Gillian Welch & David Rawlings Announce Tour Dates In Support Of New Album ‘Woodland’

Gillian Welch and David Rawlings announced an extensive tour in support of their upcoming new album, Woodland. The longtime musical partners will tour from September to December, with more dates expected to be added.

Set for release on August 23, Woodland is the first full length album of original material from Welch since her 2011 album, The Harrow & The Harvest. The 10-track Woodland is also the first full-length album of original material from Rawlings since 2017’s Poor David’s Almanack.

Named after their long-running recording facility in Nashville, Woodland was produced by Rawlings. Welch and Rawlings shared a statement regarding the upcoming release:

“Woodland is at the heart of everything we do, and has been for the last 20 some years. The past four years were spent almost entirely within its walls, bringing it back to life after the 2020 tornado and making this record. The music is … a swirl of contradictions, emptiness, fullness, joy, grief, destruction, permanence. Now.”

Stream the Woodland lead single “Empty Trainload Of Sky” below:

Gillian Welch and David Rawlings will tour in support of Woodland beginning on September 4 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The rest of September will see the pair performing across the Midwest with shows in Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri.

October will see the two musicians performing in Alabama, North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and South Carolina. Throughout November and briefly into December, the tour is slated to trek through Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts and Maine.

A presale for tickets begins on Tuesday, July 23 at 10 a.m. local time. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, July 26. Find ticketing links and further information below.