Nonesuch Stumble Into Grace

Already one of contemporary music's legendary voices, the recipient of multiple Grammy Awards and a Billboard Century Award winner when Nonesuch signed her in 1999, Emmylou Harris' Red Dirt Girl- her first release for the label- marked a watershed moment as a Grammy-winning success and her best selling solo album in 20 yrs.

With continued visibily as a member of the much-celebrated "O Brother" and "Down from the Mountain" caravan tours, and now with a September run of dates with Neil Young, her career is on a sustained high. Stumble Into Grace is espceially notable for some of the singers who lend their voices and collaborate with Emmyin its songwriting.

The new album leads off with the uptempo radio focus track "Here I Am" with Julie Miller as co-writer and featured vocalist. A standout ballad is the poignant "Strong Hand" written in the tribute to June Carter Cash and sung with Linda Ronstadt, Jan Siberry joins Harris on the haunting "I Will Dream" and "Lost Unto This World," while the delicate strains of "Little Bird" and the traditional "Plasir d'Amour" are complemented by Kate and Anna McGarrigle's accompanying vocals; the former was also co-written by McGarrigles.

Both are a counterpoint to the stronger rhythmic pulse of "Time In Babylon" and "Jupiter Rising.