1. The Road
2. Home Sweet Home	play
3. My Name Is Emmett Till
4. Goodnight Old World
5. New Orleans
6. Big Black Dog
7. Lonely Girl
8. Hard Bargain		play
9. Six White Cadillacs
10. The Ship on His Arm
11. Darlin' Kate

Emmylou Harris – Acoustic guitar and vocals
Jay Joyce – Electric guitars, Acoustic guitar, Hi-string guitars, Bass guitar, Synthesizer,
 Piano, Omnichord, Ganjo, Mandolin
Giles Reaves – drums, Wurlitzer piano, Djembe, Picked piano, Pump organ, Vibraphone,
 Synthesizer, Marimbula, Moog bass, Rhodes, Organ, Piano. Shaker

After she first came to the attention of discerning music fans with her contributions to Gram Parsons' first solo album in 1973, Emmylou Harris spent over 20 years as one of the finest interpretive singers in American music, approaching material from a variety of composers with a thoughtful intelligence that matched the natural beauty of her voice. Then after breaking new creative ground with 1995's Wrecking Ball, Harris set out on a surprising new creative journey -- while previously she wrote songs for her solo albums only on occasion, now her compositions began to dominate her recordings, and Harris has revealed that she's as gifted a tunesmith as she is a vocalist, writing with a clear eye and an unforced lyrical and melodic beauty that's a fine match for her voice. Harris wrote or co-wrote 11 of the 13 songs on 2011's Hard Bargain, and the album is full of cleanly drawn stories of people struggling to rise to the challenges of life, ranging from characters who are homeless ("Home Sweet Home") or wrestling with the aftermath of tragedy ("New Orleans") to Harris' own memories of touring with Parsons ("The Road") and a scandalous murder that galvanized the civil rights movement in 1955 ("My Name Is Emmett Till"). While Hard Bargain is an album full of sad stories, it's admirably short on melodrama, and Harris keeps these songs sounding honest, heartfelt, and tuned to the realities of American life. Musically, Hard Bargain sounds full but uncluttered; outside of Harris' voice and acoustic guitar, the accompaniment all comes from producer and multi-instrumentalist Jay Joyce and percussionist and keyboard player Giles Reaves, and they create musical backdrops that are evocative and carefully crafted without calling undue attention to themselves or blocking the path of the melodies; Joyce and Reaves, like Harris, are here to serve the songs first and foremost, and they do so splendidly. If Hard Bargain doesn't feel as striking as Wrecking Ball or Red Dirt Girl, one imagines it wasn't intended to be; there's a modesty in this set of songs that jibes with their quiet eloquence, and just as Harris' vocals are always full of striking beauty without diva moves, this cycle of songs isn't flashy so much as it's honest and moving, capturing the rhythms of life with an uncanny accuracy. At the age of 64, Emmylou Harris has made an album as fresh and distinctive as any in her catalog, and Hard Bargain is a reminder that her evolution into a songwriter is one of the most pleasant surprises in a career that's produced rewarding music for nearly 40 years. ---Mark Deming, AllMusic Review

"Są legendarne wokalistki country i jest Emmylou Harris" - napisał kiedyś jeden z krytyków muzycznych o Amerykance, która na scenie country i folku jest prawdziwą instytucją i żywą legendą. 63-letnia dziś artystka po kilkuletniej przerwie powraca ze znakomitym dziełem, które w większości wypełniają zupełnie nowe piosenki. Spośród 13 piosenek 11 zostało napisanych przez Harris, zaś dwie pozostałe to covery. Brzmienie utworom nadał Jay Joyce (Cage The Elephant, Patty Griffin). Właśnie jedną z jego kompozycji, "Cross Yourself", zinterpretowała Emmylou. Druga przeróbka to "Hard Bargain" Rona Sexsmitha. "Nagraliśmy wszystko w zaledwie miesiąc, co jest dla mnie nietypowe. Ale byłam dobrze przygotowana. Towarzyszyli mi tylko dwaj muzycy - Jay Joyce, który był także producentem, i Giles Reeves" - opowiada artystka. Emmylou napisała dwie piosenki ku czci osób, które odegrały ważną rolę w jej życiu. "Darlin' Kate" honoruje jej zmarłą w 2010 roku przyjaciółkę Kate McGarrigle, zaś "The Road" partnera sprzed lat, Grama Parsonsa. Wersja limitowana nowego działa 12-krotnej laureatki Grammy zawierać będzie DVD z wywiadami i wykonaniem sześciu piosenek. --- warnermusic.pl

