Alison & The Fuschia Dress
08/20/2007

Alison Krauss & Union Station have gone with an arty stage set for the first time in memory, with a map of Tennessee backdrop—or Europe, depending upon the correctness of one’s eyeglasses prescription (though it’s a near certainty that the framed paintings on the wall were birds—presumably indigenous to Tennessee or Europe—though one may have been a Picasso). Click here to read entire article.

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Krauss and Rice team up and the music flows

ALAN SCULLEY
From New York Times Syndicate
August 08, 2007 5:50 PM EDT

ALBANY, N.Y. -- After taking much of 2006 off from touring, Alison Krauss and Union Station recently returned to action by fulfilling a long-standing dream -- touring with guitarist Tony Rice, whose 30-year career has seen him become one of the most respected figures in acoustic music with a discography that takes him from contemporary bluegrass to jazz.

The shows from that recently completed run of dates found Krauss and Union Station serving as Rice's backing group and put Krauss on stage together with an artist whose career, she says, provided a model for her to follow.

"He's made, in my mind, timeless records, and his records effect me long after I turn them off," Krauss said of Rice in a recent phone interview. "They're full of ideals and really paint a wonderful picture of the person who I believe that is, by what he chooses to sing. When I think of records that are truly effective and life-molding, like his albums are to me, it's just a textbook." Click here to read entire article

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Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Album Raising Sand Set for Release October 23
August 2007

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, two of the most distinctive vocalists in modern music, recently put the finishing touches on Raising Sand – their astonishing new collaborative album. Set for release October 23 on Rounder Records, the album was produced by T Bone Burnett and recorded in Nashville and Los Angeles with a stellar cast of supporting musicians, including guitarists Marc Ribot and Norman Blake, multi-instrumentalist Mike Seeger, drummer Jay Bellerose, and bassist Dennis Crouch. Plant is quick to define Raising Sand as more a band record than a duet record, as it puts the two great singers in a variety of vocal and instrumental combinations – from songs featuring two-part brother-style harmony throughout to solo features for each. Though they come from entirely different traditions, Alison Krauss and Robert Plant create an amazing, unexpected, and entirely new sound when they sing together. Click here to read entire article.

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Krauss & Rice
A Bluegrass Star and Her Hero
May 11, 2007
By Richard Harrington

The first time Washingtonians got to see Alison Krauss and the extraordinary guitarist Tony Rice play together was Oct. 7, 1988, when the then-17-year-old fiddle player sat in with the Tony Rice Unit at the Birchmere. After a breathless version of "Nine Pound Hammer," Rice asked the audience, "That's some fiddle playing, isn't it?"

At DAR Constitution Hall on Wednesday, Krauss, who has since won more Grammys than any other female artist (20), will essentially be asking the audience, "That's some guitar playing, isn't it?"

That's because the concert, featuring Krauss, her band, Union Station, and Rice, will draw exclusively from a remarkable legacy of recordings going back three decades, in which time Rice redefined acoustic guitar and acoustic music, whether playing traditional straight-ahead bluegrass or more progressive jazz and experimental "spacegrass." With his tone, articulation, blinding speed, improvisational agility and rare blend of power and soul, Rice freed the fingers and imaginations of future generations of string musicians.

Including a young Krauss. Click here to read entire article

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The News & Observer
Raleigh, NC
Bluegrass Masters Together
May 11, 2007
By Jack Bernhardt

The first time Jerry Douglas and Tony Rice recorded an album together, Douglas knew he was hearing the future of bluegrass guitar. It was 1973.

"He asked me to play on his second album, 'California Autumn,' " says Douglas, who has performed with Alison Krauss and Union Station since 1998. "There were Doc Watson, Clarence White, a lot of other people who played lead acoustic guitar, but nothing like this guy," says Douglas, a 12-time Grammy-winning Dobroist.

