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Alison Maria Krauss (born July 23, 1971) is an American Bluegrass music|bluegrass - Country music|country singer, songwriter and fiddle r. She entered the music of the United States|music industry at an early age, winning local contests by the age of ten and recording for the first time at fourteen. She signed with Rounder Records in 1985 and released her first solo album in 1987. She was invited to join the band with which she still performs, Alison Krauss and Union Station ( AKUS ), and later released her first album with them as a group in 1989.

She has released fourteen albums, appeared on numerous soundtrack s, and helped renew interest in bluegrass music in the United States. Her soundtrack performances have led to further popularity, including the O Brother, Where Art Thou? (soundtrack)| O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack , an album also credited with raising American interest in bluegrass, and the Cold Mountain (film)#Soundtrack| Cold Mountain soundtrack , which led to her performance at the 76th Academy Awards|2004 Academy Awards . As of 54th Grammy Awards|2012 , she has won 27 Grammy Award s from 41 nominations, making her the Grammy Award records|most awarded living recipient, and three back of the most honoured artist, classical conductor Sir Georg Solti . She is also the most awarded singer and the most awarded female artist in Grammy history. At the time of her first award, at the 33rd Grammy Awards|1991 Grammy Awards , she was the second youngest winner ever (currently tied as third youngest).

Biography

Alison Maria Krauss. Broadcast Music, Inc.|BMI Repertoire Search. was born in Decatur, Illinois|Decatur , Illinois . Her parents are originally from Columbus, Mississippi . Krauss was raised in Champaign, Illinois . She began studying European classical music|classical violin at age five but soon switched to bluegrass. Krauss said she first became involved with music because " mother tried to find interesting things for me to do" and "wanted to get me involved in music, in addition to art and sports by Ronna Rubin for GAC Music Beat , Great American Country, June 19, 2006. Retrieved 2006-06-28. At the age eight she started entering local talent show|talent contests , and at ten she had her own band. At 13 she won the Walnut Valley Festival Fiddle Championship, and the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass in America named her the "Most Promising Fiddler in the Midwest". Krauss first met Dan Tyminski around 1984 at a festival held by the Society. Every current member of her band, Union Station, first met her at these festivals."Interview with Alison Krauss and Dan Tyminski " for The Collection on Great American Country, originally broadcast June 28, 2006. Retrieved 2006-06-28.

1985–1991: Early career

Krauss made her recording debut in 1985 on the independent album, Different Strokes , featuring her brother Viktor, Swamp Weiss and Jim Hoiles. From the age of 12 she performed with bass guitar|bassist and songwriter John Pennell in a band called "Silver Rail", replacing their previous fiddler Andrea Zonn . by Robbie Wolvier for The New York Times . Retrieved 2006-07-08. Pennell later changed the band's name to Union Station after another band was discovered with the name Silver Rail. by Larry Nager for Bluegrass Unlimited. Retrieved October 2, 2011. Pennell remains one of her favorite songwriters by Kerry Dexter for Dirty Linen #102 October/November 2002. Retrieved 2006-06-07. and wrote some of her early work including the popular "Every Time You Say Goodbye".

Later that year she signed to Rounder Records, and in 1987, at 16, she released her debut album Too Late to Cry with Union Station as her backup band. by Stephen Thomas Erlwine for Allmusic, hosted by MTV.com. Retrieved 2006-06-25.

Krauss' debut solo album was followed shortly by her first group album with Union Station in 1989 Two Highways .. CMT.com. Retrieved 2006-06-06. The album includes the traditional tunes, Wild Bill Jones and Beaumont Rag , along with a bluegrass interpretation of The Allman Brothers Band|The Allman Brothers ' " Midnight Rider ". Alison Krauss and Union Station would later perform at the 1989 Newport Folk Festival .
Krauss' contract with Rounder required her to alternate between releasing a solo album and an album with Union Station, and she released the solo album ''I've Got That Old Feeling'' in 1990. It was her first album to rise onto the Billboard charts , peaking in the top seventy-five on the Hot Country Songs|country chart . The album also was a notable point in her career as she earned her first Grammy Award , the single "Steel Rails" was her first single tracked by Billboard, and the title single "I've Got That Old Feeling" was the first song for which she recorded a music video .