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01. Bluebird Wine (Rodney Crowell) – 3:16
02. Too Far Gone (Billy Sherill) – 4:03
03. If I Could Only Win Your Love (Charlie Louvin, Ira Louvin) – 2:36		play
04. Boulder To Birmingham (Emmylou Harris, Bill Danoff) – 3:32
05. Before Believing (Danny Flowers) – 4:41
06. Bottle Let Me Down (Merle Haggard) – 3:16
07. Sleepless Nights (Boudleaux Bryant, Felix Bryant) – 3:25
08. Coat Of Many Colors (Dolly Parton) – 3:41
09. For No One (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 3:40
10. Queen Of The Silver Dollar (Shel Silverstein) – 4:59
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11. Hank And Lefty (previously unissued) (Dallas Frazier, Doodle Owens) – 2:48
12. California Cottonfields (previously unissued) (Dallas Frazier, Earl Montgomery) – 2:44	play

Personnel:
- Emmylou Harris - vocals, acoustic guitar (03-05,08,10,12)
- Brian Ahern - acoustic guitar (01,03), high-strung guitar (04,08), Super 400 acoustic guitar (06,11), bass (09), producer, arranger
- Bruce Archer - acoustic guitar (05,10), electric guitar (11), backing vocals (11)
- Duke Bardwell - bass (06)
- Byron Berline - mandolin (03,09), fiddle (08)
- James Burton - electric guitar (01-04,06,07), gut-string guitar (07,08), dobro (08,10)
- Mark Cuff - drums (10,11)
- Rick Cunha - acoustic guitar (01,02,04,08), high-strung guitar (06,07)
- Nick DeCaro - string arrangements (04,09)
- Amos Garrett - electric guitar (09)
- Richard Greene - fiddle (01)
- Tom Guidera - bass (05,10,11), backing vocals (11)
- Glen D.Hardin - piano (01,03,06,07,10,12), electric piano (04,08), string arrangements (02)
- Ben Keith - pedal steel (02-04,07,08)
- Bernie Leadon - banjo (01), acoustic guitar (06,07), dobro (06), bass (07), backing vocals (06,12)
- Bill Payne - piano (02,04,05,09)
- Herb Pedersen - acoustic guitar (09), 12-string guitar (04), banjo (03,12), backing vocals (01,02,04,06,09,10,12)
- Danny Pendleton - pedal steel (05,10,11)
- Ray Pohlman - bass (01-04,08,12)
- Linda Ronstadt - backing vocals (10)
- Ricky Skaggs - fiddle (05,10,11), Viola (05), backing vocals (11)
- Fayssoux Starling - backing vocals (01,02,08,09)
- Ron Tutt - drums (01-04,06-08,12)

Emmylou Harris's 1975 major-label debut unveiled the formula that she would revisit numerous times throughout the decade: a melding of traditional country's honesty, folk music's heart, and country-rock's punch. Her choice of material followed a similar curve--everything from Merle Haggard, Tammy Wynette, and the Louvin Brothers to the Beatles and Shel Silverstein. Former Elvis sidemen James Burton, Glen D. Hardin, and Ron Tutt along with guests like Ricky Skaggs, fiddler Richard Greene, and pianist Bill Payne of Little Feat form a formidable supporting cast. What's most impressive is Harris's versatility--she moves from delicate acoustic ballads to buoyant two-steppers to lavish string arrangements without ever sounding overmatched. She even takes a very personal tale like Dolly Parton's wonderful "Coat of Many Colors" and makes it her story. She may have inherited the band and the vision from her late mentor Gram Parsons, but the shimmering soprano voice is all her own. ---Marc Greilsamer, Editorial Editon

December 7, 1974 my friend Early and I went to see Leo Kottke at Minnesota Orchestra Hall. The opening act that night was an unknown girl singer named Emmylou Harris. We had no idea what to expect and little interest - we'd come to see Kottke. As soon as we saw Emmylou, we began to get interested and when she opened her mouth and started singing, we were completely and totally mesmerized. A voice like nothing we'd ever heard before. And, a voice that is still instantly identifiable.

