Harris and Austin have purposefully avoided her most recognizable work on Songbird, instead charting an alternate path through her back catalog. Songbird: Rare Tracks & Forgotten Gems is a hefty four-CD box set (with a bonus DVD) compiled by Harris in collaboration with James Austin that does justice to the scope of a career that's spanned five decades thus far, and unlike most multi-disc collections it isn't merely a super-sized 'greatest-hits' collection.

However, as good as Harris is and as consistently strong as her body of work has been, one could make a convincing argument that she's been frequently underrated through much of her career - more than just a lovely woman with a pure, clear voice and a fine ear, she's championed a number of gifted songwriters before they went on to have distinguished careers of their own (from Rodney Crowell to Gillian Welch), matured into a first-rate tunesmith herself, collaborated with a remarkable array of artists, and has never been afraid to take her talents into unexpected directions, from purist bluegrass to the experimental atmospherics of her work with Daniel Lanois.

It's difficult to write about Emmylou Harris without lapsing into a long train of superlatives - she really does have one of the most beautiful voices of her generation, and her taste in material and skill in using her instrument is nearly faultless. 15 – The Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn 3:24ġ –ğalling In A Deep Hole (Previously Unreleased) 2:38ģ – Palms Of Victory (Previously Unreleased) 3:07Ĥ – Softly And Tenderly (Previously Unreleased) 5:29Ĩ –Ěll I Left Behind (Previously Unreleased) 3:17ġ2 – In The Garden (Previously Unreleased) 2:49ġ7 – Immigrant Eyes (Previously Unreleased) 3:40Ģ – First In Line (Previously Unreleased) 3:34ģ – Highway Of Heartaches (Previously Unreleased) 3:04ġ0 – Waltz Across Texas Tonight (Previously Unreleased) 3:43ġ1 – Snowin' On Raton (Previously Unreleased) 3:42ġ3 –ĝon't Let Our Love Die (Previously Unreleased) 3:18ġ5 – Emmylou Harris, Iris DeMent, Randy Scruggs Wildwood Flower 3:47

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