1992–1999: Rising success

Alison Krauss & Union Station
Name	Role
Alison Krauss	vocals , fiddle, viola
Larry Atamanuik	Drums , percussion
Barry Bales	Bass
Ron Block	Guitar , banjo
Jerry Douglas	Dobro
Dan Tyminski	Guitar, mandolin

Krauss' second Union Station album Everytime You Say Goodbye was released in 1992, and she went on to win her second Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album of the year. She then joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1993 at the age of 21. She was the youngest cast member at the time, and the first bluegrass artist to join the Opry in twenty-nine years. She also collaborated on a project with the The Cox Family|Cox Family in 1994, a bluegrass album called I Know Who Holds Tomorrow . Mandolin and guitar player Dan Tyminski replaced Tim Stafford in Union Station in 1994. Late in the year, Krauss recorded with the band Shenandoah (band)|Shenandoah on its single " Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart ", which brought her to the country music Top Ten for the first time. Also in 1994, Krauss collaborated with Suzy Bogguss , Kathy Mattea , and Crosby, Stills, and Nash to contribute " Teach Your Children " to the AIDS benefit album Red Hot + Country produced by the Red Hot Organization . In 1997, she recorded vocals and violin for "Half a Mind", on Tommy Shaw 's 7 Deadly Zens album.

'' Now That I've Found You: A Collection '', a compilation of older releases and some covers of her favorite works by other artists, was released in 1995. Some of these covers include Bad Company 's "Oh Atlanta", The Foundations ' & Daniel Joseph Schafer|Dan Schafer 's " Baby, Now That I've Found You ", which was used in the Australian hit comedy movie The Castle (film)| The Castle , and The Beatles ' " I Will (The Beatles song)|I Will. " by Sidney Cox for Rounder Records. Retrieved 2006-06-12. A cover of Keith Whitley 's " When You Say Nothing at All " reached the top five on the Billboard country chart; the album peaked in the top fifteen on the all-genre Billboard 200| Billboard 200 chart, and sold two million copies to become Krauss' first RIAA certification|double-platinum album . Krauss also was nominated for four Country Music Association Awards and won all of them.
So Long So Wrong , another Union Station album, was released in 1997 and won the Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album. One critic said its sound was "rather untraditional" and "likely change quite a few . . . minds about bluegrass." review by George Graham. "The Graham Weekly Album Review #1065" as broadcast on WVIA-FM April 16, 1997. Retrieved 2006-06-12. Included on the album is the track "It Doesn't Matter", which was featured in the second season premiere episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer " When She Was Bad (Buffy episode)|When She Was Bad ", originally released September 15, 1997. Twentieth Century Fox and Joss Whedon. and was included on the Buffy soundtrack in 1999.

Her next solo release in 1999, Forget About It , included one of her two tracks to appear on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks|adult contemporary chart , "Stay". The album was certified gold, and charted within the top seventy-five of the Billboard 200 and in the top five of the country chart. In addition, the track "That Kind of Love" was included in another episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. " Entropy (Buffy episode)|Entropy ", originally released April 30, 2002. Twentieth Century Fox and Joss Whedon.

2000–present: Current career

Adam Steffey left Union Station in 1998, and was replaced with renowned Dobro player Jerry Douglas (musician)|Jerry Douglas . by Candace Asher on CandaceAsher.com, September 2001. Retrieved 2006-06-06. Douglas had provided studio back-up to Krauss's records since 1987's Too Late To Cry . Their next album, New Favorite , was released on August 14, 2001. The album went on to win the Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album, with the single "The Lucky One" winning a Grammy as well. New Favorite was followed up by the double platinum double album Live in 2002 and a release of a DVD of the same live performance in 2003. Both the album and the DVD were recorded during a performance at The Louisville Palace and both the album and DVD have been certified double Platinum. Also in 2002 she played a singing voice for one of the characters in " Eight Crazy Nights "

