Emmylou Harris

Emmylou Harris is an American singer, songwriter and bandleader who helped define country rock in the 1970s and Americana in the 1990s. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, she performed on the Greenwich Village folk scene in the 1960s before Gram Parsons discovered her and steered her toward country rock. After signing with Warner Bros., she broke through with Pieces of the Sky (1975) and Elite Hotel (1976), the first of several 1970s albums that brought commercial success and number one country singles. The Hot Band backed her concerts and records, and Trio (1987), a collaboration with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt, became the best-selling album of her career. Her later work includes Wrecking Ball (1995), Red Dirt Girl (2000), All the Roadrunning (2006) with Mark Knopfler, and duet albums with Rodney Crowell. She has won 13 Grammy Awards and entered the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008.