This is the second in a continuing series of posts that will explore GPTN influences. A few months ago Grace Potter <a href="http://wtmd.blogspot.com/2007/12/grace-potter-submits-her-top-10-albums.html">submitted her list of Top 10 CD's</a> to radio station WTMD. In this series, I'll explore some of these recordings in more detail.

Amongst the raucous guitar driven music in the Top 10 sits "<strong>Time (The Revelator)</strong>" this quiet reflective record by <a href="http://www.gillianwelch.com/">Gillian Welch</a> and her longtime collaborator David Rawlings. Produced by T-Bone Burnett, the record offers quiet haunting pieces of atmospheric folk, country and gospel.

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<strong>"Time (The Revelator)"</strong>
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Gillian Welch burst on the scene in 2001 with her recording "Revival" featuring a depression era photo of Gillian that looked like a long lost <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothea_Lange">Dorothea Lange</a> image. Even with my bluegrass/gospel upbringing I found it hard to recognize "By The Mark" as anything other than a 80 year old Pentecostal church song. Lyrically, Gillian brings together a fascinatingly complex vision of the old south and traditional folk influences combined with modern themes of female strength and complexity.

<strong>"My First Lover"</strong>
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In short, listen to this record and you'll begin to see the gospel and lyrical underpinnings to songs like "Big White Gate" and "Jesus Was A Runaway" a bit more clearly.

Finally,<strong> "Red Clay Halo"</strong>
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