| Emmylou Harris in Portsmouth July 29 |
The Music Hall welcomes Emmylou Harris to its “Intimately Yours” concert series on Friday, July 29, 2011 at 8pm. Celebrated as a discoverer and interpreter of other artists’ songs, 12-time Grammy Award winner Emmylou Harris has gained admiration as much for her straightforward songwriting as for her incomparably expressive singing. (Continued below)
Opening for Harris will be The Civil Wars. A folk-pop duo made up of guitarist John Paul White and vocalist Joy Williams, the Civil Wars’ new album, Barton Hollow, was released in February 2011, topping the iTunes charts and cracking Billboard’s Top 20 during its first week.
About Emmylou Harris
Few in pop or country have achieved such honesty or revealed such maturity in their writing as Emmylou Harris. Forty years into her career, Harris shares the hard-earned wisdom that, hopefully, if not inevitably, comes with getting older, though she has never stopped looking ahead.
According to the New York Times, Emmylou Harris’ new album Hard Bargain “is suffused with kindly intimacy, acknowledging sorrows and reaching past them.”
“Together, John Paul White and Joy Williams are musical soul mates…with their playful banter and exquisite harmonies, they create music that is as haunting as a nocturne, soothing as a lullaby,”– USA Today
According to Patricia Lynch, “Gifted with an authentic American sound that harkens to our roots, Emmylou Harris is musician and singer-songwriter of exceptional grace and talent. Opening for her is the new
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To purchase tickets
Emmylou Harris and opening act The Civil Wars will perform at The Music Hall Friday July 29, 8 pm. Tickets are $82; $70. Tickets go on sale to members at noon on May 19 and to nonmembers at noon on June 1. They can be purchased at The Music Hall box office at
$1 on every ticket sold will go to Bonaparte's Retreat, created to rescue dogs who were unadoptable from the Nashville Humane Association.
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