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Old Yellow Moon

Old Yellow Moon is a collaborative album by American country music singer-songerwriters Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell, released on February 26, 2013 in the United States by Nonesuch Records.[1] It is the twenty-seventh and fourteenth studio album for Harris and Crowell, respectively, as well as Harris's fifth album for Nonesuch Records. The duo followed up this collaboration with The Traveling Kind two years later.

Old Yellow Moon

February 26, 2013 (2013-02-26)

2012

Country, folk

41:06

Nonesuch

Brian Ahern

Produced by Harris' ex-husband and longtime producer Brian Ahern, Old Yellow Moon was recorded in 2012 at Eastern Island Sounds and Ronnie's Place, both in Nashville.[2]

The first song from Old Yellow Moon that was made available to the public was its opening number "Hanging Up My Heart", which was uploaded to YouTube in December 2012.

For this record, the duo mostly revisits older compositions, such the aforementioned "Bluebird Wine" and the Crowell-penned "Here We Are", which was recorded by Emmylou and in 1979 for his My Very Special Guests album.

George Jones

Also included is 's "Invitation To The Blues", which was a US Country top-3 hit for Ray Price in 1958.

Roger Miller

"Spanish Dancer" was written and recorded by for her Rumble Doll in 1993. On Old Yellow Moon, the song becomes a typical Emmylou ballad, much like Matraca Berg's 1997 single "Back When We Were Beautiful", in which Emmylou convincingly portrays an aging woman.

Patti Scialfa

"Open Season on My Heart", partly written by Crowell, was previously recorded in 2004 by for his album Live Like You Were Dying.

Tim McGraw

"Chase The Feeling", which together with "Black Caffeine" offers a somehow different and "harder" sound compared to the album's other tracks, was penned by and released on his 2006 album This Old Road.

Kris Kristofferson

"Dreaming My Dreams" was written by , who produced a couple of albums for Emmylou Harris on the early 1990s: the much acclaimed Cowgirl's Prayer and At the Ryman. Originally "Dreaming My Dreams With You", the song was a top 10 hit for Waylon Jennings and provided the title to his twenty-second album.

Allen Reynolds

"Bull Rider" was written by Crowell for , who recorded it for his 1979 album Silver. When released on single in 1980, the song eventually reached number 66 on the US Country charts.

Johnny Cash

The album's title track is yet another composition by Hank DeVito, another member of Harris's "Hot Band" from the 1970s.

– vocals, acoustic guitar, tambourine

Emmylou Harris

– vocals, acoustic guitar

Rodney Crowell