The Telegraph — Hard Bargain an album marinated in sadness. Rating: * * * more info

ContactMusic — Country legend Emmylou Harris has told of her heartache over the death of Kate Mcgarrigle last year (10), insisting she is still devastated about losing the woman she loved like a sister. The singer/songwriter was at MCCarrigle's bedside when she.... more info

Totally Fuzzy — First Listen: Emmylou Harris, 'Hard Bargain' Emmylou Harris is the first to admit that songwriting doesn't come easy for her: "It's the fear of writing that's still there with me," she said recently. Harris found inspiration for her newest set of son... more info

Guardian Music — Combining country, goth and grunge, Erika M Anderson's music evokes the midwest in all its gory desolate gloryHometown: San Francisco.The lineup: Erika M Anderson (vocals, guitar).The background: It didn't even occur to us how inextricably linked got... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets vanished quickly from Emmylou Harris's upcoming intimate gig at Bowery Ballroom on April 26, her Hard Bargain release party. But now comes word that she'll swing back into the NYC area to play a bigger show this summer,... more info

Guardian Music — Last week, Guardian critics talked about the tracks of their tears. Then you lot joined in by listing the songs you play when you've been, you know, chopping onions ... Add to our collaborative playlistLast week, in the spirit of Nick Clegg's leaky-e... more info

Chicago Tribune — Wire, Robert Plant, Emmylou Harris, Rush lead the wayWire : The U.K. punk-era iconoclasts have trimmed themselves down to an even leaner and meaner trio, and the recent "Red Barked Tree" – only their 12th studio album in 34 years – functions as a... more info

Topix — Indie folk rockers The Decemberists will join singer-songwriters including Emmylou Harris and Gillian Welch for a weekend of music at the 2011 Newport Folk Festival. more info

The Music Fix — Lorne Thomson produces his third SXSW gallery of 2011, including Eliza Doolittle, Crystal Bowersox and Emmylou Harris. more info

Guardian Music — Chris Salmon finds some great coverage of this year's SXSW festival, plus a couple of terrific new online music projectsIt's been a while since the BBC's website last offered extensive coverage of Austin's South By South West festival, as interest in... more info