"He had the speed and the creativity. Tony would rip a solo just like a fiddle player or mandolin player. And it was interesting, it was cohesive. It wasn't just a bunch of licks. He played the melody. That seems to be the hardest thing for anyone to do, especially at the breakneck pace that bluegrass music can reach. It was just mind-blowing to see this guy do something that no one else had tried. People didn't think that flat-picking guitar was meant for that kind of stuff."

In Saturday, Rice will share the stage at Koka Booth Amphitheatre in Cary with Krauss and Union Station. Krauss, who has won 20 Grammys, and her band will pay tribute to Rice by performing songs Rice has recorded and sung throughout his career. One of the most influential guitarists of the past 40 years, Rice was also an excellent vocalist until vocal cord problems forced him to quit singing in the 1990s. His picking and interpretations of songs by Gordon Lightfoot and others have influenced a generation of acoustic musicians, including Krauss.

Click here to read entire article.

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Knoxville News Sentinel
Alison Krauss Can’t Believe She’s Touring with Tony Rice
Shock & Awe
May 11, 2007
By Wayne Bledsoe

It's been a long time since Alison Krauss hopped the fence from prodigy to adult star, but the emotional connection she has to the music she fell in love with as a child has never been stronger.

"It's worse," says Krauss. "I feel like when I get out the records that I listened to as a younger person I go, 'Oh my gosh!' Before, you just like it and you don't know why. Now I just can't even deal with it!"

Krauss says that's why she's having a tough time coming to terms with going on tour with acoustic music star Tony Rice. The tour will celebrate Rice's career in music, with Rice and Alison Krauss & Union Station performing together. Click here to read entire article.

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ATTENTION:VENUE CHANGE

Due to circumstances beyond control, the performance of Tony Rice with Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas scheduled for Friday, May 11, 2007 at the Capitol Music Hall in Wheeling, WV is being moved to the Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh, PA.  Showtime will remain at 8:00 P.M. Doors will open at 6:30 PM.  All tickets purchased for the Wheeling show WILL BE HONORED at the Pittsburgh show.  Safety issues of 23 fire code violations with the Capitol Music Hall precipitated the move; the Mellon Arena is approximately 60 miles from Wheeling, and it is the only venue of suitable capacity and technical abilities to accommodate the show.

For those who cannot make it to Pittsburgh, refunds are available through Ticketmaster starting on Wednesday May 2 at 10:00 AM EST. If you bought tickets on-line or by phone, please call (800) 624-5456. If you bought tickets at a Ticketmaster outlet, you will need to return your tickets to the original point of purchase. If you would like to attend the Pittsburgh show, it will go on-sale Thursday, May 3 at 10:00 AM EST at all Ticketmaster locations and at www.ticketmaster.com. For more information on Mellon Arena, visit www.mellonarena.com.

We hope you decide to join us in Pittsburgh, and we apologize for any inconvenience.

Sincerely,

Tony Rice, Alison Krauss and Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas, Outback Concerts and AC Entertainment

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Alison Krauss Set to Release A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection
March 27 2007
On April 3rd, Alison Krauss’ will release A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection. Her twelfth release for Rounder Records which is comprised of 16 tracks, highlighting Krauss’ career of fan favorite collaborations (“Whiskey Lullaby,” “How’s the World Treating You”) and film soundtrack contributions (“Baby Mine,” “Down to the River to Pray”). The collection also debuts five new songs—“You’re Just a Country Boy,” “Jacob’s Dream,” “Simple Love,” “Lay Down Beside Me,” and “Away Down the River” all of which feature Krauss as a producer.

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A Very Special Performance by
Tony Rice and Alison Krauss & Union Station
Featuring Jerry Douglas
An Evening of Material from Tony's 35 Year Career

A Very Special Performance
In spring of 2007, Alison Krauss and Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas will be joined by acoustic music's most influential modern master - Tony Rice for a limited number of dates in which they will exclusively perform music drawn from Rice's remarkable recorded legacy. "It's hard to find words to say what an influence Tony Rice has been on people of our generation who grew up in bluegrass," says Union Station bassist Barry Bales.

