Emmylou Harris

Grammy award winning artist Emmylou Harris first came to wider commercial attention with a series of albums in the mid-seventies, beginning with Pieces Of The Sky an album which also spawned a #4 Billboard Country Chart hit with If I Could Only Win Your Love. Her career however had started in 1969 with the release of her debut album Gliding Bird. Her next brush with success came as a member of Gram Parsons band, and with Gram recorded two studio albums Grievous Angel and GP before Gram Parsons died in 1973.

Wrecking Ball is a leftfield masterpiece, the most wide-ranging, innovative, and daring record in a career built on such notions.

Eight of thirteen time Grammy Award winner Emmylou Harris' best albums from the '80s, featuring: Roses in the Snow, Evangeline, Cimarron, White Shoes, The Ballad of Sally Rose, Thirteen, Angel Band and Bluebird. All of these spectacular 1980's albums made it to onto the U.S. albums chart, ranging from the number 2 spot to number 23.

SUPERB RADIO BROADCAST RECORDING FROM EMMYLOU HARRIS & SPYBOY Formed for the Emmylou Harris tour that promoted and performed songs from her 1995 career-redefining album, Wrecking Ball, country trio Spyboy - namely Buddy Miller on electric guitar and backing vocals, Daryl Johnson on electric bass, bass pedals, djembe, percussion and backing vocals, and Brady Blade on drums, percussion and backing vocals - were country music royalty to a man, led by the Queen of the genre. The tour included a number of shows in the US during 1997 and 1998, and a few more in Europe. On December 6th 98 the ensemble played at New York s legendary Bottom Line club, a gig that was recorded for live FM Broadcast across the country. Featuring a set that included a number of tracks from Wrecking Ball, alongside a host of Emmylou classics, this previously unreleased concert is now available in its entirety on this CD.

Already celebrated as a discoverer and interpreter of other artists’ songs, 13-time Grammy Award winner Emmylou Harris has, in the last decade, gained admiration as much for her eloquently straightforward songwriting as for her incomparably expressive singing. This collection transports you back to a time, featuring some of Emmylou's most memorable titles from the 1970s.

Blessed with a crystalline voice, a remarkable gift for phrasing, and a restless creative spirit, few artists had as profound an impact on contemporary music as Emmylou Harris. She traveled a singular artistic path, proudly carrying the torch of "cosmic American music" passed down by her mentor, Gram Parsons, which made a profound mark on both country and rock.

Last Date is a live Emmylou Harris album, released in October 1982. Recorded at a series of honky tonks and other small venues on the west coast, Harris conceived the album as a showcase for her Hot Band. It was composed mostly of country standards. Harris reached No. 1 on the U.S. country charts with the title single, written by Floyd Cramer.

The 1970 WBAI New York broadcast.Blessed with a crystalline voice, a remarkable gift for phrasing, and a restless creative spirit, few artists had as profound an impact on contemporary music as Emmylou Harris. She traveled a singular artistic path, proudly carrying the torch of "cosmic American music" passed down by her mentor, Gram Parsons, which made a profound mark on both country and rock. Beginning as a folk singer in New York City, Harris released her first album in 1970, only to see it disappear with the bankruptcy of her record label.