Emmylou Harris News

Emmylou Harris will release a new album, All I Intended to Be , on Nonesuch Records on June 10. via CMT.com

“I have hundreds of songs on my iPod, and they're still being written”

When Kathy Mattea decided to make Coal , she wondered whether she'd find enough songs on the subject to fill an album. via USA Today

Alright Still. I had heard some of her tracks on the TV and recently downloaded a mp3 teaser from her website . via Sun Bloggers

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“The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.”

Today is Wednesday, April 2, the 93rd day of 2008 with 273 to follow. Passover begins at sundown. via The Post Chronicle

“I think I recognize all of you”

Hockey fan Kathleen Edwards gave out cookies with the logo of her hometown Ottawa Senators. via Boston Globe

After making her presence known early in the new millennium, Americana artist Caroline Herring happily withdrew from a musician's life to focus on marriage and motherhood. via The Times West Virginian

“It's one thing to come along later and sort of take (country rock) and tweak it a little. But to invent it was a whole other thing.”

Country-rock pioneer Gram Parsons, whose recording career lasted only from about 1968 to 1973, launched singer-songwriter Emmylou Harris and influenced generations of musicians. via STLtoday

Enjoy the show. 2 Damages heats up in an episode in which disgraced corporate tycoon Arthur Frobisher is beside himself with anger after a former shareholder spits on him at a basketball game. via National Post

“While there are certainly many young, outstanding performers who can be considered prodigies, this author has not come across anyone with the combination of intelligence, mature attitude and raw talent that Anthony possesses”

Folk trio performing Saturday, March 22 TAMWORTH- If an acoustic group can be called a powerhouse, Red Molly is it. via Conway Daily Sun

“And if you're looking for a pet, please go to the shelters first. And I always feel dogs and cats are happier when they have a companion, so one is not enough!”

Legendary artist Emmylou Harris was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame this year, a recognition she richly deserves for her long and lauded career in country music. via CMT.com

“I do a pretty good 'Proud Mary,' ”

MADONNA may soon be belting out Italian love songs if Uncle Junior gets his way. via New York Post

“Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947”

Bluegrass star Ricky Skaggs is getting an honorary doctorate from Boston's Berklee College of Music. via Fort Mill Times

Some much-anticipated releases are on the platter this month. The Citizen Critics critique the 25th anniversary edition of Michael Jackson's 'Thriller;' 'Real Emotional Trash,' the latest from former Pavement ... via The Courier-Journal

“I like doing it either way, but I think people like our stripped-down show.”

Story updated at 9:57 PM on Sunday, March 9, 2008 Paul Knowles, one-half of the California-based roots duo Mars Arizona, assents that some of the interest the group's newest album has generated may rest in the ... via Athens Banner-Herald

“Daydream Believer"; k.d. lang on "A Love Song"; Amy Grant on "Could I Have This Dance"; Celine Dion on "When I Fall in Love"; and Shania Twain on "You Needed Me.”

Elvis Costello "This Year's Model" remains a brilliant, scintillating album 30 years after it debuted. via PittsburghLIVE.com

“He is a talented and charismatic actor, and I am excited that he will bring Christopher's character to life”

Canadian singer/songwriter Sarah McLachlan will release a follow-up to 1996's rarities set Stuff , which will be called Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff, Volume 2 . The album, which Billboard reports will be ... via FMQB

Catie Curtis is part of a busy and talent-filled weekend at Caffe Lena. She plays tonight. via The Gazette

TEDDY Thompson, son of folk-rock legends Richard and Linda Thompson, is to appear in Shetland as part of a month-long UK solo tour this spring. via Shetland Today

Bluegrass singer Amy Gallatin and her band will make an area debut at 8 p.m. tonight at Caffe Lena, 47 Phila St., in Saratoga Springs. via The Post-Star