Pieces Of The Sky came out early in 1975 and I was almost afraid to play it, afraid that it could never match what I remembered from that cold December night. But as soon as the needle hit the record, I knew that it was everything I remembered and more. "Bluebird Wine", "The Bottle Let Me Down", songs that really show that she can make a song move. "If I Could Only Win Your Love", the first of many Louvin Brothers songs that she exposed to a whole new audience. And my favorite, "Too Far Gone." Everything about the way "Too Far" is produced says that it should be a disaster. I mean, heavy strings, for Pete's sake? Instead, Emmylou makes both the song and the arrangement a masterpiece.

Since "Pieces", I've bought nearly all of Emmylou's works and have rarely been disappointed. I would urge anyone who doesn't own this disc, to get it immediately. It's a timeless piece of work that stands as well today as it did when it was released 30 years ago.

Thanks for all you've done for country music, Emmylou. I just wish that today's Nashville suits would go back and listen to this CD and and understand how beautiful three chords and the truth can sound. They - and we - need you more than ever. --- J. Kelly "Jim Kelly" (Salem, OR United States)

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1 	The Ballad Of Sally Rose 	2:47
2 	Rhythm Guitar 	3:19
3a 	I Think I Love Him 	3:28
4 	Heart To Heart 	2:27
5 	Woman Walk The Line 	4:06
6 	Bad News 	1:48
7 	Timberline 	2:52
8 	Long Tall Sally Rose 	1:35
9 	White Line 	3:43
10 	Diamond In My Crown 	2:58
11 	The Sweetheart Of The Rodeo 	3:42
12 	K-S-O-S 	2:33
13 	Sweet Chariot 	2:59

Emmylou Harris - Composer, Guitar, Vocals, Vocals (Background), Writer
Steve Cash - Harmonica
Barbara Cowart - Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Gail Davies - Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Hank DeVito - Dobro, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Steel), Pedal Steel
Philip Donnelly - Guitar
Bessyl Duhon - Accordion
Ray Flacke - Guitar, Guitar (Electric)
Vince Gill - Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Emory Gordy - Bass, Guitar (Acoustic), String Arrangements
John Jarvis - Keyboards
Waylon Jennings - Guitar (Electric), Vocals
Shane Keister - Keyboards
Paul Kennerley - Guitars, Writer
Russ Kunkel - Drums
Albert Lee - Guitars Mandolin, Vocals
Larrie Londin - Drums, Percussion
Dolly Parton - Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Tom Roady - Percussion
Linda Ronstadt - Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Gary Scruggs - Harmonica
Buddy Spicher - Fiddle, Violin
Barry Tashian - Guitar (Acoustic)
Barry & Holly Tashian - Vocals
Bobby Thompson - Banjo, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic)

This is one of the most intriguing albums of Emmylou Harris' career, and that is saying a lot. It marked the first album where she wrote or co-wrote all the songs, and the strength of the songwriting makes one wonder why she had never attempted it before. One can tell that this album is truly a labor of love, as it is a semi-autobiographical concept album that she also co-produced. It tells the story of a girl from a small town who gets taken under the wing of singer that takes her (and her angelic voice) out on the road. (The story mirrors her relationship with Gram Parsons, although it is a fictional account of the life of another woman.) As a concept album, it only partly holds together; one must read the liner notes to get a true feeling for the story. However, Emmylou Harris sounds particularly inspired, and the songs themselves are strong both musically and lyrically. As expected, she truly shines on the slower ballads such as "Diamond in My Crown" and the closer "Sweet Chariot." While not essential for casual fans, it is an interesting album worth tracking down for Emmylou Harris fans. --- Vik Iyengar, Rovi

