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I am a fan of country music and Emmylou Harris is right at the top of my all time favorite country artists. Emmylou, 12 time Grammy award winner, recently toured with another of my favorites Rodney Crowell. Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell are both legends in the world of country and folk music who have frequently worked together since the mid-70s. This page is about Emmylou and her music and her recent tour.
I've been a fan of Emmy Lou Harris for a long time. If you are also a fan, I hope you enjoy this page. I you are not yet a fan, I hope you will become one after reading this page.
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Best Americana Album
Congratulations to Emmylou and Rodney Crowell on their 2014 GRAMMY Awards win for Best Americana Album for Old Yellow Moon!
Old Yellow Moon
Award-winning Old Yellow Moon is Emmylou Harris and her old band mate Rodney Crowell's first album with equal billing though they’ve frequently worked together since the mid-70s. The iconic silver-haired 65 year old Harris acknowledged that “Rodney and I love sad songs.”
"Their new album of duets, Old Yellow Moon, sounds classic in every sense of musical accomplishment: from their gorgeous singing and inspiring studio performances to their excellent choice of material, " ~Bruce Warren, XPN2 program director
Harris and Crowell were also honored with two awards at the 2013 Americana Music Association Honors & Awards Show: Album of the Year and Duo/Group of the Year.
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell on "Old Yellow Moon"
"Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell discuss and perform songs from their 2013 duets album "Old Yellow Moon," their first official collaboration since Crowell joined Harris' Hot Band in 1975."
Listen as they talk about their work together in the following video.
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Emmylou Harris And Rodney Crowell on NPR Radio
- Emmylou Harris And Rodney Crowell: Staying Low : NPR
The former bandmates reunite for Old Yellow Moon, a new duet album that brims with lush harmonies and practically celebrates heartbreak. - Emmylou Harris : NPR
The following stories about Emmylou have appeared on NPR.org
Are You An Emmylou Fan?
Are You An Emmylou Fan?
Emmylou Harris - Red Dirt Girl (Live at Farm Aid 2005)
"Emmylou Harris performs "Red Dirt Girl" live at Farm Aid 2005 at the First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre in Tinley Park, Illinois on September 18, 2005."
How Many Of EmmyLou's Album Do You Own?
How Many Of EmmyLou's Album Do You Own?
Emmylou Harris's Wrecking Ball
The 2014 three-disc set features the remastered 1995 groundbreaking original album, a bonus CD of previously unreleased material, and a DVD of the documentary Building the Wrecking Ball, which includes interviews and studio footage of Harris and others.
"...the most daring, inventive album of Harris's career," Uncut
"The pace is deliberate, unhurried, meditative, the atmosphere rich, dark, and ghostly." Los Angeles Times
More Info About Emmylou
- Emmylou Harris Biography
Country singer Emmylou Harris spent forty years recording hit music - Emmylou Harris - IMDb
Emmylou Harris, Soundtrack: Brokeback Mountain. Emmylou Harris was born on April 2, 1947 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. She was previously married to Paul Kennerley, Brian Ahern and Tom Slocum. - Peter Cooper On Music: Emmylou Harris celebrates 20 years with Opry | Music | The Tennessean
Twenty-one years ago, Harris fronted a remarkable acoustic band she called The Nash Ramblers at a no-longer-remarkable, partially condemned building, where they made a live album.
Emmylou Harris & Mary Black : The Green Rolling Hills
From Heartbreak Mountain Soundtrack
A Love That Will Never Grow Old - The achingly beautiful song from "Brokeback Mountain," "A Love That Will Never Grow Old," sung by Emmylou Harris, won the 2005 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song,[1] the Satellite Award and the Internet Movie Award for Best Original Song. The song was nominated at the World Soundtrack Awards for Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film.
Emmylou - A Love That Will Never Grow Old
My Other Music Pages
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Eva Cassidy was an unbelievably perfect voice and a musical soul that grasped gospel, folk, blues, jazz, and all points in between. - Arvel Bird Celtic And Native American Music
Arvel Bird a mix of Native American and Celtic fiddle, Native American flute and story telling. - Who Is Israel "Bruddah Iz" Kamakawiwo'ole
The much-loved, award-winning Kamakawiwo'ole has become the best selling Hawaiian musician of all time. His version of "Over The Rainbow" is one of the most recognized songs of the last twenty years.
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