Today marks the release of Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell's new album, The Traveling Kind, on Nonesuch Records, with the vinyl to follow on June 30. To pick up a copy now, head to your local music shop, iTunes, Amazon, or the Nonesuch Store, where CD and vinyl orders include a download of the complete album at checkout and the HD digital album is also available to purchase there.

In celebration of the release, Harris and Crowell will be featured in a live on-air performance on Sirius XM’s Outlaw Country, hosted by Elvis Costello tonight at 7pm ET. The duo is currently wrapping up a series of performances in the US before beginning their The Traveling Kind tour this fall, including dates in Alexandria, VA; New York; Toronto; and Boulder. See below for dates; for additional details, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.

"To generations of folk, country and roots listeners, these two are, indeed, archetypes of trend-outlasting creative restlessness," says NPR's Jewly Hight. "Here, they consciously embrace the full breadth of their expression ... This is what it sounds like when true equals, both deep into their journeys, draw out the best in each other."

USA Today names The Traveling Kind the Album of the Week, giving it three-and-a-half out of four stars. "Artists such as Harris and Crowell, of course, sustain their longevity by using time, and the experience it brings, to enrich their creative and interpretive work," writes USA Todays' Elysa Gardner. "Producer Joe Henry smartly keeps both voices clean and sharp in lean, supple arrangements that accommodate the torch and twang of each number—and the wide range of emotions expressed here, from nostalgia and regret to the in-the-moment joy that can endure, and thrive, well past youth." Read the review at usatoday.com.

American Songwriter gives the album four stars. "Who knows why some voices sound great together? For some reason, Rodney Crowell and Emmylou Harris have always possessed that indefinable vocal chemistry," says American Songwriter's Jim Beviglia. Their new album is "the sound of two pros effortlessly spreading their talents across 11 sharp songs," he writes. But there's still more here. "It’s when you start listening a bit closer that the nuance of the writing, the subtlety of the arrangements, and the magical interplay of the two voices, in harmonies alternately high-spirited and heartbreaking, start to break you down and leave an indelible impression." Read the review at americansongwriter.com.

The Traveling Kind follows the longtime friends' first duet album, 2013's Old Yellow Moon, which won Best Americana Album at the 56th annual Grammy Awards as well as two awards at the 2013 Americana Music Association Honors & Awards Show, for Album of the Year and Duo/Group of the Year. The album also debuted at #4 on the Billboard's Top Country Albums chart.

"Their first duo album, Old Yellow Moon, won a Grammy," says the Boston Globe's Steve Morse, "and this follow-up is even better."

"You can’t match Harris’ voice, and it would be silly to try," says the Boston Herald's Jed Gottlieb. "But Crowell’s laid-back crooning and human harmonies sit comfortably under Emmylou’s divine vocals ... Of course, few write with Crowell’s swagger."

Even following their Grammy-winning duo debut, The Traveling Kind "finds the duo digging deeper," says the Chicago Tribune's Greg Kot. "The co-written title track ranks among the high points of both their careers," he continues. "Their harmonies convey resilience with more than a hint of melancholy on an impressionistic chronicle of a spiritual journey as much as an artistic one." Kot later concludes that "these two enduring artists have a sure grasp of their strengths, and they sound rejuvenated in each other's presence."

Kot's colleagues at the Chicago Tribune Bob Gendron, reviewing their recent sold-out set at the City Winery there, says the show was "exquisite." Their new album "finds the vocalists deepening their artistic bond." And in performing the album live, "Whether sharing leads or stepping back to shadow a verse, Harris and Crowell combined their individual vocal strengths to form a greater whole. Based on both trust and skill, their harmonies soared and ached, paralleling the up- and-down trajectories of narratives filled with loss, resilience and hope."

The Sunday Express gives the album four stars, as does the Irish Times. "Two years later The Travelling Kind seeks to repeat the trick and, if anything, is more impressive," exclaims Irish Times's Joe Breen in a four-star review. "This is a more relaxed, more confident album," he writes. "There is a sureness of touch, a clarity of direction and an array of memorable performances. It is rooted in the almost mythic sound of honky-tonks and heartaches, all steel guitar and heavenly harmony, where love and loss walk hand in hand."

Produced by Grammy Award winner Joe Henry (Billy Bragg, Elvis Costello, Aimee Mann), The Traveling Kind comprises 11 duet tracks, including six new songs written by Harris and Crowell with co-writing by Mary Carr, Cory Chisel, Will Jennings, and Larry Klein. Also featured are new renditions of previous Crowell cuts including "No Memories Hanging Around" as well as new interpretations of Lucinda Williams' "I Just Wanted to See You So Bad" and Amy Allison's "Her Hair Was Red." 

Of the project, Harris comments, "In the words of Willie Nelson, 'The life I love is making music with my friends,' and there's no better friend for me to make music with than Rodney. I can't wait to get out there on the road with him and play the songs from this new record."

Crowell adds, "Emmy and I wrote six of the eleven songs on The Traveling Kind, which was recorded in a six-day span with our Glory Band, Steuart Smith, and Billy Payne. Joe Henry was at the helm as producer and Justin Neibank did the recording. The experience was pretty much akin to falling off a log."

EMMYLOU HARRIS & RODNEY CROWELL ON TOUR

* Emmylou Harris w/ Dave Matthews Band
** Emmylou Harris, Polar Music Prize laureate