"A Friend of A Friend is the debut record from the Dave Rawlings Machine, but in reality it is the re-emergence of the Gillian Welch-Dave Rawlings brand.  They’ve hardly been in hiding, contributing to records by Solomon Burke, Sara Watkins, Uncle Earl, Conor Oberst, and numerous others, but their last full length effort was all the way back in 2003 with Welch’s Soul Journey.  They’ve been performing live with numerous mini-tours, the Big Surprise Tour, and jamming with the likes of Bright Eyes, Neil Young, and Levon Helm.  But, the diehard fans among us were beginning to suffer withdrawal symptoms from the lack of new recorded material." - Joe Bonner from Bookmarklet

"So we can all breathe a sigh of relief with the release of A Friend of A Friend. It’s credited as a Dave Rawlings Machine record, but Gillian co-wrote half the tracks and appears on 8 of the 9." - Joe Bonner