Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947) [1] is an American singer, songwriter, musician, bandleader, and activist. She is considered one of the leading music artists behind the country rock genre in the 1970s and the Americana genre in the 1990s. Her music united both country and rock audiences in live performance settings.

Apr 2, 2014 · Country singer Emmylou Harris spent forty years recording hit music, often working with artists like Bob Dylan, Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt.

Few artists have had as big an impact on country music as Emmylou Harris. The daughter of a career Marine Corps officer, Emmylou grew up in the American South and was a straight-A...

Dec 1, 2021 · From first falling in love with Gram Parson's left-field artistry to recording with Linda and Dolly, here we look back at 20 of Emmylou Harris' greatest songs.

In recognition of her remarkable career, Harris was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008 and earned a Grammy Lifetime Achievement award in 2018. Harris is known as much for her eloquently straightforward songwriting as for her incomparably expressive singing.

Emmylou Harris’s 1975 album Pieces of the Sky established a direction her work would follow: she would update traditional country music with fresh reverence while elevating up-and-coming songwriters by recording definitive versions of contemporary, cutting-edge songs.

To mark the 20th anniversary of Emmylou Harris’s album Stumble Into Grace comes its first-ever vinyl release... CMT reveals host, performers and special guests for “NAOMI JUDD: A RIVER OF TIME CELEBRATION” on Sunday, May 15th at 6p/5c. Americana Honors & Awards Sunday March 20, 7pm CST.

Her latest Nonesuch release, All I Intended to Be, its simple but evocative title borrowed from the lyric of a Billy Joe Shaver song, does far more than that.

Jan 18, 2025 · Emmylou Harris, American singer and songwriter who ranged effortlessly among folk, pop, rock, and country music styles, adding old-time sensibilities to popular music and sophistication to country music, and established herself as ‘the queen of country rock.’

Country music performer. Born April 2, 1947. A multiple Grammy winner who has made significant contributions to country-rock; the reinterpretation of country standards by the Louvin Brothers, Hank Snow, Loretta Lynn, and Buck Owens; the renewed interest in acoustic country music around the turn of the 21st century, and the alternative music ...