In a career that has now spanned over three decades, Rice has used bluegrass as the foundation for a series of acoustic explorations that have ranged from sophisticated jazz-informed instrumentals to haunting, heartbreaking song-based work. Alison Krauss and Union Station have long professed the great musical debt they owe to Rice, citing the profound impact albums such as Cold on the Shoulder, Native American, Manzanita, and Me and My Guitar have had on their concept of acoustic music and their individual development as musicians.

This special series of engagements gives Union Station an opportunity to bring a wide-ranging selection of Tony Rice's music to a new audience and to perform it with their unmatched blend of passion and precision. Drawing from both Rice's vocal and instrumental catalog, the performances will feature Rice's still evolving and dazzling guitar work augmented by the vocals and fiddle of Krauss; Dan Tyminski on guitar, mandolin, and vocals; Ron Block on guitar, banjo, and vocals; the supple bass of Barry Bales; longtime Rice associate Jerry Douglas on Dobro; and drummer Larry Atamanuik. As Bales remarked on the eve of the tour's first rehearsals, "The hardest thing is not picking which songs to do – it's deciding which songs not to do…"

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CMT Cross Country with AKUS and Vince Gill
October 28, 2006

Vince Gill and Alison Krauss and Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas teamed up to tape an episode of CMT Cross Country on September 23rd in front of an invitation-only audience at The Factory in Franklin, Tennessee. The episode is currently scheduled to air November 5th and 21st. Visit CMT.com for broadcast times and additional broadcast dates.

CMT Cross Country unites country music artists to perform and share their music with one another. Alison performed some of her favorite Vince Gill songs, including "Whenever You Come Around," "Tryin’ to Get Over You," and "What the Cowgirls Do." The crowd was also treated to Vince performing a few of Union Station’s songs, including "The Lucky One," "Maybe," and "Blue Trail of Sorrow."

Tune in to CMT see these two great artists collaborate on some of your favorite AKUS and Vince songs; plus, a special performance of the Genesis' hit "That's All."

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KCA Artists: 
Alison Krauss and Ralph Stanley
Featured in Vanity Fair Magazine 
Photo spread in November "Country Music Spectacular” issue celebrates acclaimed artists

KCA artists Alison Krauss and Ralph Stanley Featured in Vanity Fair Magazine -Photo spread in November "Country Music Spectacular” issue celebrates acclaimed artists-

Nashville, TN, October, 2006- Mountain music maestro Ralph Stanley and bluegrass superstar Alison Krauss are among the new and classic artists celebrated in Vanity Fair’s “Country Music Spectacular” November issue. The 33-page photo spread in which the KCA artists appear is timed to coincide with the annual CMA Awards Show (Nov. 6 on ABC-TV) and focuses on 47 of the most critically lauded country and Americana music personalities.

Stanley and Krauss were photographed at Nashville’s historic Hatch Show Print poster shop. Stanley is dressed in an vintage 19^th century suit and cradles his ornate Stanleytone banjo. The full-page color photo was taken by Mark Seliger, who also has photos of Willie Nelson, Gretchen Wilson, George Jones, Kris Kristofferson, Keith Urban and others in the collection.

Stanley is currently touring in support of his new tribute album to the Carter Family, A Distant Land To Roam (DMZ/Columbia). Krauss recently produced the new release "Like Red On A Rose" by country music icon, Alan Jackson and will be touring in 2007 with her band of ace musicians, Union Station.

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"Living Prayer" by Alison Krauss & Union Station wins GMA's Bluegrass Recorded Song of the Year
April 17, 2006

Congratulations to Alison Krauss and Union Station on receiving the honor of Bluegrass Recorded Song of the Year by the Gospel Music Association for “Living Prayer” on Lonely Runs Both Ways (Alison Krauss & Union Station; writer Ronald Block; Rounder Records).

