This long profile is very well done and illuminating. When I was looking for information the other night I saw a lot of commentaries on the spiritual dimension of Welch's work. I didn't have time to stop and read most of them, but the title of this one, "Blessed With a Dark Turn of Mind," caught my eye, and though it's from what seems an overly progressive semi-Christian source, it's pretty good. In that first piece Welch addresses the matter of sticking with her name alone for the duo: "it's a two-piece band called Gillian Welch."