But they dealt with constant speculation about their relationship despite being married to other people and canceled their tour in 2012 citing "irreconcilable differences of ambition.". Until one day the teenage Williams went for a meeting with her drama teacher about a play her high school was putting on. “Justin and I met back in 2011 when we were both on Letterman. “Jason, I’ve know most of my life, we used to compete against each other in battle of the bands in Alabama, so it’s a different situation with him. And I don’t think it was because my parents tried to hide it from me – they just weren’t listening to it.”. But after the music was recorded, he was apprehensive about touring again. • Venus is out on Sony/Columbia on 29 June. Together, they form the rootsy pop duo Civil Wars. Does she find acceptance, transcendence and forgiveness easy? “And as in any dynamic, whether you’re at an office or in any capacity where you’re working that closely with somebody, you begin to notice differences, and differences are not bad – I welcome those. “I’ve had a hard time finding things that really blow my skirt up, for lack of a better phrase.” As a musician from the Quad-Cities, Southern rock was everywhere. What you do next is what’s important. The Civil Wars Officially Split After four Grammys and an almost two-year hiatus, the lauded duo break up for good Days before setting out on his U.S. tour. After her band crumbled, her marriage to music manager husband Nate Yetton almost did, too. The pair took some time to reconnect, putting the pieces back together by starting over and moving to California with son Miles, 3 this month. So you just turned 36, right? With Roseanne and Rodney and Emmylou, I go into it with the utmost respect and admiration…and terror. "Little by little there was a note here, a line here, a melody here that would pop into my head and drive me nuts," White said. I don't know how many of you here like Americana/Indie folk in general or The Civil Wars, so I'll give a bit of background information. The Civil War in the United States began in 1861, after decades of simmering tensions between northern and southern states over slavery, states’ rights and westward expansion. Formed in 2008, The Civil Wars won four Grammy Awards prior to their 2014 breakup. “I play some songs by myself but it’s a full band. The Southern Gothic folk duo put out two celebrated albums before their frosty breakup. It bores me to listen to someone sing about themselves unless it has some universality. ", The Go-Go's are bidding farewell to touring. Joy Williams interview: Singer-songwriter and former member of The Civil Wars on pouring break-ups, births and deaths into her new album. On the Tennessee-Alabama state line, you have to be able to play that stuff.”, Regional pride birthed Single Lock Records, his label with partners Ben Tanner of Alabama Shakes and Will Trapp. “I felt like if I were to continue doing that, I would have had to become a duplicitous person and I wasn’t willing to do that.” And the southern gothic of the Civil Wars was often contrived – delightfully so – but it’s hard to think Williams had to rummage around in her open chest to sing: “Won’t do me no good washing in the river / Can’t no preacher man save my soul.”, I’ve made attempts to speak to John Paul, but you have to learn to let go, She has not spoken face-to-face to White since the Civil Wars played the Roundhouse in London in November 2012, then promptly cancelled all their remaining shows. "... Saying yes to something means saying no to something else. To read our full stories, please turn off your ad blocker.We'd really appreciate it. “No, it hasn’t been easy. “I’ve made attempts to speak to him, but you have to learn to let go,” she says. I went to, you know, a therapist on my own, and then Nate and I went to couples therapy, and it was huge. We kind of took that off the table. "When the family business of, you know, of the Civil Wars, when it collapsed, it collapsed on multiple fronts for me and for Nate, and ... and we almost gave up. JP is a tremendous musician, and I will always be grateful for the music we were able to create together.” Meanwhile White refrained from mentioning his former musical partner, saying simply, “I would like to express sincere thanks to all who were a part of the arc of The Civil Wars—from the beginning, to the end, and all points in between.”. I will never burn the road up the way I used to. Or I’ll have a lyric in my head, so there’s a bit of a theme. In a recent conversation with RELEVANT, Williams talked about growing up and changing in the music industry, what it really means to take your questions seriously and the Civil Wars rumors. People may not realize how great a song is when the production is so amazing. A stunning collection of refined singer-songwriter tunes, Beulah, White’s newest album, is also his first solo release since the dissolution of his former band. She released 4 Christian albums and received 11 Dove Award nominations. As a teenager he loved, Metallica and Megadeth (“I was an 80s kid,” White says with a laugh), but now he listens mostly to bluegrass and vintage country like Moon Mullican and Tex Ritter. My admiration is for lyrics, but what I’m best at is melodies. I'll miss The Civil Wars. Managing her marriage to Yetton and her artistic relationship with White was a balancing act for Williams. “I saw this disc and it said, ‘Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and Janis Joplin,’” the singer says. NASHVILLE, TENN. — When singer-songwriter John Paul White returned home to Alabama after the breakup of the duo Civil Wars, his mind and schedule were blissfully clear. She laughs very faintly, without much amusement. Williams adds, “We had a long road back to each other, but I’m really glad we decided to take it.”. And, yeah, I feel like I'm looking at a ghost in a way," she says. Joy Williams had an unusual journey into music, because pop and rock were strangers in the family home when she was growing up in California. "God, I'm so much more in love with the man sitting across the dining room table than I have ever been," she says. John Paul White poses for a portrait at Waverly on Doheny before playing a show at The Troubadour in West Hollywood, Calif. 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