DAVE RAWLINGS MACHINE Doing it the old way. DAVE RAWLINGS and Gillian Welch took the name for their latest record from a joke, a little throwaway line that didn’t get thrown away. The two have a ...

The title of the new Dave Rawlings Machine album, “Nashville Obsolete” might seem like a commentary on country music old and new and what qualifies as genuine Nashville music. The Dave Rawlings ...

Dave Rawlings Machine is the solo handle for Dave Rawlings who as producer, songwriter, and guitarist is usually found onstage but just outside of the Old Crow Medicine Show and Gillian Welch ...

“We know that New York is a banjo-loving town,” said David Rawlings towards the beginning of the Dave Rawlings Machine concert Wednesday evening at the Beacon Theatre. How right he was. Rawlings, ...

(Crystal Ballroom, 1332 W Burnside) Best known as the other person onstage at all those Gillian Welch shows, Dave Rawlings steps out with his excellent Dave Rawlings Machine bluegrass outfit—with ...

Dave Rawlings' recent gigs with the Machine had an almost hootenanny feel, sprinkled with songs from the Machine's 2009 album, covers of Dylan, Zeppelin and Levon Helm, as well as traditional tunes ...

Welch and Rawlings settled in to play together at Bob Boilen's desk as easily as if they were slipping on a pair of old boots. They've got the sort of magnetic chemistry that comes with writing and ...

For unsuspecting fans of Dave Rawlings and Gillian Welch, a pop-up tour for their Dave Rawlings Machine project was a happy surprise. In the act’s stop at Rocky Mount’s Harvester Performance Center, ...

Some folk purists give the gorgeous Americana sounds of Dave Rawlings and Gillian Welch a hard time — mostly because Welch was raised in Los Angeles, adopted by musicians working on “The Carol Burnett ...

The Dave Rawlings Machine, whose music is strongly based in traditional folk, bluegrass and country, could seem like an endangered species in today’s era where much of the mainstream country music ...