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VERSIONS: “Love Hurts”
‘Love Hurts’ was written by Boudleaux Bryant in the summer of 1960, and it’s a song with quite a fascinating history. Bryant and his wife, Felice, were the main writers for the Everly Brothers during this […]
Emmylou Harris
Classic Americana Albums
Classic Americana Albums: Emmylou Harris “Wrecking Ball”
Released in 1995, ‘Wrecking Ball’, was Emmylou Harris’ eighteenth studio album in a career that stretched all the way back to 1969. The intervening 26 years had seen Harris establish herself at the very forefront of […]
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For the Sake of The Song: Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris “In My Hour Of Darkness”
One of the more intriguing aspects of Gram Parsons’ second album, ‘Grievous Angel’, released four months after his death, is its closing track, ‘In My Hour Of Darkness’. It’s a glorious song which owes as much […]
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Previously unheard 1973 live album from Gram Parsons & The Fallen Angels set to be released on Record Store Day
Fifty years after Gram Parsons’ passing, Amoeba Music and Polly Parsons (Gram’s daughter) have announced the release of a special two-LP live recording from Gram Parsons and the Fallen Angels titled ‘The Last Roundup: Live from […]
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For the Sake of the Song: Emmylou Harris “Boulder to Birmingham”
At the start of her post Gram Parsons solo career, Emmylou Harris was known more as an interpreter of songs than as a songwriter, though she had penned a number of the songs on her earlier […]