Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947) is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Birmingham, Alabama. She released her debut album, Gliding Bird, in 1970. She then sang harmony with Gram Parsons on his albums GP and Grievous Angel, which came out in 1973/74. Her 1975 album Pieces of the Sky began her solo career, and she toured with her Hot Band, whose members included James Burton, Rodney Crowell, and Ricky Skaggs. Elite Hotel and Blue Kentucky Girl each won the Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance. With Skaggs, she made the acoustic bluegrass album Roses in the Snow in 1980. She won Grammys with Roy Orbison for "That Lovin' You Feelin' Again," and with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt for the albums Trio (1987) and Trio II (1999). She joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1992, the year she released At the Ryman, a live album recorded with her acoustic band, the Nash Ramblers, which included Sam Bush, Al Perkins, and Jon Randall. The album won a Grammy for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. Wrecking Ball and Red Dirt Girl each won the Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album. She sang "Didn't Leave Nobody but the Baby" with Alison Krauss and Gillian Welch on the soundtrack to O Brother, Where Art Thou?, which won the Grammy for Album of the Year. Old Yellow Moon, her album with Rodney Crowell, also won a Grammy. She joined the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008, shared the Polar Music Prize in 2015, and received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018. She was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2025. She founded Bonaparte's Retreat, a dog rescue in Nashville, after her dog Bonaparte died in 2004.