Emmylou Harris News

Grammy Award-nominated artist Tift Merritt's new album Stitch of the World will be released January 27 on Yep Roc Records.

Folk and pop singer-songwriter Seth Glier will be appearing at the Spotlight Cafe at the historic Capitol Center for the Arts in Downtown Concord on Thursday, December 1 at 7:30PM.   Tickets are $15-20, plus any applicable fees for phone/Internet sales.

Blue Moon Cafe Entertainment presents NashEast - one of the best country music cover bands from the tri-state area bringing "Nashville" to North Jersey Friday, November 4th at 9:30pm at Blue Moon Mexican Cafe in Englewood, NJ. Get your cowboy hats or sombreros on and come hang out at Blue Moon Mexican Cafe's newest location with plenty of room to dance, hand clap and sing-along country music's classic hits past and present. NashEast from Union, NJ perform cover songs from artists such as Merle Haggard, George Strait, Emmylou Harris, Blake Shelton, Alan Jackson, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Martina McBride, Toby Keith and so much more. 

Multi-platinum and Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Sarah McLachlan will celebrate the most wonderful time of the year with the release of her new holiday album Wonderland, due out on Oct. 21 on Verve Records.

Legendary artist and activist, Joan Baez, has been nominated as part of the class of 2017 for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Baez's career has spanned over 50 years during which she unselfconsciously introduced Bob Dylan to the world in 1963, marched on the front lines of the Civil Rights movement with Martin Luther King, inspired Vaclav Havel to fight for a Czech Republic, and continues to this day to stand passionately on behalf of causes she embraces. She is the recipient of many honors including the Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award and Amnesty International's Ambassador of Conscience award. Her early albums introduced songs, which found their way into the rock vernacular including “House Of the Rising Sun” (the Animals), “John Riley” (the Byrds), and “Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You” (Led Zeppelin).  

An Acoustic Evening with John Hiatt and special guest Christian Lee Hutson is slated for Sunday, November 13, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. at the Kentucky Center's Bomhard Theater, 501 W. Main St., Louisville.

Named “…one of rock's most astute singer/songwriters of the last 40 years” by the Los Angeles Times, John Hiatt is touring in support of his 2014 release, Terms of My Surrender. A master lyricist and satirical storyteller, Hiatt weaves hidden plot twists into fictional tales of redemption, relationships, growing older, and surrendering through his acoustic blues and soulful, gritty voice.

Multi Grammy award-winning musician, actor, author, playwright and activist, Steve Earle was an ambitious Texas songwriter struggling to get his break when now legendary MCA A&R head Tony Brown signed the recalcitrant rocker.

Led by a modern-day Linda Ronstadt, Granville Automatic writes songs the Associated Press calls "haunting tales of sorrow and perseverance."

The acclaimed singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist REGINA SPEKTOR –known for her chart-topping albums and soulful and evocative songs and music videos – will be featured in a new hour-long special in the popular music series SOUNDSTAGE, premiering on PBS stations nationwide beginning Today, October 1, 2016 (check local listings).

American Rock Band 3 Doors Down have been added as the final artist to join Chris Stapleton, Kid Rock, Larry The Cable Guy, Luke Bryan and Travis Tritt to celebrate with Charlie Daniels at his 80th Birthday Volunteer Jam on November 30 at Bridgestone Arena.

Multi-platinum and Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Sarah McLachlan will celebrate the most wonderful time of the year with the release of her new holiday album Wonderland, due out on Oct. 21 on Verve Records.

On September 23, 2016 a diverse lineup of artists join celebrated Man Booker Prize-winning author Ian McEwan when he brings his new novel Nutshell to life at Harbourfront Centre Theatre.

Named “…one of rock's most astute singer/songwriters of the last 40 years” by the Los Angeles Times, John Hiatt is touring in support of his 2014 release, Terms of My Surrender. A master lyricist and satirical storyteller, Hiatt weaves hidden plot twists into fictional tales of redemption, relationships, growing older, and surrendering through his acoustic blues and soulful, gritty voice.

The acclaimed singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist REGINA SPEKTOR –known for her chart-topping albums and soulful and evocative songs and music videos – will be featured in a new hour-long special in the popular music series SOUNDSTAGE, premiering on PBS stations nationwide beginning Saturday, October 1, 2016 (check local listings).

The Academy of Country Music® (ACM) announced that Alicia Keys, Miranda Lambert, Chris Young, Dan + Shay and The Band Perry will all perform at the 10TH ANNUAL ACM HONORS rounding out the star-studded lineup.

Grammy-nominated folk and gospel-tinged singer-songwriter Iris DeMent brings her 'heady, heart-stopping music' to Pepperdine University's Smothers Theatre in Malibu on Thursday, September 29 at 8 p.m.

The nonprofit AT&T Performing Arts Center announced today that tickets for American singer, songwriter, musician and actor Kris Kristofferson will go on sale Saturday, August 27 at 10 a.m. Kris Kristofferson will perform at 9:30 p.m. Friday, October 14, 2016 at Strauss Square in the downtown Dallas Arts District.

 Dolly Parton fans and SiriusXM subscribers are having a great week! Not only is Dolly's highly-anticipated new album Pure & Simple available Friday, August 19, but Dolly Parton's SiriusXM special is also airing on Willie Nelson's SiriusXM channel, Willie's Roadhouse! The special will debuton Friday at 11am ET and 6pm ET, with re-airings on Saturday at10am ET and 7pm ET and Sunday at 3pm ET and 11pm ET. Additionally, SiriusXM has declared next Friday, Aug. 26 "Dolly Day," on Prime Country and will air the Dolly Parton: "Pure & Simple" special on the Prime Country channel at 9am ET, 3pm ET and 10pm ET. 

Singer-songwriter/screenwriter/director/producer Haroula Rose along with Mary Ann Marino, Sam Bisbee, and Joshua Blum will produce the coming-of-age independent comedy'Permanent' starring Patricia Arquette and Rainn Wilsonare.