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Emmylou Harris, 2000.

The album features the 1990 Nashville debut of the acoustic all-star group—Sam Bush, Roy Huskey Jr., Larry Atamanuik, Al Perkins, Jon Randall Stewart—at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC). The concert was recorded and shelved until now, when it's been unearthed and will be released for the first time. The set features entirely different songs from the band's acclaimed live album At the Ryman, with music by A.P. Carter, Rodney Crowell, Ruth Franks, the Louvin Brothers, Doc Pomus, Paul Simon, Townes Van Zandt, and Harris herself.

Carlene Carter, June Carter Cash, Emmylou Harris 👸🏼

Emmylou Harris and Gillian Welch

Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton, and Emmylou Harris. February, 1978. Photo by Ed Thrasher.

Emmylou Harris, 1990s

Emmylou Harris’s Nonesuch Records debut album, Red Dirt Girl, first released 20+ years ago, in September 2000, is now available on limited-edition, translucent red vinyl here. Harris wrote all but one of the tracks on Red Dirt Girl, which won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album. It was produced by Malcolm Burn, who also performs on the album, along with Buddy Miller, Daryl Johnson, and Ethan Johns. Dave Matthews sings a duet with Harris, and Bruce Springsteen, Patti Scialfa, and Patty Griffin also contribute vocals.

Did you catch the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass ‘Let the Music Play On’ special on Saturday? You can watch it again through October 11 for new performances from Emmylou Harris + Buddy Miller, Rhiannon Giddens + Francesco Turrisi, and Yola + Jordan Tice, plus a throwback to Carolina Chocolate Drops’ set at the festival way back when. Watch it now at hardlystrictlybluegrass.com.

Emmylou Harris reunited with Rodney Crowell to perform “Love Hurts” for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s BIG NIGHT (At the Museum) benefit event. For the performance in the museum, Harris plays the 1961 Martin New Yorker acoustic guitar of Boudleaux and Felice Bryant, who wrote the song. Harris famously recorded “Love Hurts” with the late Gram Parsons.

1977 February NME Magazine: Emmylou Harris

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