13-481: Front Porch is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Joy Williams . It was released on May 3, 2019 by Sensibility Recordings. It was nominated for Best Folk Album at the 62nd Grammy Awards . On AllMusic , Stephen Thomas Erlewine said, "Working with producer Kenneth Pattengale, who is best known as part of the Milk Carton Kids, Williams strips away any contemporary affectations, keeping
26-403: A re-recording of " Safe & Sound " with Taylor Swift , credited under their individual names. Late in 2013, Williams collaborated with Chris Cornell on the song "Misery Chain", which they performed on Late Show with David Letterman . She also collaborated with Matt Berninger from The National on "Hush", the theme song for Turn . Williams and Hayley Williams (no relation) of
39-602: A 2008 marketing campaign. Williams subsequently released three EPs through Sensibility Music. The songs "Charmed Life", "Speaking a Dead Language", and "Sunny Day", were featured on the TV show Grey's Anatomy . In 2008, Williams attended a writing camp in Nashville, where she met John Paul White . They formed the folk rock duo the Civil Wars in 2009 and released their breakthrough album, Barton Hollow , in 2011. The album
52-530: A five-day period; of those fifteen songs, twelve were included on her Kenneth Pattengale-produced album, Front Porch , released on May 3, 2019. On June 12, 2004, Williams married Nate Yetton. Williams and Yetton have a son born June 30, 2012; and a daughter born August 6, 2018. In an interview with Pop Matters , Williams stated that she and her husband had "decided to part ways" in early 2019. Williams married Ted Woods in October 2022. Williams gave birth to
65-458: A son with Woods in December 2023. The Civil Wars (album) The Civil Wars is the second and final album by American alternative folk band the Civil Wars . The album was released on August 6, 2013, by Sensibility Music/ Columbia Records . The Civil Wars received generally positive reviews from music critics , and it sold more than 116,000 copies, making it debut at No. 1 on
78-568: A stripped-down, acoustic palette... to Nashville, the Southern, music-making city where she's spent most of her professional life following a coastal California youth... For Williams, there's a balance to be struck between theatrical and intimate expression, and embracing warmth and simplicity as an approach... doesn't require abandoning poise and polish." Credits adapted from AllMusic Front Porch at AllMusic Joy Williams (singer) Joy Elizabeth Williams (born November 14, 1982)
91-709: Is an American singer-songwriter. The winner of four Grammy Awards , Williams has released five solo albums and four EPs since her self-titled debut in 2001. She was half of The Civil Wars duo from 2009 until 2014. Williams was born in West Branch, Michigan , but raised in a Christian home in Mount Hermon in Santa Cruz County, California , where her parents worked in ministry. She attended Valley Christian High School in San Jose and graduated as
104-631: The Billboard 200 . The song "From This Valley" won them their fourth Grammy, the second one in the category Best Country Duo/Group Performance . "The One That Got Away" and "From This Valley" were released as singles in June 2013. The third single from the album, " Dust to Dust ", was released to Hot adult contemporary radio in the United States on October 7, 2013. The Civil Wars received positive reviews from critics. According to Metacritic,
117-548: The class valedictorian in 2001. In addition to singing in church, Williams began writing faith-based pop songs while living in Santa Cruz. At 17, she was signed by Reunion Records , a subsidiary of Sony / BMG based in Brentwood, Tennessee . Williams cites Kate Bush , Peter Gabriel , Massive Attack , and Portishead as being her influences. Between 2001 and 2005, Williams was nominated for 11 Dove Awards , and
130-437: The focus directly on the songs and her plaintive, powerful voice." On PopMatters , Chris Conaton wrote, "And it's hard to deny that Front Porch is Williams at her best. It took some time for her to come to terms with it, but this is an album that embraces Williams' legacy from the Civil Wars and incorporates it into her own musical personality." On NPR , Jewly Hight said, "She's framed Front Porch as her return home – to
143-486: The rock band Paramore collaborated on a new version of Paramore's " Hate to See Your Heart Break ". Williams began working on a solo album, Venus , in 2014, ultimately releasing the record the following year. Williams made her acting debut in 2016 in an episode of Roadies and her recording of The Chainsmokers ' " Don't Let Me Down " was used for a State Farm commercial in 2017. In 2018, while pregnant with her second child, Williams recorded fifteen songs in
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#1732775978424156-517: The three records she released on Reunion cumulatively sold more than 250,000 copies. In 2005, she left the label to expand her musical horizons. Williams traveled to Europe, worked briefly at Paste Magazine and then at a Nashville boutique. In 2006, she signed a publishing deal with Warner/Chappell music, and in 2008 she co-founded an artist development firm, Sensibility Music, as a vehicle for her career development. That same year Oscar Mayer selected her song "It Doesn't Get Better Than This" for
169-705: Was widely praised by critics and went on to sell more than 650,000 copies in the U.S. White and Williams won four Grammy Awards as the Civil Wars. The duo announced an indefinite hiatus in November 2012, prior to the release of their 2013 self-titled album . The duo was officially dissolved in August 2014 and in March 2015, Williams said her last conversation with White was after their Roundhouse show in London in November 2012. In 2023, they individually participated in
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