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Emmylou Harris: Wrecking Ball

Read "Emmylou Harris: Wrecking Ball" reviewed by Nenad Georgievski


Wrecking Ball seemed like a pivotal record in singer Emmylou Harris' history when it was released in 1995 and it is no less important now 20 years later. It is said that great records may go out of print but they rarely go out of style, and Wrecking Ball still radiates with its sheer beauty. Assisted by legendary producer Daniel Lanois ("The Medicine Man") and a band of musicians that have played with him either on his previous solo records ...

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Sat Eye Candy: Emmylou Harris

Sat Eye Candy: Emmylou Harris

Source: JamBase

THEY COME NO BETTER THAN THIS LADY Emmylou Harris is no diva. She doesn't swoop and show off with her singing, finding her power and impact through unique phrasing and an unerring ability to tap into rich emotional wells. One senses the person behind the voice and the songs, a heart and spirit that's fantastically human in the best of ways, by turns perfectly rough and bewitchingly tender. An elder statesperson for country, particularly what we now call Americana, Harris ...

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Recording

Emmylou Harris: Hard Bargain

Emmylou Harris: Hard Bargain

Source: JamBase

FOLLOW UP TO 2008'S ALL I INTENDED TO BE OUT APRIL 26 ON NONESUCH RECORDS Hard Bargain, the new album from musical icon Emmylou Harris, will be released April 26 on Nonesuch Records. The album follows Harris's acclaimed 2008 release, All I Intended to Be, which received widespread acclaim. Hard Bargain, which comprises 11 new songs by Harris as well as two covers, was produced by Jay Joyce (Cage the Elephant, Patty Griffin). See below for a complete track list. ...

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Festival

Eclectic Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival Unites Emmylou Harris, Richie Havens in San Francisco

Eclectic Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival Unites Emmylou Harris, Richie Havens in San Francisco

Source: All About Jazz

Warren Hellman is the kind of billionaire investment banker who makes it hard to hate billionaire investment bankers. Every year, Hellman a successful venture capitalist and an amateur banjo player organizes something called the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival, a three-day celebration of picking and strumming in San Franciscos Golden Gate Park.

Opened to all and 100 percent free and every year, Hellman picks up the tab. Since its inception eight years ago, with two stages and nine bands, HSB has ...

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Performance / Tour

Ladysmith Black Mambazo performing with Sarah McLachlan, Melissa Etheridge, Emmylou Harris

Ladysmith Black Mambazo performing with Sarah McLachlan, Melissa Etheridge, Emmylou Harris

Source: All About Jazz

Legendary Grammy award-winning South African vocal collective Ladysmith Black Mambazo is coming to a venue near you!

Mambazo will be performing in support of their star-studded Heads Up International release, Long Walk To Freedom (due at retail January 24). The album is a collection of twelve new recordings of classic Mambazo songs and features vocal performances by such pop icons as Sarah McLachlan, Melissa Etheridge, Natalie Merchant, Emmylou Harris, Taj Mahal, Zap Mama, and others. At once their most ambitious ...

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