Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell have shared a new track, "You Can't Say We Didn't Try," from their forthcoming album, The Traveling Kind, due May 12; you can hear it here. That track and the album's title track, which was unveiled last month, are also available to download now with pre-orders of the album. Harris and Crowell kick off a tour of intimate shows starting next week in San Francisco.
Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell have shared a new track, "You Can't Say We Didn't Try," from their forthcoming album, The Traveling Kind, due May 12 on Nonesuch Records (vinyl due June 30). You can hear the song below. That track and the album's title track, which was unveiled last month, are also available to download now with pre-orders of the album at iTunes and in the Nonesuch Store, where CD and vinyl orders also include an exclusive, limited-edition print autographed by Harris and Crowell.
They will play a series of intimate shows in support of the record in the United States starting next week, including shows in San Francisco, Napa, Chicago, New York, and Nashville. For details on those shows and more, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.
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. The album also debuted at #4 on the Billboard's Top Country Albums chart.
Produced by Grammy Award winner Joe Henry (Billy Bragg, Elvis Costello, Aimee Mann), The Traveling Kind comprises 11 duet tracks, including six new songs written by Harris and Crowell with co-writing by Chisel, Mary Carr, Will Jennings, and Larry Klein. Also featured are new renditions of previous Crowell cuts including "No Memories Hanging Around" as well as new interpretations of Lucinda Williams' "I Just Wanted to See You So Bad" and Amy Allison's "Her Hair Was Red."
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