THE CIVIL WARS #10 ON BILLBOARD 200

DUO WIN TWO GRAMMY AWARDS, PERFORM ON LIVE BROADCAST

DEBUT ALBUM BARTON HOLLOW SURPASSES 333,000 COPIES SOLD

“…through bands such as The Civil Wars, a new music industry is born.” —Los Angeles Times

The Civil Wars are #10 on the Billboard 200 chart and #1 on the Billboard Independent chart, selling 35,663 copies this past week (up 178%, second only to Adele’s 21 up 207%). The massive sales come a year after the band’s debut album, Barton Hollow, was originally released and a week after the duo won “Best Folk Album” and “Best Country Duo/Group Performance” at 54th annual GRAMMY Awards. In addition to winning two awards, the duo performed 60 seconds of the album’s title track on the live broadcast. Moreover, the post-GRAMMY sales increase Total sales for Barton Hollow now total over 333,000 units (Sensibility Music).

After embarking on a European tour this March, the duo will continue to celebrate the album’s success in the U.S. with performances on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” April 11 and “Good Morning America” April 19. Since January 2011, the band has performed three times on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” in addition to appearing on the “Late Show with David Letterman,” American Public Media’s “A Prairie Home Companion” and KCRW’s “Morning Becomes Eclectic.” Moreover, the duo will kick off the 38th season of PBS’s “Austin City Limits” with a taping on Wednesday, February 29 and will join the all-star line-ups at Sasquatch and Bonnaroo. See below for complete tour schedule.

In addition to supporting Barton Hollow, the duo recently collaborated with Taylor Swift on “Safe & Sound,” the first single from the forthcoming major motion picture The Hunger Games. Moreover, the duo has teamed with acclaimed producer T Bone Burnett on the score for Finding North. The Participant Media documentary (Food, Inc.) recently premiered at Sundance and centers around the unspoken hunger epidemic in America. Of the film’s music, Variety heralds, “The element of Finding North perhaps most responsible for giving the film its rich texture is an especially soulful score. Acclaimed producer T Bone Burnett and musical duo The Civil Wars joined forces to create original music that evokes the American heartland by fusing elements of folk, country and bluegrass.”

Released February 1, 2011, Barton Hollow debuted at #12 on the Billboard 200 and #1 on iTunes’ overall Albums chart. The album’s first single and title track was nominated for “Duo Video of the Year” at the 2011 CMT Music Awards, while the band was nominated for “Vocal Duo of the Year” at the 2011 CMA Awards and both “New/Emerging Artist of the Year” as well as “Duo/Group of the Year” at the 10th annual Americana Honors and Music Awards. Additionally, the band was selected as a VH1 “You Oughta Know” artist to watch and both the music videos for “Poison & Wine” and “Barton Hollow” have been featured on VH1’s “Top 20 Countdown.”

Barton Hollow was recorded in Nashville and was produced by Grammy-award winning Charlie Peacock. The 12-track album comes after the duo’s remarkably successful live album, which has been downloaded over 300,000 times. Additionally, their 2009 four song EP, Poison & Wine, debuted at #4 on the iTunes Singer/Songwriter Top Albums chart. The EP’s title track and first single was played in full on “Grey’s Anatomy,” and its accompanying music video has been viewed over 2,400,000 times on YouTube. Of the song, Stereo Subversion declares, “…your ears are immediately gripped by a haunting sound both simple and pristine…breathtaking.” The music video for the first single and title track from the new record was released in November and has been viewed over 1,400,000 times.

The Civil Wars consists of John Paul White, hailing from Florence, AL and Joy Williams, originally from Santa Cruz, CA, but now residing in East Nashville. The duo’s chance meeting a year and a half ago fueled an immediate songwriting chemistry and creative synergy. Their second show ever, performed at a sold out Eddie’s Attic, was recorded and released as a free digital album.

For more information, please contact Asha Goodman 615.383.3110 or Carla Sacks 212.741.1000 at Sacks & Co.

THE CIVIL WARS CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
*sold-out shows

March 8 /// London, UK /// Rough Trade east
March 13 /// Birmingham, UK /// Institute
March 14 /// Dublin, Ireland /// Academy
March 16 /// Manchester, UK /// Academy 2*
March 17 /// Lancaster, UK /// Library*
March 18 /// Leeds, UK /// Leeds Metropolitan University
March 19 /// London, UK /// Shepherd’s Bush Empire*
March 21 /// Brighton, UK /// Komedia*
March 22 /// Bristol, UK /// 02 Academy
March 23 /// Edinburgh, UK /// The Queen’s Hall*
March 24 /// Highland, UK /// Big Top @ Isle of Skye
March 26 /// Koln, Germany /// Kulterkirche
March 27 /// Brussels, Belgium /// AB Club
March 28 /// Paris, France /// Point Ephemere
March 29 /// Amsterdam, The Netherlands /// De Duif
March 31 /// Stockholm, Sweden /// Kägelbanan
April 1 /// Zurich, Switzerland /// Abart
April 2 /// Berlin, Germany /// Festaal Freuzberg
April 4 /// Istanbul, Turkey /// Salon
May 23 /// Denver, CO /// Ogden Theatre
May 24 /// Salt Lake City, UT /// The Depot
May 25 /// George, WA /// Sasquatch Music Festival
June 7-10 /// Manchester, TN /// Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival