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Musicians in Their Own Words: Gillian Welch

By David Schulman

Published July 5, 2003 at 12:00 AM EDT

Songwriter Gillian Welch describes her music. Welch's duet with Alison Krauss was a highlight of the Grammy award-winning soundtrack to the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou.

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