Latest Release
- 5 MAY 2023
- 10 Songs
- Diamonds & Dirt · 1988
- Rodney Crowell · 1981
- Diamonds & Dirt · 1938
- Rodney Crowell: Greatest Hits · 1981
- Rodney Crowell · 1981
- Ain't Living Long Like This · 1978
- Old Yellow Moon · 2013
- Rodney Crowell: Greatest Hits · 1988
- The Chicago Sessions · 2023
- The Life & Songs of Emmylou Harris: An All-Star Concert Celebration (Live) · 2016
Essential Albums
- Rodney Crowell had been a well-known country songwriter since the '70s, but tracks like the husband-and-wife duet "It's Such a Small World" suggest that he had been saving his best tunes for this solo breakthrough. Though the song, about an old pair rekindling their connection, only lasts a few minutes, Crowell is able to craft characters that feel full and complex. The deep cuts are just as sweet: "I Know You’re Married" is joyful bubblegum and "Above and Beyond" brings Buck Owens into the late '80s.
- 2023
- 2021
- 2019
- 2018
- 2018
- 2017
- 2015
Artist Playlists
- A perennial country outsider with an inside track.
Singles & EPs
Compilations
- 2018
- 1988
- 1986
Appears On
- Randy Rogers Band, Josh Abbott Band & Casey Donahew
- Lisa Morales
- Shannon McNally
More To Hear
- Rodney Crowell retraces his 45-year career making great music.
- Nick dives into the neotraditional country movement of the 90s.
About Rodney Crowell
Rodney Crowell first gained recognition as a leader of country's mid-'80s new traditionalist movement, though he had ambitions far beyond that perimeter. Fusing the Texas singer/songwriter sensibility with a sound that honored country's past but added a rock & roll punch, Crowell's first success was as a writer and a sideman, spending three years as part of Emmylou Harris' Hot Band. Crowell produced several fine albums for Rosanne Cash and penned hits for Crystal Gayle, Bob Seger, and Highway 101 before enjoying a commercial breakthrough with 1988's album Diamonds & Dirt. 1992's Life Is Messy and 2001's The Houston Kid found Crowell moving into more personal territory, and as he stepped from the major labels to independent imprints, he pleased both critics and fans with smart and insightful releases such as 2014's Tarpaper Sky and 2023's The Chicago Sessions.
- HOMETOWN
- Houston, TX, United States
- BORN
- 7 de agosto de 1950
- GENRE
- Country