The Poison & Wine Songfacts reports that this is the only song on Barton Hollow that Joy Williams and John Paul White wrote with an outside collaborator - their friend Nashville songwriter Chris Lindsey. ‘Poison & Wine’ is a musical snapshot about the dichotomy of love - that while it can be the thing that destroys you, it can also be the very same thing that beckons and builds you. JP and I are both married – have been for several years now - and we got to talking one day about what a tug and pull our individual relationships can be. The longer you know someone - and the lo… read more
The Poison & Wine Songfacts reports that this is the only song on Barton Hollow that Joy Williams and John Paul White wrote with an outside colla… read more
The Poison & Wine Songfacts reports that this is the only song on Barton Hollow that Joy Williams and John Paul White wrote with an outside collaborator - their friend Nashville song… read more
The Civil Wars were an American musical duo composed of singer-songwriters Joy Williams and John Paul White. After releasing a live-performance album and a four-song EP, their full-length album Barton Hollow was released in 2011. The band won the Grammy Award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance and Best Folk Album in 2012. Williams and White met in 2008, during a song-writing session or "writing camp" at a music studio in Nashville, Tennessee. According to Williams, the idea for the band's name came as she "was driving around town looking at all the Civil War… read more
The Civil Wars were an American musical duo composed of singer-songwriters Joy Williams and John Paul White. After releasing a live-performance album and a four-song EP, their full-length a… read more
The Civil Wars were an American musical duo composed of singer-songwriters Joy Williams and John Paul White. After releasing a live-performance album and a four-song EP, their full-length album Barton Hollow was released in 2011. The b… read more