 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-25, from EW.com
  56. ^ Willman, Chris. (2011, December 21) 2011's Best New Artists. Retrieved 2011-12-25, from YahooMusic.com
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  61. ^ "The Civil Wars Album & Song Chart History - Folk Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
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