News - Emmylou Harris
ENCINO, Calif., March 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the Academy of Country Music is announcing the winners of awards that will not be televised during the live telecast of the 47th
NEW YORK, March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2010 Lilith Tour officially announces dates, venues and artists for eight of the 36 North American cities the Live Nation produced summer festival will hit this summer.
The Berklee College of Music says it plans to present Emmylou Harris with an honorary doctor of music at a bluegrass festival in San Francisco. The event is to take place Sunday, just before Harris performs at the Banjo Stage in Golden Gate Park, organizers said.
More than 18,000 people turned out for a New York concert celebrating Pete Seeger's 90th birthday. The Sunday show doubled as a fundraiser for Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, a non-profit group Seeger founded to preserve the Hudson, USA Today said. Among musicians who performed were Seeger, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Morello, Taj Mahal, Joan Baez, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews, Emmylou Harris, Teddy Thompson, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, Kate's children Rufus and Martha Wainwright, the New York City Labor Chorus, Kris Kristofferson, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Richie Havens and Warren Haynes. Normally, I'm against big things, USA Today quoted Seeger as saying backstage.
By MIKE MORRISON Waycross musician Dave Griffin is keeping the memory of Gram Parsons alive with 18 hours of music at the 11th annual Gram Parsons Guitar Pull Friday and Saturday at the Okefenokee Fairgrounds.
