Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Hour of gold (Emmylou Harris) (LP 3934)

Emmylou Harris  Red Dirt Girl (CD, Nonesuch Records, 2000) ****  

Genre: Alt country

Places I remember: Waipukarau secondhand bookshop

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: 
J'ai Fait Tout

Gear costume: Tragedy

They loom large in his legend (The Album Collection playlists): Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4Part 5Part 6

Active compensatory factors: I picked this up for $1 in a closing down sale. It was her 19th studio album and notable for the amount of songs written by her on it. Up until now she'd mostly been a brilliant interpreter of other songwriters.

Its music is wide ranging - she's now comfortable using drum loops and middle eastern melodies as much as guitar to suit the moods of each song.

Also notable are the guest appearances of Bruce Springsteen (on Tragedy) and Kate McGarrigle on a couple of songs.

Where do they all belong? A nice addition to my small Emmylou collection.

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