News: Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell Announce Aussie Tour
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(AUS) Lennard Promotions have announced two of country music’s most acclaimed singer songwriters, Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell, live in concert. The Grammy Award –Winning duo will play multiple dates throughout Australia this June with special local guest Harmony James.
A 13-time Grammy winner and Billboard Century Award recipient, Harris’ contribution as a singer and songwriter spans 40 years. She has recorded more than 25 albums and has lent her talents to countless fellow artists’ recordings. In recognition of her remarkable career, Harris was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008. She has released 5 albums on the Nonesuch label, the most recent of which was 2011’s Hard Bargain, of which USA Today said, “Her unmistakable soprano, at once grainy and ethereal, still wraps itself around a lyric with an angel’s delicate warmth.”
Crowell is a multi-Grammy-award winner whose songs have been recorded by Johnny Cash, Norah Jones, Etta James and Grateful Dead among others. His 1988 breakthrough Diamonds and Dirt, generated five #1 singles and a Grammy Award for the song “After All This Time.” His critically acclaimed works The Houston Kid, Fate’s Right Hand, The Outsider and Sex and Gasoline were followed by the 2010 release of his memoir, Chinaberry Sidewalks. In 2012, Crowell released KIN: Songs By Mary Karr and Rodney Crowell. The album made its debut at #1 on the Americana and Country Rock album chart and spent 3 weeks at #1 on the Americana album chart. His honors also include an ASCAP Lifetime Achievement Award and membership of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell came together in 2012 to record what was to become their Grammy Award winning album Old Yellow Moon. The album was released in 2013 to critical acclaim with NPR Music calling it, “a classic in every sense of musical accomplishment.” Having met nearly 40 years before the release of this album, in 1974, the two started working together almost instantly, by recording the Crowell-penned “Bluebird Wine”. The song became the opening number for Harris’s 1975 Pieces of the Sky album and was re-recorded for Old Yellow Moon with slightly altered lyrics and, for a change, Rodney Crowell singing lead.
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell – Live In Concert Australia 2015
Pre-sale tickets available from 12pm Thursday 12th March
General tickets on sale 10am Tuesday 17th March
Sunday 21st June, Perth, Concert Hall | TICKETS
Tuesday 23rd June, Canberra, AIS Event Centre | TICKETS
Thursday 25th June, Melbourne, Palais Theatre | TICKETS
Saturday 27th June, Sydney, The Star Event Centre | TICKETS
Sunday 28th June, Wollongong, WIN Entertainment Centre | TICKETS
Wednesday 1st July, Gold Coast, Jupiters Theatre | TICKETS