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01 – Hanging Up My Heart
02 – Invitation To The Blues
03 – Spanish Dancer
04 – Open Season On My Heart
05 – Chase The Feeling
06 – Black Caffeine
07 – Dreaming My Dreams
08 – Bluebird Wine
09 – Back When We Were Beautiful
10 – Here We Are
11 – Bull Rider
12 – Old Yellow Moon

Personnel
    Emmylou Harris: Guitar (Acoustic), Primary Artist, Tambourine
    Rodney Crowell: Composer, Guitar (Acoustic), Primary Artist
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    James Burton: Guitar (Electric)
    Chad Cromwell: Drums
    Dennis Crouch: Bass
    Stuart Duncan: Banjo, Fiddle, Mandolin
    Larry Franklin: Fiddle
    Paul Franklin: Guitar (Steel)
    Vince Gill: Gut String Guitar, Vocal Harmony
    Marco Giovani: Drums
    Emory Gordy: Bass
    Glen D. Hardin: Piano (Electric)
    John Hobbs: Piano
    Jim Hoke: Accordion
    Jedd Hughes: Guitar (Electric)
    David Hungate: Arco Bass, Bass
    John Jorgenson: Guitar (Electric), Mandolin
    Lynn Langham: Piano
    Bill Payne: Hammond B3, Piano
    Mickey Raphael: Bass Harmonica
    Michael Rhodes: Bass
    Steuart Smith: Electric Slide Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Mandocello
    Tommy Spurlock: Guitar (Steel)
    John Ware: Drums
    Reese Wynans: Piano
    Brian Ahern: Bass (Acoustic), Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric Baritone)

Old Yellow Moon is the first official collaboration from Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell since Crowell joined Harris’ Hot Band in 1975. The 12-track duets album features songs written by Crowell as well as interpretations of songs by Hank DeVito, Roger Miller, Allen Reynolds, and others. Among the world-renowned musicians on the album are Stuart Duncan, Vince Gill, Bill Payne, and members of the original Hot Band. "It hearkens back to classic recordings like Harris' Elite Hotel and Crowell's Diamonds and Dirt," says NPR Music, "and brings the best out of the two veterans." ---nonesuch.com

This album has been an unrealised ambition for Harris and Crowell since 1974, when Harris was choosing tracks for her solo debut, Pieces Of The Sky. The producer overseeing Pieces Of The Sky, Brian Ahern, played Harris a track by budding Texan songwriter Rodney Crowell. It was called “Bluebird Wine”, and it became the opening track of the album.

“Bluebird Wine” is also the eighth track on the Brian Ahern-produced Old Yellow Moon. It’s not quite as purchasers of Pieces Of The Sky will remember it. Crowell has taken the lead vocal back and tinkered with the lyrics, turning the sloshed youthful idlers depicted in the original into more purposeful middle-aged workaholics. This revision is one of the more obvious manifestations of a theme that percolates gently throughout “Old Yellow Moon”, of attempting to apply the lessons learnt to the time there is left.

Old Yellow Moon is not, however, a sombre anticipation of mortality akin to the American Recordings series of Crowell’s one-time father-in-law Johnny Cash. The general tone of “Old Yellow Moon” is of faintly rueful happiness at being here, doing this. The opening track, the subtly swinging “Hanging Up My Heart”, first appeared on the Crowell-produced cash-in album Sissy Spacek made after her turn as Loretta Lynn in “Coalminer’s Daughter”. The original is an iteration of a well-worn country template: the too-many-times-bitten Romeo/Juliet announcing that they can’t be bothered anymore. In these two well-weathered voices – a compliment – it sounds like relief at having grown too old for all that nonsense.

