Dave Rawlings Machine

Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings will play at the Mystic Theatre on Monday, Feb. 8, but not in their usual configuration as a duo.

This time, Rawlings, Welch's musical partner, is the front man of the Dave Rawlings Machine, which released its first record, “A Friend Of A Friend,” in November.

The album features members of Old Crow Medicine Show, Benmont Tench from the Heartbreakers, Karl Himmel, Nate Walcott of Bright Eyes, and of course Welch. The touring Machine includes Rawlings and Welch along with Ketch Secor, Willie Watson and Morgan Jahnig of Old Crow Medicine Show.

Welch and Rawlings have emerged as the soulful voice of the Americana scene's most accomplished musicians, mixing a sombre modern irony with the hard-bitten grit of old-fashioned American folk music. Welch was propelled into the limelight by her appearance in the Coen Brothers film & soundtrack for “O Brother Where Art Thou?,” the movie that made bluegrass safe for the whole family, featuring guitarist Rawlings, her not-quite silent partner, a player of uncommon subtlety and grace.

The doors open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $28 in advance, $30 at the door. The Mystic Theater is located at 21 Petaluma Blvd. North. Phone 765-2121.