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Emmylou Harris's first Nonesuch recording, Red Dirt Girl, was originally released in September 2000, and won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album that year. It was her first solo studio recording since 1995's acclaimed Wrecking Ball. The album was produced by Malcolm Burn, who previously worked with Harris engineering and mixing Wrecking Ball, and features Buddy Miller on lead guitar; Daryl Johnson on bass and drums; Burn on piano, guitar, and bass; and Ethan Johns on drums, guitar, and other miscellaneous instruments.

Harris wrote all but one of Red Dirt Girl's 12 tracks, marking only the second time in her career that she has been so involved in the composition of an album. Dave Matthews sings a duet with Harris on the album, and Bruce Springsteen, Patti Scialfa, and Patty Griffin also contribute vocals. Harris said, "Red Dirt Girl is a very meaningful record for me. I've only written this much for an album once before – The Ballad of Sally Rose – and I'm very pleased as well with what we have accomplished in the studio."

Reissued here on colored vinyl 2LP via Nonesuch. The initial vinyl edition of the album, released on standard black vinyl in 2016, is no longer in print.