Emmylou Harris is hailed as a major figure in several of America's most important musical movements of the past three decades. Harris' contributions to country-rock, the bluegrass revival, folk music, and the Americana movement are widely lauded. Fans know that she has carved out a sound that is uniquely her own. Pieces of the Sky, her 1975 debut solo album, electrified the country-music world, and became the first of her eight consecutive gold or platinum records.

Since 1998, Harris has been very busy. She has recorded two collections of her own songs: the Grammy Award winning Red Dirt Girl and the recently released Stumble Into Grace. She issued a live album with her band Spyboy, worked with Willie Nelson on his much applauded Teatro CD, won her ninth Grammy Award for her Trio II reunion with Linda Ronstadt and Dolly Parton, produced the Gram Parsons tribute album, and issued her much-anticipated Ronstadt collaboration Western Wall. She also appeared on the O Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack and its spin-off Down From the Mountain tour, recorded a duet album with Mark Knopfler, penned liner notes for a Dolly Parton tribute CD. . . and those are just a few of the highlights!

The wide range of her repertoire is mirrored by the musicians who have sought her out as a collaborator. She has recorded with artists from diverse points on the musical compass such as The Judds, The Band, Johnny Cash, Leo Kottke, Bob Dylan, Little Feat, Tammy Wynette, Neil Young, Bill Monroe, Lyle Lovett, John Denver, Roy Orbison, Trisha Yearwood, Dave Matthews, Bonnie Raitt, Garth Brooks, Lucinda Williams, and George Jones.

Billboard magazine honored Emmylou Harris with its prestigious Century Award in 1999. At the time, she was lauded as a "truly venturesome, genre-transcending pathfinder" who was given the award "to acknowledge the uncommon excellence of (her) still-unfolding body of work."

Emmylou Harris played at the monumental Farm Aid I in 1985, and we welcome her back in 2003 to once again lend us her talent and dedication to family farmers and excellent music.