Emmylou Harris
Songbird's Flight

Peter Cooper (Author), Rodney Crowell (Foreword by), Phil Kaufman (Foreword by), Jay Orr (Edited by), Kyle Young (Contributions by), (Author)

9780915608331

Paperback / softback, published 13 June 2023

80 pages, 87 color photographs, 39 black & white photographs, 3 illustrations, 5 documents
25.4 x 0.8 x 0.5 cm, 0.426 kg

Emmylou Harris is a tradition-rich singer and songwriter who nonetheless defies convention at every turn. She builds bridges between country, folk, gospel, rock, and bluegrass, honoring and celebrating the past while retaining and sensibility that is progressive and experimental. From her harmony vocals on key 1970s sessions with Gram Parsons and Bob Dylan to her more than forty years of recording distinctive solo albums, Harris has remained one of country music’s most vital and acclaimed artists.

Illustrated with more than 100 photographs documenting Harris’s career, this book was published as a companion to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum exhibition Emmylou Harris: Songbird’s Flight, and it contains illuminating from Harris’s longtime friend and bandmate Rodney Crowell and Harris’s longtime road manager Phil Kaufman, along with rare photos not included in the exhibit.

Acknowledgements
Letter from the CEO
A Mystical Reverence, by Rodney Crowell
Mangle with Care, by Phil Kaufman
Emmylou Harris: Songbird's Flight, by Perter Cooper

• Bright Morning Stars
• Before Believing
• Troubles and Trials
• I Saw the Light
• Stumbling into Grace
• Pieces of the Sky
• The Hot Band
• Harmony Queen
• Blue Kentucky Girl
• Roses in the Snow
• Selected Posters
• Ballad of Sally Rose
• A Singular Trio
• At the Ryman
• Wrecking Ball
• New Buddy, O Brother
• Song Scavenger
• Cup of Kindness
• An Ongoing Flight