Emmylou Harris
Apr 18, 2011
Emmylou Harris will be releasing her new album on April 26th on Nonesuch Records. The album, "Hard Bargain," is the follow-up to her 2008 release, "All I Intended to Be."
The CD includes 11 original new songs and 2 cover songs. A deluxe edition of the album, which includes a DVD featuring six performances and interviews, will also be available.
"We did the whole record in about a month, which is quite unusual for me. But I had all the material beforehand. I'd written 11 of the 13 songs and I really wanted to include two more by other writers," Emmyloud said. "One of the covers is Ron Sexsmith's Hard Bargain, which I absolutely love. The other is by Jay Joyce, called Cross Yourself."
"We did the whole thing with just three musicians, me being one of them. Jay, the producer, and Giles Reeves play everything between them," she added. "It's not a stripped down record though; there's only one song that's a little bare bones. I'm basically a slow ballady person, but Jay managed to really move the songs up a bit. But they still have the same emotional feel."
The full track listing for "Hard Bargain" is:
- The Road
- Home Sweet Home
- My Name Is Emmett Till
- Goodnight Old World
- New Orleans
- Big Black Dog
- Lonely Girl
- Hard Bargain
- Six White Cadillacs
- The Ship on His Arm
- Darlin' Kate
- Nobody
- Cross Yourself
Check out more about Emmylou Harris at www.emmylouharris.com.
By Karen Goodner
