CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA (Top40 Charts/ Folk Festival Society of Calgary) "There are legendary country singers, and then there's Emmylou: a breathtaking pinnacle of poise and elegance, and an artist who continues to innovate with every new release." - Time Out New York
"(Crowell) is a romantic shriek inducer with lean rocking, wildly evolved songs of sensitivity that are equal parts rogue and poetic perfection."- The Huffington Post
"Richard Thompson is the kind of guitar player other guitar players revere. It's not just his technique, nor the fact that he's equally at home with an electric or an acoustic guitar. He's also a songwriter of uncommon skill."-NPR
The show is in celebration of Harris and Crowell's recent collaborative album, Old Yellow Moon , on Nonesuch Records . Produced by
Buddy Miller, it's a guitar driven set of 11 new songs. Harris is a 12-time Grammy winner and Billboard Century Award recipient whose contribution as a singer and songwriter spans 40 years. Old Yellow Moon is the follow up to her acclaimed 2011 release, Hard Bargain. Associated Press called it "gorgeous" and said Harris' "silvery soprano is in fine form," while USA Today called it "exquisite…her unmistakable soprano, at once grainy and ethereal, still wraps itself around a lyric with an angel's delicate warmth."
Folk rock statesman Thompson's new album, Electric , was also produced by
Buddy Miller and released February 5 on New West Records . Thompson now stands as a statesman for a his music, which is singularly original in execution and vision. With expressive songs and boisterous clamour, Electric is a taster for much of the styles and musical ground that Thompson has covered throughout his career, and then some. A recipient of BBC's Lifetime Achievement Award and Mojo 's Les Paul Award, Thompson was recently honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting by the Americana
Music Association.
Crowell is a multi-Grammy-award winner whose songs have been recorded by Johnny Cash, Norah Jones,
Etta James and Grateful Dead. Crowell's 2013 release KIN: Songs By Mary Karr and Rodney Crowell made its debut at #1 on the Americana and Country Rock album chart and spent 3 weeks at #1 on the Americana album chart.
This phenomenal bill is in Calgary on Tuesday, November 12 at the Jubilee Auditorium . Tickets go on sale August 9, 10:00 am at Ticketmaster - 1-855-985-5000 or www.ticketmaster.ca .
