By the age of eight, she had begun to perform in contests and formed her own band only two years later. She soon became worn from the diet of classical music and turned to learning bluegrass and country music. The title of Rounder's compilation is a bit misleading. Guest musicians Gordon Mote piano and Abraham Laboriel Sr. She is a small woman with a big voice.
These are the touchstones of country , the guys who made country music what it was and still is or maybe can be. The accompanying 16-page booklet is very informative and gives all track details. The exceptionally talented Alison Krauss was born in Decatur, Illinois in 1971 and began playing classical violin at the tender age of five. Some will be familiar to many, however, particularly 'Down To The Valley To Pray' from 'O Brother, Where Art Thou? By the late 80's and early 90's the group had begun to make a huge impression within the bluegrass nation. She has massive number one hits in country and pop, but her vocal stylings go unexpectedly deeper. I am not a huge fan of country I am not saying that is a bad music. Also perhaps familiar to some will be Alison's duet with Brad Paisley on 'Whiskey Lullaby', a country hit for Jon Randall, who co-wrote the song with veteran legendary songwriter Bill Anderson.
Today, Alison and the boys have propelled themselves into superstar status and brought a whole new appeal and audience to traditional music. Fast forward a few years to the country singers of today. It's hard to fault either the production or the content of this latest collection of tracks from Alison Krauss. The brilliant Jerry Douglas appears on 6 of the tracks, and I was particularly taken by his lap steel sound on tracks 2 and 16. The latter, 'Lay Down Beside Me', is the second of 2 duets with John Waite, which work very well. Waite can't pull off a Don Williams track with any real sense of emotion, so the album is docked one star for the last two - superfluous - tracks.
That said, it's as solid a set of material as one could want from the multi-talented. But for anyone who needs proof of that, this collection is a good argument - she Over the past decade, Alison Krauss + Union Station have created and fine-tuned an approach that can deliver restrained, moody ballads and mid-tempo songs, hard-edged bluegrass and traditional material and lithe instrumentals with equal helpings of skill and conviction. I love music from TooL to Miles Davis to Snoop Dawg to Mozart opera. Includes the only live performance of the smash 'Whiskey Lullaby' with Brad Paisley. It might be that you don't like the country style.
My favourite singers include Ella Fitzgerald, Joan Baez, Norah Jones and Madeleine Peyroux and Alison fits well into this group. While it does contain previously recorded material, it is not to be taken as a greatest-hits package; rather, the 16 tracks are compiled from ' numerous collaborations, soundtrack appearances, and other non- gigs. One of the songs featured is Krauss' single Simple Love, written by Sarah Siskind who also penned Goodbye Is All We Have. It has a strong melody and is here sung sincerely and without irony. There's also 'Molly Ban Bawn ' from The Chieftains' album 'Down The Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions', the atmospheric 'The Scarlet Tide' and 'You Will Be My Ain True Love' from the film 'Cold Mountain', and 'How's The World Treating You', a duet with James Taylor I first heard on a tribute album to the Louvin Brothers. I noticed Alison Krauss accidentally on youtube. None of the songs here have appeared on any of Alison's own albums.
. When I get to heaven and I hear the angels sing, if they are anything less than Alison Krauss, well, I'm going to have to come back. With 16 tracks totalling over 67 minutes, it's very good value too. She has the most wonderful, pure voice, and is never less than magnificent on all of the material here. The lively hoedown 'Sawing on The Strings' is the nearest we get to a bluegrass song, with twin fiddles from Alison and Stuart Duncan.
The success of I've Got That Old Feeling 1990 was unprecedented for bluegrass acts in the '80s and it laid the groundwork for Krauss' breakthrough career in the '90s. It arrived after 14 days and was well worth the wait. Alison's debut album, from 1987, was recorded with her backup band, Union Station. There are 5 new songs, tracks 1, 2, 3, 4 and 16, all extremely good, which to me make an otherwise very good album into an essential one for any fan of Alison's music. The lineup at the time included her brother Viktor on bass, banjoist Alison Brown and guitarist Jeff White. This release from lilting country music singer Alison Krauss includes a wide variety of performances, including collaborations with the likes of Brad Paisley and James Taylor.
It's simply great, well produced, well engineered it sounds warm and detailed and her voice is angelic. She had signed a recording contract with the traditional label powerhouse, Rounder Records, at the age of 14. The result is one of the most distinctive and compelling sounds in popular music, a verdict ratified by a slew of awards - Krauss herself owns more Grammies than any other female artist - and invitations to join all kinds of — When names like Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Waylon and the Hag are invoked, you're talking hard core country. Wielding a white electric guitar, she descended from a large illuminated staircase with. And the same can be said for the band regarding Krauss. This is Alison Krauss and her musician colleagues at their best. Some of the songs featured in the performance include Away Down The River and Lay Down Beside Me.
Manufactured and distributed by Concord Music Group, Inc. When these folks would sing about being down-and-out and the rough-and-tumble, they knew of what they were singing about. In addition to the Don Williams covers, my own favourite track is the wonderful 'Get Me Through December' with some lovely fiddle playing from Natalie MacMaster. A good purchase that has given me many hours of pleasure. Well know collaborations apart there are a couple of previously unreleased songs that are real gems.