Questions w/ Joy Williams (part two)

Here is part two of “Questions” w/ Joy Williams. Enjoy the interview and be sure to visit the links at the bottom to learn more about Joy and pick up some of her music for yourself!

StSL – You’re pulling double duty these days with your solo work and with John Paul White in The Civil Wars. How did that partnership come about?

JW – We met by a Parisian circus in the Fall of last year. He was playing on a corner street by the flame throwers for a few extra Euros to get back home, and I was backpacking around France and heard the most amazing voice echoing across the street that day. I went to tell him - in French - how beautiful his music was, and he responded to me in a Southern drawl. And the rest is history...

StSL – Speaking of The Civil Wars, I can’t stop listening to “Poison and Wine”. Can you share a bit about the meaning of that song?

JW – Love has a way of ripping you apart just as much as it has a way of holding you together, and this piece is a gut-level-honest tug and pull of affection and affliction felt between two lovers.

StSL – A stranger comes up to you and says, “Play me the best song ever written.” What do you play?

JW – "Like A Rolling Stone" - Dylan

StSL – Let’s step away from music for a second. What’s your favorite movie quote?

JW – Too many to pick from. This is by no means deep, but the one that immediately popped into my head: "That's one doodle that can't be undid" - Juno.

StSL – Can you tell us about what you’re focusing on right now, and what we can expect in the near future from Joy Williams?

JW – Well, I’ve just finished up the TOT tour. Been quite a ride...sad to see it come to an end for the Fall. But I won't be home for long. With the recent release of the "Songs From This / Songs From That" double EP, I'm also focusing on heading back out on the road with that. Add to it several shows booked for The Civil Wars, and a new EP from us releasing within the next month. After that, a solo full-length is coming in the not too distant future.

Thanks so much to Joy Williams! Please visit the links below to learn more about Joy and The Civil Wars, and join us back here in two weeks for "Questions" w/ Matthew Mayfield.

Joy Williams Official Site
The Civil Wars Official Site
Joy Williams on Brite Revolution
Joy Williams Blog