[3] Barton Hollow was preceded by the lead single and title track, which was performed live on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on January 14, 2011.

On November 30, 2011, Barton Hollow was nominated for Grammys in the Best Folk Album and Best Country Duo/Group Performance categories, for the title song.

[8] Barton Hollow was included on the 2011 Best Album lists of NPR Music,[11] Paste Magazine,[12] American Songwriter,[13] Rough Trade,[14] Amazon.com,[15] Time,[16] iTunes,[17] The Huffington Post,[18] Associated Press,[19] The Tennessean,[20] AllMusic.com[21] and more.

Andrew Leahey of AllMusic said that Williams and White "trace each other's melodies with close harmonies that never fail to lose their romance".

[9] Darren Lee of MusicOMH also gave four of five stars, saying "The album's songs of love, loss and longing are an immediate pleasure to listen to, displaying real restraint in a disc that is pleasingly sparse and unembellished.