EmmylouHarris

He developed the style of music known as bluegrass over a performing career that spanned 60 years. Often referred to as "The Father of Bluegrass," Bill Monroe is enshrined in both the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...

Emmylou Harris has found recording straightforward country and rock music important to her career, but she believes one of those recordings may have disrupted her fan base. "Most of the things I did were very eclectic, a real mixed bag, although the country-rock experience and traditional country were very important to me," she says in a recent Gibson interview...

Before the advent of burning music on CDs and iPods, people assembled their playlists of songs on cassette tapes. Tift Merritt once made mixtapes herself, particularly of her early music, and had also received them from other people when she was younger...

Country stars Faith Hill and Emmylou Harris are joining a long list of celebrities who will pay tribute to rock icon Paul McCartney next month, when the former Beatle is honored as this year's recipient of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize of Popular Song...

The mountains of West Virginia were on the minds of a lot of famous faces in Tennessee last night. Emmylou Harris, Kathy Mattea, Dave Matthews, Patty Loveless, Buddy Miller, Patty Griffin, Big Kenny and Alison Krauss all performed at a benefit concert at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium to launch the Music Saves Mountains Campaign...

Martina McBride and the Court Yard Hounds have been added to the list of performers for the 2010 Lilith Tour lineup. They join newly added acts including Kelly Clarkson, the Bangles, the Go-Go's, Suzanne Vega, Anjulie, Anya Marina, Jesca Hoop, Kate Miller-Heidke, Lucy Schwartz, Miranda Lee Richards, Nikki Jean and the Rescues...

Music City invaded Tinsel Town over the weekend, not only for the Grammy Awards, but also for a very worthwhile cause. Several country artists, along with musicians from around the world, participated in the annual MusiCares tribute, honoring an icon who has made significant contributions in both the world of music and in helping those in need -- the legendary Neil Young...

Lady Antebellum are among the acts performing at a tribute concert honoring Neil Young as the 2010 MusiCares Person of the Year. The event's lineup of musical talent has Lady A giggling like starstruck teenagers. "I'm so excited about that," Charles Kelley tells The Boot, turning to his bandmates and adding, "I was thinking about that, guys ...

Lilith Fair, the world-renowned touring music festival which featured primarily female acts, is returning after an 11-year hiatus. Created by Sarah McLachlan, the tour ran from 1997 to 1999, traveling all over North America and raising millions of dollars for various charities...

Just call her Dr. Harris. Emmylou Harris was recently presented with an honorary doctorate from the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, Mass. The 12-time Grammy winner received her award on Sunday (Oct. 4), and was joined by fellow musicians Earl Scruggs and Linda Rondstadt...