Similar redemption is wrung from a stately version of Allen Reynolds’ “Dreaming My Dreams”; Crowell’s “Here We Are” executes the same sort of metamorphosis. This first appeared on George Jones’ 1979 duets album My Very Special Guests, sung by Jones and Harris, a weary waltz of on/off lovers who’ve resigned themselves to a semi-grateful collapse into each other’s arms. The “Old Yellow Moon” version is recalibrated as a slightly gloating acknowledgement of the terrible disadvantage suffered by the young: they don’t have any old friends. ---Andrew Mueller, uncut.co.uk

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01 – The Pearl
02 – I Don’t Wanna Talk About It Now
03 – I Ain’t Living Long Like This
04 – Raise The Dead			play
05 – Red Dirt Girl
06 – Love Hurts
07 – Hour Of Gold
08 – Deeper Well
09 – Michaelangelo
10 – Boy From Tupelo		play
11 – Wheels
12 – Born To Run
13 – Hickory Wind

Live in Baden-Baden, Germany, October 31, 2000.

It's a sobering testament to the power of flash over substance that Nashville's major labels now routinely crank out slick "new country" videos while more heartfelt, authentic country music is nowhere to be found on industry radar. The inequity seems almost appalling in the case of Emmylou Harris, now releasing albums and this excellent concert video on her own imprint, despite an integrity and artistry that frankly tower above those of the "new country" pinups that get by on innuendo and packaging.

Although Harris helped open the country-music establishment to a new generation of rock-savvy songwriters and musicians, her music has always been concerned more with emotional truth than commercial crossover. Accordingly, when the new "hat" acts eclipsed the more authentic bluegrass and traditional country accents in Harris's music, she neither surrendered nor complained, sustaining her high standards while evolving toward a more mature personal style. The mid-'90s witnessed her bravest high-wire walk on the remarkable Wrecking Ball, in which she collaborated with producer Daniel Lanois to radically shift the sound and sensibility of her music. That partnership--clearly the most galvanic since her '70s apprenticeship with the late Gram Parsons, whose austere country-rock blueprint shaped Harris's earlier solo output--has directly influenced her subsequent band, Spyboy, which preserves the moody synthesis of electric textures and acoustic timbres mapped with Lanois.

Like the excellent Spyboy live album, this companion video, shot during performances at Nashville's Exit/In club, augments Harris's ravishing soprano and acoustic guitar with alternative country hero Buddy Miller's lead guitar and the lean, limber New Orleans rhythm section of bassist Darryl Johnson and drummer Brady Blade. Every bit as precise as her fabled Hot Bands, Spyboy handles older signature songs such as "Love Hurts" and "I Ain't Living Long Like This" capably, but it's on the Wrecking Ball songs--including "Where Will I Be," "Deeper Well," "All My Tears," and "The Maker"--that the results verge on transcendence. --Sam Sutherland

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01. Amarillo (Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell) – 3:00
02. Together Again (Buck Owens) – 3:52
03. Feelin' Single, Seein' Double (Wayne Kemp) – 2:26		play
04. Sin City (Chris Hillman, Gram Parsons) – 3:53
05. One Of These Days (Earl Montgomery) – 3:01		play
06. Till I Gain Control Again (Rodney Crowell) – 5:34
07. Here, There And Everywhere (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 3:40
08. Ooh Las Vegas (Gram Parsons, Ric Grech) – 3:44
09. Sweet Dreams (Don Gibson) – 4:08
10. Jambalaya (Hank Williams) – 3:08
11. Satan's Jewel Crown (Edgar L. Eden) – 3:12
12. Wheels (Chris Hillman, Gram Parsons) – 3:13

