ALL PHOTOS BY JASON GONULSEN John Paul White is back on the road, storming through his post-Civil Wars career with the songs of Beulah, his first collection of new music since he and Joy Williams called it quits in 2014. But that was then, and now is just as fruitful.Yes, JPW can still write a … Read more
PHOTO BY ALLISTER ANN John Paul White is back, and on August 19th he’ll release one of the most highly anticipated releases of 2016, Beulah. White, as you may know, gained popularity with, The Civil Wars, a duo that also featured singer Joy Williams. We haven’t seen White perform in St. Louis since 2012 at … Read more
What happens when a “chance meeting” brings together a California gal (Joy Williams) and an Alabama guy (John Paul White)? Well, last Friday, let’s just say it took me all of three minutes and forty one seconds to decide that I have a new favorite duo: Williams and White of The Civil Wars. One listen … Read more
Feature interview by Jason Gonulsen “It was intentional on my part,” Joy Williams tells me via phone from Venice Beach, California, where she now lives part-time with her husband (and manager), Nate Yetton, and son, Miles. “I felt like it was important to start where I left off, and I’m glad that I did.” Williams … Read more
Joy Williams recently told the Associated Press, “If you want to know what happened to the band, listen to the album.” The album is The Civil Wars, the sophomore self-titled release by Williams and John Paul White, a duo, who, as you might have read, are not currently on speaking terms. The language used by … Read more
Photo by Allister Ann Let me in the walls you’ve built around We can light a match and burn them down NPR called it an “ode to the end,” but I’m not so sure about that. I like to think of it as a new beginning, one that happens in the moments after you realize … Read more
Photo by Louis Kwok Go far away Staying vs. leaving. I understand both choices, or at least I think I do. In The Civil Wars’ case, we don’t really know what is up. But words like “internal discord” and “irreconcilable differences” usually don’t point to something healthy. That’s a lot of smoke. Whatever the case … Read more
I don’t love you, but I always will. It’s the lyric that Joy Williams and John Paul White of The Civil Wars will never escape. The stabbing lyric at the heart of their breakthrough song, “Poison and Wine.” The one moment where truth bites beautifully and leaves an immediate scar. It’s the lyric that you … Read more