Gillian Welch Returns with 'The Harrow and the Harvest' Gillian
Welch Returns with 'The Harrow and the Harvest'  Ten years ago,
Mumford & Sons didn't exist. Neither did the Felice Brothers, or
the Civil Wars, or Fleet Foxes.  But the foundation of the roots
music revival currently flourishing with those bands was laid
when the soundtrack to "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" became the
surprise smash of 2001, set aloft by the gorgeous, plaintive
voice of Nashville-based Gillian Welch, who also served as
associate producer on the project.  Video: "Miss Ohio," Gillian
Welch  Now, eight years after her last album, 2003's "Soul
Journey," Welch returns with "The Harrow and the Harvest," out
June 28 on her own Acony Records, and she's ready to rejoin the
ranks of the roots artists that she inspired. "We're definitely
flying the flag," says the artist, who is just back from a
touring run with Buffalo Springfield."She's a core artist in the
genre," Acony GM Lori Condon says. "With the success of Mumford
and the Avetts, peo