Those in the know will be aware that EmmyLou has been recording since 1969 – and I have a few of those very country albums.  But this record, produced by the great Daniel Lanois was a new departure, a real Americana gem – and it renewed and refreshed her career, bringing her plaintive distinctive phrasing and sumptuous voice to a whole new generation of fans.  There is a softness, a wash of sound, that Daniel achieves which allows her voice to drift over the top in an apparently effortless way; each song leading to the next, so that you really want to play the whole thing again.  The album was lauded by critics and is the best selling record of her career; all done at the age of 48 and after about twenty albums.  Not known as a songwriter she collaborated on the final track ‘Waltz Across Texas Tonight’ she would surprisingly go on to record a handful of self-written songs of great quality.  But on this (not really) debut she covered songs by Neil Young, Steve Earle and Bob Dylan and even Jimi Hendrix – and made each one her own.  Just a side note, she also sung brilliantly on ‘The Legend Of Jesse James’ a superb album written by Paul Kennerley, alongside Johnny Cash and others – one of my all-time favourite albums