Time (The Revelator) follows up the Grammy nominated 1996 debut, 'Revival' and 1998's 'Hell Among The Yearlings' and is the first that she and long-time partner David Rawlings have produced by themselves. Gillian Welch served as associate producer on the 'O' Brother, Where Art Thou?' project and contributed to the soundtrack album which has sold over 2,000,000 worldwide; she also appeared with Rawlings at the historic Ryman Auditorium concert in Nashville where almost all the soundtrack cast appeared - Emmylou, Alison Krauss et al, they performed two songs from this album. Gillian's understated manner dances rings around her rosey album, she has an uncanny ability to present new ballads that float with a timeless quality that could have beenborn in the Appalachians two centuries ago. Gillian Welch will be appearing at the Nashville Beyond festival in December and will attract huge media interest. The considerable promise carried forth on Gillian Welch's first two albums is thoroughly fulfilled on Time (The Revelator). Welch has traded the guidance of her previous producer, T-Bone Burnett, for the sympathetic studio skills of her longtime guitarist-harmony singer David Rawlings, who loosens the reins just enough to allow moments of spontaneity to sparkle within the duo's spare, eloquent playing. "Revelator" is an instant classic, perhaps the first great American folk song of the 21st century. "I Want to Sing That Rock and Roll" is three minutes of Louvins/Everlys-style bliss. "April the 14th, Part 1" haunts its historical context with an achingly melancholy melody. It all leads up to the epic 14-minute "I Dream a Highway", one of the finest closing tracks ever put on record. --Peter Blackstock