Personnel:
- Emmylou Harris - lead female vocals, acoustic guitar 
- Brian Ahern - acoustic guitar, bass, producer
- Mike Auldridge - dobro 
- Byron Berline - fiddle, mandolin 
- Dianne Brooks - backing vocals 
- James Burton - electric guitar 
- Rodney Crowell - rhythm guitar, backing vocals 
- Rick Cunha - acoustic guitar 
- Nick DeCaro - string arrangements 
- Hank DeVito - pedal steel 
- Jonathan Edwards - vocals), backing vocals 
- Amos Garrett - electric guitar 
- Emory Gordy – bass, backing vocals 
- Glen D. Hardin – piano, electric piano, string arrangements 
- Ben Keith - pedal steel 
- Bernie Leadon - acoustic guitar, backing vocals 
- Bill Payne - piano 
- Herb Pedersen - acoustic guitar, banjo, backing vocals 
- Mickey Raphael - harmonica 
- Linda Ronstadt - backing vocals 
- Fayssoux Starling - backing vocals 
- John Starling - acoustic guitar, backing vocals 
- Ron Tutt - drums 
- John Ware - drums 

After introducing her country-rock recipe on Pieces of the Sky, Emmylou Harris returned later in 1975 with a strikingly similar sophomore effort that continued to blend traditional and contemporary elements. Here she revisits three tunes from the pen of old friend Gram Parsons, including "Sin City" and "Wheels," two of his most enduring compositions. However, she really struck it big by interpreting two of country music's most recognizable standards--Buck Owens's "Together Again" and Don Gibson's "Sweet Dreams" (a huge hit for Patsy Cline)--riding them both to the top of the country charts. Not many artists could handle both a Beatles ballad and a Hank Williams honky-tonker--not many would even want to--but Harris's diamondlike voice can be beautiful and translucent or sharp and cutting. ---Marc Greilsamer, Editorial Reviews

Released in December 1975, just a few months after PIECES OF THE SKY, Emmylou Harris's ELITE HOTEL is already a first achievement in her career. Twelve songs, twelve little musical pearls. One would never repeat enough that half of the success of a singer depends on the members of the band playing in the recording. In ELITE HOTEL, the Angel Band hides such great names as Glen D. Hardin at the piano, James Burton at the electric guitar or Herb Pedersen at the banjo. Some of you certainly remember that Glen D. Hardin and James Burton used to play with another successful singer : Elvis Presley...

Twelve musical pearls because, like in PIECES OF THE SKY, Emmylou gives to the musicians the opportunity to develop superb instrumental solos. In my opinion, Buck Owen's " Together Again " can be compared to Ray Charles's version partly thanks to the incredible piano arrangement invented by Glen D. Hardin. The supporting vocals are also terrific, specially in Gram Parson's " Sin City " , John Starling forming with Emmylou a duo that has haunted me for days.

Three songs recorded live " Ooh Las Vegas ", " Sweet Dreams " and Hank Williams's " Jambalaya " and an homage to Emmylou Harris's former mentor Gram Parsons with " Sin City ", " Ooh Las Vegas " and " Wheels ". At last, a perfect version of Lennon/McCartney's " Here, there and everywhere " that is going to make you wonder why this song is not one of the most known recording of the Beatles. --- Daniel S. "Daniel" (Geneva, Switzerland), amazon.com

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CD 1 
01 Here I am 
02 Orphan girl 
03 My songbird 
04 Grievous angel 
05 Red dirt girl 
06 Sailin'round the room 
07 Hold on (not on setlist) 
08 Gold 
09 If I could only win your love 
10 Love and happiness for you (with Kimmie Rhodes) 
11 Shores of white sand (with Kimmie Rhodes) 
12 Take that ride 
13 Goodbye 
14 Greeen pastures 
15 Wheels 
16 Born to run 
17 - Introducing the band - 

CD 2 
01 Not enough 
02 Michelangelo 
03 Together again 
04 Leaving Louisiana in the broad daylight 
05 Bright morning stars 
06 Get up John 
07 - Crowd - 
Encore 
08 One of these days 
09 When we're gone,long gone

Band: 
Phil Madeira - Keyboard, Accordian, Guitar, Backing Vocals 
Colin Linden - Guitars, Mandolin, Backing Vocals 
Bryan Owings - Drums 
Chris Donahue - Bass, Backing Vocals 
Rickie Simpkins - Fiddle, Mandolin, Backing Vocals

September 22, 2008 
Cirkus, Stockholm, Sweden

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