Ron and Alison were at the Grand Ol' Opry House April 5th to receive the award.  The 37th Annual GMA Music Awards will air in national syndication starting on Easter weekend April 15 through May 21.  To check for local listings visit - http://www.gmamusicawards.com/newsroom/synd-list.cfm.  The Bluegrass Recorded Song of the Year award was announced during the pre-telecast, and a photo of Alison and Ron accepting the award will be shown during the award show telecast.

December 8, 2005
KEITH CASE AND ASSOCIATES ROSTER BOASTS THREE ARTISTS WITH A TOTAL OF SIX GRAMMY NOMINATIONS

The 48^th annual GRAMMY nominations were announced today by the Recording Academy in New York City. Keith Case and Associates artists received six nominations in five categories. Alison Krauss and Union Station led the way with four nominations including Best Country Album (Lonely Runs Both Ways, Rounder Records). Dobro virtuoso, Jerry Douglas, also received a nomination for Best Country Instrumental Performance (“Who’s Your Uncle?” from his new release The Best Kept Secret, Koch Records). In addition, Blue Highway’s Marbletown (Rounder Records) was recognized with a nomination for Best Bluegrass Album. A complete list of these and all KCA nominated categories is below. Click here for more

November Accolades
Newark Star Ledger
09/10/05

Alison Krauss, Tim McGraw, Earl Scruggs and BeBe and CeCe Winans will be the recipients of Recordings Academy Honors from the Nashville chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.  All are Grammy Award-winning artists  Their careers will be celebrated in Nashville Nov. 7

The awards honor "outstanding individuals whose work embodies excellence and integrity and who have improved the environment for the creative community," according to NARAS. Click here for more.

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Alison Krauss to be among those to honor Bonnie Raitt
Rolling Stones
08/30/05

Alt-blues queen BONNIE RAITT will be honored on VH1's Decades of Rock Live, the new concert series which toasts legendary musicians through life performances with the popular artists they've inspired.  NORAH JONES, BEN HARPER, KEB MO and ALISON KRAUSS are among those who will be honoring Raitt at the September 30th taping at Atlantic City's Trump Taj Mahal.  Afterwards Raitt will tour in support of her new album, Souls Alike, out September 13th with songwriter MAIA SHARP and MARC BROUSSARD onboard for certain dates.  The tour kicks off October 5th in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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Alison Krauss Leads Bluegrass Nominations
Associated Press
08/30/05

Nashville, TNN. - Alison Krauss & Union Station received 14 Bluegrass Music Awards nominations Tuesday, including entertainer of the year.

Rhonda Vincent and her band The Rage garnered eight nominations, and Doyle Lawson and his group Quicksilver got seven.

"After a long year of touring, it's really nice reward for all the work we've done.  We really appreciate our peers recognizing us," said Vincent, who announced the nominations with Ricky Skaggs at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.

Besides entertainer of the year, the nominations for Krauss and her group, individually or collectively, included: album with "Lonely Runs Both Ways," instrumental group, vocal group, song of the year, gospel recorded performance, female vocalist for Krauss, male vocalist for Dan Tyminski and individual instrumental nominations for Jerry Douglas (dobro), Barry Bales (bass) and Ron Block (banjo).

Krauss and Tyminski also are featured on the Larry Sparks album, "40," which is nominated for album of the year and recorded event of the year.  Krauss also received a nomination for being part of the recorded event nomination album, "Moody Bluegrass."

Krauss who was not at Tuesday's announcement, will host the Oct. 27 awards show with Skaggs at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.

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Heartache, sorrow, loss, lament - for Alison Krauss, that's a real good day.  No singer does achey sadness with more understated expression that the honey-throated bluegrass phenom.

She and her longtime band, Union Station, delivered a country buffet of terrific instrumentals, breakdowns, solos, harmonies and lost of homey jokes.  But the highlights were the sad tunes that have always showcased Krauss' breathy soprano. Click here for more.