Lonely Runs Both Ways was released in 2004, and eventually became another Alison Krauss & Union Station gold certified album. Ron Block described Lonely Runs Both Ways as "pretty much... what we've always done" in terms of song selection and the style in which those songs were recorded. Krauss believes the group "was probably the most unprepared we've ever been" for the album and that songs were chosen as needed rather than planned beforehand. She also performed a duet with Brad Paisley on his album Mud on the Tires in the single " Whiskey Lullaby ". The single was quickly ranked in the top fifty of the Billboard Hot 100| Billboard Hot 100 and the top five of the Hot Country Songs , and won the Country Music Association Awards for "Best Musical Event" and "Best Music Video" of the year.
Krauss recorded a collaborative album, Raising Sand with Robert Plant in 2007 which would ultimately be RIAA certified platinum. Raising Sand was nominated for and won 5 Grammys at the 51st Grammy Awards including Album of the Year, Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album, and Record of the Year (" Please Read the Letter "). Krauss and Plant recorded a Crossroads special in October 2007 for the Country Music Television network which first aired on February 12, 2008. The pair are currently working on a new album.. Rolling Stone . Retrieved 2009-07-28.
Alison Krauss has announced a new album release called Paper Airplane (album)|Paper Airplane with Union Station on April 12, 2011, the follow-up album to "Lonely Runs Both Ways" (2004)

Personal life

Alison Krauss was married to Pat Bergeson from 1997-2001. Together they had a son in 1999.

Other work

Krauss has made multiple guest appearances on other records with lead vocals , harmony vocals , or fiddle playing . In 1993 she recorded vocals for the Phish song "If I Could" in Los Angeles .. Retrieved 2009-12-10. In 1997 she contributed harmony vocals in both English and Irish language|Irish to Irish traditional music|Irish traditional band Altan (band)|Altan 's Runaway Sunday album. She has contributed to numerous motion picture soundtracks, most notably the soundtrack O Brother, Where Art Thou? (soundtrack)|O Brother, Where Art Thou? in 2000. She and co-vocalist Dan Tyminski contributed multiple tracks to the soundtrack, including "I'll Fly Away" (with Gillian Welch ), "Down to the River to Pray", and "I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow". She also makes a guest appearance on Heart (band)|Heart 's March 2010 concert DVD "Night At Sky Church", providing the lead vocals for the song " These Dreams ".. Jack Goodstein, April 26, 2011, SeattlePI.com.

In the film, Tyminski's vocals on "I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow" were used for George Clooney 's character.. BBC News, February 28, 2002. Retrieved 2006-06-25. The soundtrack sold over seven million copies and won the Grammy for Album of the Year in 2002. The unexpected success of the album has been partially credited, as was Krauss herself,. Bob Edwards, NPR, February 15, 2002. Retrieved 2006-07-10. with bringing a new interest in bluegrass to the United States. She has said, however, that she believes Americans already liked bluegrass and other less-heard musical genres, and that the film merely provided easy exposure to the music., PBS.org, May 3, 2002, via the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2009-07-28. She did not appear in the movie, at her own request, as she was nine months pregnant during its filming.. Interview for All Music Guide, LLC, August 14, 2001, on BarnesAndNoble.com. Retrieved 2006-06-24.

In 2007, Krauss released the anthology A Hundred Miles Or More: A Collection which was a collection of soundtrack work, duets with artists such as John Waite , James Taylor , Brad Paisley and esteemed fiddle player Natalie MacMaster , and newer tracks. The album was very commercially successful, but was received with a lukewarm reception from critics. One of the tracks, " Missing You (John Waite song)|Missing You ", a duet with Waite (and a cover of his hit single from 1984), was similarly received as a single. On August 11, television network Great American Country aired a one-hour special, "Alison Krauss: A Hundred Miles or More" based on the album and featured many of the album's duets and solo performances.
Other soundtracks for which Krauss has performed include Twister (1996 film)|Twister , The Prince of Egypt , Eight Crazy Nights , Mona Lisa Smile , Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (film)|Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood , Alias (TV series)|Alias , Bambi II and Cold Mountain (film)|Cold Mountain . She also contributed the song "Jubilee" to the 2004 documentary Paper Clips Project|Paper Clips . The Cold Mountain songs "The Scarlet Tide" by T-Bone Burnett and Elvis Costello , and " You Will Be My Ain True Love ", by her and Sting (musician)|Sting were nominated for an Academy Awards|Academy Award , and she performed both songs at the 76th Academy Awards , the first with Costello and Burnett and the other with Sting (musician)|Sting .. Press release by Toni Thompson for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences via the Wayback Machine on February 14, 2004. Retrieved 2009-07-28. She also worked as a producer for Nickel Creek on their debut Nickel Creek (album)|self-titled album in 2000 and the follow-up This Side in 2002, which won Krauss her first Grammy as a music producer .

