Gillian Welch and David Rawlings play a three-song set in The Current studio for Radio Heartland

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On Friday, Nov. 8, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings’ 10th studio album, Woodland, was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of Best Folk Album, and the lead track, “Empty Trainload of Sky,” received a nomination for Best Americana Performance.

        Hashtag  - Empty Trainload of Sky-Howdy Howdy- Interview with host Mike Pengra

While in St. Paul for two nights of concerts at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Welch and Rawlings walked over to The Current where Radio Heartland host and producer Mike Pengra welcomed them, along with bassist Paul Kowert, for a studio session. After playing a selection of songs from Woodland, Welch and Rawlings stuck around for a conversation with Mike Pengra. Watch the performances above.

The album is named after their Woodland Sound Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, which was destroyed by a tornado in 2020, with the artists further stating in a press release that the songs are "a swirl of contradictions, emptiness, fullness, joy, grief, destruction, [and] permanence."

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Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' - Diving Duck Blues

                              

Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' - Diving Duck Blues Recorded Live: 8/14/2017 - Paste Studios - New York, NY
                    

Blues legends Taj Mahal and Keb' Mo' stopped by the Paste studio on Aug. 14 to promote their latest collaboration record, the cleverly titled, TajMo. The duo started off with Taj Mahal's well known tune, Diving Duck Blues, which is featured on their new album

TajMo is a joint album by the American blues musicians Taj Mahal and Keb' Mo'. It was released May 5, 2017, and won the 2018 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album. TajMo is the twenty-sixth studio album by Taj Mahal and the thirteenth by Keb' Mo'