Last fall, with a big tour on the horizon and a new album in the works, the Civil Wars surprised everyone by announcing a hiatus in light of “internal discord and irreconcilable differences in ambition.” The tour was cancelled, and the album — which had already been documented in a series of tweets and Instragram [...]

The Civil Wars and T Bone Burnett A Place at the Table – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Sensibility) Rating: 2.5 stars (out of 5) This isn’t the highly anticipated follow-up to the Civil Wars’ Grammy winning, gold-selling debut, and not even a stop gap release until that comes our way. The acoustic, predominantly instrumental music [...]

The Civil Wars and T-Bone Burnett have teamed up to create the soundtrack for a new documentary on poverty in America, A Place At The Table. The film’s soundtrack will be released February 26—but they’ve given us an early taste of what to expect with the single “Long Time Gone.” The phrase “long time gone” [...]

The Civil Wars’ Joy Williams announced in a Twitter interview with Alison Sudol of A Fine Frenzy that she was “in the studio right now, listening to new Civil Wars songs.”  This comes after the hard-touring, Grammy-winning Americana duo cancelled their remaining European tour dates over “internal discord and irreconcilable differences of ambition,” sparking speculation [...]

The Civil Wars Unplugged (Sensibility Music) Rating:  4 out of 5 stars For a band that only has one full album to their credit, Unplugged, released exclusively through iTunes, marks the The Civil Wars’ fourth official live release. What fans of the group can be most excited about is that it’s the best sounding of the [...]

If ever Americana music has lived up to the recurring insider joke—and point of pride—that it’s so all-encompassing a field only a “you’ll know it when you hear it”-style broad brush will do it justice, it was last night at the 11th annual Americana Honors and Awards. Even areas in which the show had occasionally [...]

Sometimes babies bring joy into the  world, and sometimes Joys bring babies into the world. Last Saturday, Joy Williams of the Civil Wars gave birth to son Miles Alexander. The baby boy is the first child for her and her husband/band manager, Nate Yetton. A statement released by the band says that everyone is happy, [...]

Did you have a good ‘Roo? Whether you watched from home on the webcast, slogged it out for four nights in Manchester, or are blissfully ignorant of the entire weekend, we’ve got the skinny on ten legendary moments from this year’s Bonnaroo. Dawes Grow Up Dawes drew a huge crowd to the Sonic Stage on [...]

The Beach Boys, Phish, Kenny Rogers, The Civil Wars, Delta Spirit, The Black Lips, fun., Gary Clark Jr. and War on Drugs play Bonnaroo 2012.

If you can’t make it to Bonnaroo this year, you can still catch a good portion of it from the comfort of your couch. There’s less chance of heat exhaustion, and the sound is always crystal clear. Here’s the official Bonnaroo Webcast schedule on YouTube, which includes headliners Radiohead, Phish and Red Hot Chili Peppers [...]

  Bon Iver, Civil Wars, Jack White and more play 2012′s Sasquatch! Music Festival in George, Washington.

What do country musicians listen to when they want to be inspired? We asked a handful of artists (and a few record execs for good measure) to create a list of their top 5 favorite country songs – and they compiled the perfect playlist. Blake Shelton Top Five ‘80s Country Hits “My Baby’s Got Good [...]