Reception and influences

Krauss's earliest musical experience was as an instrumentalist, though her style has grown to focus more on her vocals with a band providing most of the instrumentation. Musicians she enjoys include Lou Gramm of Foreigner (band)|Foreigner and Paul Rodgers of Bad Company . by Neil Curry for CNN on November 16, 1999. Retrieved 2006-06-29. for JAM& #33; Music by Jane Stevenson. Retrieved 2006-06-27. for the Los Angeles Times / Washington Post on October 13, 1997. Retrieved 2006-06-29. Krauss' family listened to "folk records" while she was growing up, but she had friends who exposed her to groups such as AC/DC , Carly Simon , The Rolling Stones , Lynyrd Skynyrd , and Electric Light Orchestra|ELO . She cites Dolly Parton , with whom she has since collaborated a number of times, as a major influence. Some credit Krauss and Union Station, at least partially, with a recent revival of interest in bluegrass music in the United States. Despite being together for nearly two decades and winning numerous awards, she said the group was "just beginning right now" (in 2002) because "in spite of all the great things that have happened for the band, feel musically it's just really beginning." Although she alternates between solo releases and works with the band, she has said there is no difference in her involvement between the two.

As a group, AKUS have been called "American favourites," "world-beaters," by Chris Jones for BBC. Retrieved 2006-06-15. and "the tightest band around." by Sue Keogh for BBC. Retrieved 2006-06-15. While they have been successful as a group, many reviews note Krauss still "remains the undisputed star and rock-solid foundation" and have described her as the "band's focus" by Ben Fitzgerald, Bluegrass Works, December 13, 2006. Retrieved 2006-06-15. with an "angelic" voice that "flows like honey". Her work has been compared to that of The Cox Family , Bill Monroe , and Del McCoury , and has in turn been credited with influencing various " progressive bluegrass|Newgrass " artists including Nickel Creek, for which she acted as record producer on two of their albums. by Kim Ruehl on FolkMusic.About.com. Retrieved 2006-06-24. In addition to her work with Nickel Creek, she has acted as producer to the Cox Family, Reba McEntire and Alan Jackson . from Great American Country on May 10, 2006 citing The Tennessean . Retrieved 2006-06-26. Adam Sweeting of The Guardian has said Krauss and Union Station are "superb when they stick to hoedown s and old-time music|hillbilly music , but much less convincing when they lurch towards the middle of the road," by Adam Sweeting for The Guardian (UK). November 19, 2004. Retrieved 2006-06-15. and Blender (magazine)|Blender magazine has said the "flavorless repertoire sings... steers her toward Lite FM". on Metacritic originally from Blender magazine Jan/Feb 2005. Retrieved 2006-06-15. In addition, Q magazine| Q magazine and The Onion| The Onion AV Club have said their newer releases are "pretty much the usual," and that although Krauss is generally "adventurous," these recent releases contain nothing to "alienate the masses". on Metacritic, originally from Q Magazine September 2001 and The Onion AV Club. Retrieved 2006-06-15.

Voice, themes, and musical style

Krauss possesses a soprano voice which has been described as "angelic". She has said her musical influences include J. D. Crowe , Ricky Skaggs , and Tony Rice . by Kerry Dexter from Dirty Linen #102 Oct/Nov 02. Retrieved 2006-06-29. Many of her songs are described as sad, by David Veitch for JAM& #33; Music. Retrieved 2006-06-27. and are often about romantic love|love , especially lost love. Though she has a close involvement with her group and a long career in music, she rarely performs music she has written herself. She has also described her general approach to constructing an album as starting with a single song and selecting other tracks based on the first, to give the final album a somewhat consistent theme and mood. for JAM& #33; Music by Mary Dickie of the Toronto Sun . Retrieved 2006-06-27. She most commonly performs in the bluegrass and country genres, though she has had two songs on the adult contemporary music|adult contemporary charts, has worked with rock music|rock artists such as Phish and Sting (musician)|Sting , and is sometimes said to stray into pop music . by George Graham, The Graham Weekly Album Review #1250 broadcast on WVIA-FM August 18, 2001. Retrieved 2006-07-08.

