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The Civil Wars

August 2016

  • Can make the most joyful of emotions feel like heartbreak … John Paul White

    Alexis Petridis's album of the week
    John Paul White: Beulah review – spectacularly gloomy and bitter

    Following the very public disintegration of the Civil Wars in 2012, John Paul White returns with a set of beautifully composed, utterly self-absorbed modern country songs

June 2015

  • 'I open my chest and rummage around' … Joy Williams.

    Album streams
    Joy Williams – Venus: exclusive album stream

    Following the breakup of the Civil Wars, Joy Williams has released a cathartic solo record. Have a listen and let us know your thoughts

May 2015

  • 'I open my chest and rummage around' … Joy Williams.

    Joy Williams: What got me through the Civil Wars breakup? Friends, therapy – and red wine

    The singer had to reinvent herself after the dramatic implosion of the Civil Wars. Now she has returned with the solo album Venus, full of music that just spilled out of her

August 2014

  • The Civil Wars

    The Civil Wars announce their split, once and for all

    Two years after stopping touring owing to ‘irreconcilable differences’, the country-folk duo confirm they have reached the end of the road

August 2013

  • The Civil Wars

    The Civil Wars reach the big time (but it's too late to fix musical differences)

    Band has reached the top of the charts, spurred on by tweets from Adele, but success comes months after the duo broke up
  • The Civil Wars

    The Civil Wars: The Civil Wars – review

    Love is a battlefield on the new album by a duo who aren't speaking to each other, writes Kitty Empire

  • The Civil Wars

    Alexis Petridis's album of the week
    The Civil Wars: The Civil Wars – review

    Alexis Petridis: They can't stand the sight of each other, but the Civil Wars forced themselves to make one more album. So does tension make for great art in this case?

July 2013

  • The Civil Wars

    Album streams
    The Civil Wars - The Civil Wars: Exclusive album stream

    After a rift developed between the two members, it seemed we might never get a second album from The Civil Wars. But here it is - have a listen and let us know your thoughts

November 2012

  • The Civil Wars

    The Civil Wars cancel UK tour dates owing to 'irreconcilable differences'

    Country-folk duo say they are 'unable to continue as a touring entity', but offer to reimburse ticket holders for cancelled shows

October 2012

  • The Civil Wars – review

    At what the sublime singer-guitarist duo describe as their biggest gig, the audience handclaps start early and end with a standing ovation, writes Dave Simpson

March 2012

  • Plan B

    This week's new tracks
    This week's new singles

    Plan B | Taylor Swift Feat The Civil Wars | Lostprophets | Charlie Simpson | Eugene McGuinness

  • The Civil Wars

    This week's cultural highlights
    This week's cultural highlights: Mary Shelley and the Civil Wars

    Our critics' picks of this week's openings, plus your last chance to see and what to book now. What's in your cultural diary this week?

    • Civil Wars: Barton Hollow – review

    • The Civil Wars: 'I feel we pull from each other's world'

    • The Civil Wars: Barton Hollow – review

June 2011

  • The Civil Wars

    New band of the week
    The Civil Wars (No 1,036)

    We have Adele to thank for introducing us to this Americana duo, whose songs deal with affairs of the heart and lives lived hard
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