Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell's new album, The Traveling Kind, released earlier this year to critical acclaim, is now available on vinyl. The LP edition is pressed on 140-gram, audiophile vinyl and includes a download of the complete album. "Here, they consciously embrace the full breadth of their expression," says NPR. "This is what it sounds like when true equals, both deep into their journeys, draw out the best in each other." Rolling Stone says: "Their creative partnership sounds stronger than ever."
Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell's new album, The Traveling Kind, released earlier this year on Nonesuch Records to critical acclaim, is now available on vinyl. The LP edition is pressed on 140-gram, audiophile vinyl and includes a download of the complete album. Rolling Stone says: "Their creative partnership sounds stronger than ever." To pick up a copy now, head to Amazon or the Nonesuch Store, where CD and vinyl orders include a download of the complete album at checkout; the HD digital album is also available to purchase there.
Harris and Crowell close out their Australian tour in Gold Coast this Wednesday and head to Europe to tour in mid-July. The Sydney Morning Herald, in a four-star review of Saturday's performance in Sydney, says it was a night of "often sublime moments." They return to the States at the end of the month. For all the tour details and tickets, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.
"To generations of folk, country and roots listeners, these two are, indeed, archetypes of trend-outlasting creative restlessness," says NPR. "Here, they consciously embrace the full breadth of their expression ... This is what it sounds like when true equals, both deep into their journeys, draw out the best in each other."
"Artists such as Harris and Crowell, of course, sustain their longevity by using time, and the experience it brings, to enrich their creative and interpretive work," says USA Today. "Producer Joe Henry smartly keeps both voices clean and sharp in lean, supple arrangements that accommodate the torch and twang of each number—and the wide range of emotions expressed here, from nostalgia and regret to the in-the-moment joy that can endure, and thrive, well past youth."
"Who knows why some voices sound great together? For some reason, Rodney Crowell and Emmylou Harris have always possessed that indefinable vocal chemistry," says American Songwriter. Their new album is "the sound of two pros effortlessly spreading their talents across 11 sharp songs." But there's still more here. "It’s when you start listening a bit closer that the nuance of the writing, the subtlety of the arrangements, and the magical interplay of the two voices, in harmonies alternately high-spirited and heartbreaking, start to break you down and leave an indelible impression."
The Traveling Kind follows the longtime friends' first duet album, 2013's Old Yellow Moon, which won Best Americana Album at the 56th annual Grammy Awards as well as two awards at the 2013 Americana Music Association Honors & Awards Show, for Album of the Year and Duo/Group of the Year. "Their first duo album, Old Yellow Moon, won a Grammy," says the Boston Globe, "and this follow-up is even better."
Even following their Grammy-winning duo debut, The Traveling Kind "finds the duo digging deeper," says the Chicago Tribune. "The co-written title track ranks among the high points of both their careers ... Their harmonies convey resilience with more than a hint of melancholy on an impressionistic chronicle of a spiritual journey as much as an artistic one ... [T]hese two enduring artists have a sure grasp of their strengths, and they sound rejuvenated in each other's presence."
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