Emmylou Harris

2003 - Sheryl Crow, Emmylou Harris and the Oak Ridge B...

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Arena date for Straits legend

Manchester Evening News (Free subscription) | yesterday

... StraitsHis many solo albums and musical collaborations (most notably with country legend Emmylou Harris) have drawn a line under the Dire Straits bloated rock monster, and re-focussed Knopfler as a quiet, unassuming rock elder statesman. Yet what will never change about Knopfler is his trademark guitar theatrics. His solo concerts might focus largely on his recent bluesy, rootsy work...

The Quick 10: 10 Famous Military Brats

The mental_floss Blogs (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008

... Germany. His father was a soldier in the U.S. Army and met his mother while stationed there. 8. Emmylou Harris's dad was a Marine Corps pilot who went missing in action in Korea in 1951. He was a prisoner of war for for somewhere between 10 and 16 months (different reports say different things) before he was released and sent home. 9. Michelle Bachelet , the President of Chile, was...

Emmylou Harris playing a suicide benefit @ museum of NH

Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008

... gold medalist Greg Louganis will serve as the evening's emcee and 12-time Grammy award-winner Emmylou Harris will perform. [ AFSP ] If not already sold out, tickets are sure to be in the M.I.A.-MoMA - Montel-Medical Marijuana range. More details at AFSP's site . Emmylou Harris kicks off a proper tour at the end of this month, and I bet there may still be (much cheaper)...

Wolfgang's Vault: Streaming from the Golden Age of Rock

Appscout.com (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008

... Clash... There really are way too many to list. You'll find a similar roster on the country side--Emmylou Harris, Ricky Skaggs, Bill Monroe, Dwight Yoakam, and many more. New concerts are added regularly. It's pretty cool to listen to a legendary show, like the Allman Brothers' Fillmore East performance, and compare with to another show from around the same time period--or to hear...

Friday Random Ten: welcoming the new Volvo edition

Hugo Schwyzer (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008

... 5. “Postcards from Mexico”, Girlyman 6. “Annie’s Song”, John Denver 7. “Strong Hand” (for June), Emmylou Harris 8. “Walk Forever by My Side”, The Alarm 9. “Foolish You”, Kate and Anna McGarrigle 10. “Polyester Bride”, Liz Phair Bonus Track: “Underneath your Clothes”, Shakira

Six Things May 7, 2008

Lost In Ube (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008

Golden Week is over and it's back to work! But before that happens let us enjoy a little bit of music, shall we?1. This got stuck in my head all because of . Die schnellste Maus von Mexiko!(thanks to youtube user TheSpeedyGonzales)2. Small Time Blues was written by Pete Droge at the request of Cameron Crowe for the movie Almost Famous. The song was meant to be in the style of Gram Parsons and Emmylou...

Paste Mag Asks 'Who Is Your Favorite Artist Over 50'?

The Music Slut (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008

The poll includes: Elvis Costello Neil Young Tom Waits Stevie Wonder Emmylou Harris Neil Diamond Bob Dylan Al Green Lucinda Williams Bruce Springsteen Vote here. Current leader: Bob Dylan. MP3: Bob Dylan - Blowin' In The Wind

This week's playlist: Elysa spins a Webb of sound

Listen Up (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008

... Stevie Wonder on this frisky, funky winner from his excellent Sounds Like This. Moon Song, Emmylou Harris: Harris has a fellow spirit in Patty Griffin, who introduced this sweetly haunted ballad, now on Harris's All I Intended to Be (June 10). Slippery Slope (Easier), Teddy Thompson: The second-generation singer casts a darkly insinuating spell on this plaintive highlight...

'I'm getting out from the shadows'

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008

Last September, Martha Wainwright married her bassist and producer, Brad Albetta, in Canada. While most couples have to make do with a hired DJ for the reception, Wainwright and Albetta were serenaded by enough singers to constitute a decent festival line up: Emmylou Harris, Linda Thompson, Ed Harcourt and Saturday Night Live star Jimmy Fallon, as well as Martha's father, Loudon Wainwright...

Willie Nelson hits 75

normblog (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008

Willie Nelson has just celebrated his 75th birthday. So here's one to remember him by; and here's another; and here's another. There's a collection of tributes to him at Texas Monthly. From Emmylou Harris:He didn't write "Blue Eyes Crying in...

Music Meme Answers

The Greenbelt (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008

... Papas) 7 I remember holding on to you / All them long, lonely night I put you through - (Goodbye - Emmylou Harris) 8 Straight on to the beaten path / Face down into its aftermath (Upstream - kd lang) 9 If I listen long enough to you (Reason to Believe - Rod Stewart) 10 Though you don't believe your eyes / As your mind's taken by surprise (Heart's Desire - Ron Sexsmith) 11 Brainwashed...

New Format: All Tom Rush, All the Time

Do You Know How to Waltz? (Free subscription) | 05/03/2008

... Song", written by Canadian songwriter Murray McLaughlin. Also excellent. Finally, Tom Rush, Emmylou Harris and David Bromberg covering Townes Van Zandt's classic "Pancho and Lefty" from a show in 1983.

iVoryTowerz Radio: C'est la Vie

iVoryTowerz (Free subscription) | 05/03/2008

The underground podcast takes on some subtle French accents this week, despite declaring right off the bat that it is "Livin' in the USA." There's a certain joie de vivre in the air around the entire production, plus there's a dash of French heavy metal in the mix for good measure. And Emmylou Harris gives one Chuck Berry number the Cajun country treatment. What more could you want? A...

Creep to Cruel

slacktivist (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008

Hey remember this? I think we were on the letter C ... Now it's hard to say now if he's only stupid or smartWhen he crawled through the doorAnd poured out moreof his creeping-Jesus heart "Creep," Radiohead "Crescent City," Emmylou...