This article appears in our May/June issue. Subscribe here. As Emmylou Harris answers the door of her Nashville home and ushers her duet partner Rodney Crowell into the kitchen, their conversation skips from lighthearted greetings to official matters. He’s offered to host the rehearsals for their upcoming tour at his house, and she’s inquiring as [...]

Revered songwriter Guy Clark is set to release his first studio album in four years, My Favorite Picture Of You, on July 23 via Dualtone Records. The album’s title track was written as an homage to Clark’s wife of 40 years, Susanna Clark, who passed away in the summer of 2012. The photo of Susanna [...]

.It’s a beautiful record.” Indeed, all three headliners seemed intent to weave lesser-known songs through their sets, which set off ripples of excitement often prompting audience members to shout out requests or words of affection to the performers. If anything, the crowd’s devotion had to feel like sweet justification to the three that have always [...]

For three weeks the city of Savannah, Georgia plays host to a wonderfully unique music festival that features classical, jazz, folk and bluegrass artists.  American Songwriter Magazine headed south to check out some of the best shows the Savannah Music Festival had to offer. Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell  Neither Harris nor Crowell play sidekick to [...]

Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell Old Yellow Moon (Nonesuch) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars It might have seemed a risky move for rhythm guitarist/songwriter Rodney Crowell to leave the comfort of Emmylou Harris’ terrific Hot Band back in 1977. In Harris he had a near perfect vocal vehicle for now classic tunes such as [...]

Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell will launch a co-headlining tour with acclaimed British songwriter Richard Thompson on March 17 in St. Louis to promote their two new album releases. The tour will run primarily on the eastern side of the United States (with one date in Ontario) but more shows will be announced soon. Old [...]

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Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell had been meaning to get around to recording together for a long time… about three decades. The duo (who are multiple Grammy award winners in their own rights) finally made the time, and will soon release their first official collaboration since Crowell played in Harris’ Hot Band in 1975, Old [...]

Emmylou Harris, one of God’s own singers, will release a duets album with Rodney Crowell this year. We spoke with the iconic chanteuse about the new record, the abiding influence of Gram Parsons, and eulogizing her father in song. A good duet: You get two voices that are unique and then you create a third [...]

Rodney Crowell has been a man on fire of late. Within the past two years, he’s seen the publication of his critically-acclaimed memoir Chinaberry Sidewalks, collaborated with the poet Mary Karr on the stellar album KIN, and recently recorded an album of duets with Emmylou Harris. All the while, he’s been working on songs for [...]

Here’s links to our ongoing coverage of the Americana Music Festival, Nashville’s annual celebration of roots music in all it’s permutations. The Festival wraps this Saturday with a series of shows, featuring Buddy Miller and LeeAnn Womack, Kasey Anderson, The Trishas, and Rodney Crowell and many more. Gillian Welch, Alabama Shakes, Jason Isbell Take Home [...]

As part of the Americana Festival, Guy Clark and long-time compadre Rodney Crowell discussed the legacy of Woody Guthrie at a panel on Thursday. The two songwriters played a few Woody songs, too. Clark performed “1913 Massacre” (a song he called “spine-tingling”) and Crowell contributed “Oklahoma Hills,” which he said was the first Guthrie song [...]