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
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 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; Part 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.
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.
Where do they all belong? A nice addition to my small Emmylou collection.

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