Music videos

Krauss did not think she would make music video s at the beginning of her career, and after recording her first she was convinced it was so bad that she would never do another. Nonetheless, she has gone on to make further videos. Many of the first videos she saw were by bluegrass artists, although Dan Tyminski has noted that the Thriller (music video)|video for Thriller was very popular at the time she was first exposed to music videos. She has made suggestions on the style or theme to some videos, though she tends to leave such decisions up to the music video director|director of the particular video. The group chooses directors by seeking out people who have previously directed videos bandmembers have enjoyed. The director for a video to "If I Didn't Know Any Better" from Lonely Runs Both Ways , for example, was selected because Krauss enjoyed work he had done with Def Leppard , and she wondered what he could do with their music. While style decisions are generally left to the various directors of the videos, many& nbsp;—including for "The Lucky One", "Restless", "Goodbye is All We Have", "New Favorite", and "If I Didn't Know Any Better"—follow a pattern. In all of these videos Krauss walks, sometimes interacting with other people, while the rest of the band follows her.. Great American Country originally broadcast June 27, 2006. Retrieved 2006-06-28.

Performances

Krauss has said she used to dislike working in the recording studio|studio where she had to play the same song repeatedly, but has come to like studio work roughly the same as concert|live stage performances . Her own favorite concert experiences include watching three Foreigner (band)|Foreigner concerts during a single tour, a Dolly Parton concert, and a Larry Sparks concert.Interview with Krauss from the Alison Krauss + Union Station: Live DVD by Rounder Records released in 2003. She appeared on Austin City Limits in 1992 and opened the show in 1995 with Union Station. from PBS from 1996 via the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2009-07-28. The New Favorite tour, after AKUS' album of the same name, was planned to start September 12, 2001 in Cincinnati, Ohio , but was delayed until September 28 in Savannah, Georgia following the September 11, 2001 attacks|September 11 terrorist attacks for MTV.com on September 17, 2001. Retrieved 2006-06-25. Krauss also took part in the Down from the Mountain tour in 2002, which featured many artists from the O Brother, Where Art Thou . for MTV.com on October 17, 2001. Retrieved 2006-06-25. by Jim Durden for Tomlin Communications on July 20, 2002. Retrieved 2006-06-25. Down from the Mountain was followed by the Great High Mountain Tour , which was composed of musicians from both O Brother and Cold Mountain , including Krauss. She has also given several notable smaller performances including at Carnegie Hall (with the Grand Ole Opry ), at Great American Country March 1, 2006. Retrieved 2006-06-26. on Lifetime Television in a concert of female performers, on the radio show A Prairie Home Companion from Prairie Home Companion on May 1, 2006. Retrieved 2006-06-26. where she sang two songs not previously recorded on any of her albums, and a performance at the White House attended by then- President of the United States|President Bill Clinton and then- Vice President of the United States|Vice President Al Gore . by Marian Leighton Levy at Rounder Records May 18, 1995. Retrieved 2006-06-29.

Awards

Alison Krauss has won a record twenty-seven Grammy Award s List of awards and nominations received by Alison Krauss . List of Alison Krauss' awards. Retrieved 2012-02-13. over the course of her career as a solo artist, as a group with Union Station, as a duet with Robert Plant , and as a record producer. She's currently tied with Quincy Jones as the second most winner of Grammy Awards. Only the late classical conductor Sir Georg Solti has more overall Grammys (31). for Proper Music Distribution on 2/20/06. Retrieved 2006-06-05. She overtook Aretha Franklin for the most female wins at the Grammy Awards of 2004|46th Grammy Awards where Krauss won three, bringing her total at the time to seventeen (Franklin won her sixteenth that night). Press release on Shorefire and the Los Angeles Times by Jen Chapin and Robert Hilburn on February 9, 2004 via the Wayback Machine. Last accessed 2009-07-28. The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences|Recording Academy (which presents the Grammy Awards) presented her with a special musical achievement honor in 2005. by Edward Morris for CMT.com on November 8, 2005. Retrieved 2006-06-07. She has also won 14 International Bluegrass Music Association|International Bluegrass Music Association Awards , for IMBA.org. Retrieved 2009-07-28. 8 Country Music Association Awards , from CMAAwards.com. Retrieved 2009-07-28. from CMAAwards.com. Retrieved 2009-07-28. 2 GMA Dove Award|Gospel Music Association Awards , 2 CMT Music Awards , from CMT.com. Retrieved 2009-07-28. from CMT.com. Retrieved July 28, 2009-07-28. from CMT.com. Retrieved 2009-07-28. 2 Academy of Country Music|Academy of Country Music Awards , by acmcountry.com. Retrieved 2009-07-28. and 1 Canadian Country Music Association|Canadian Country Music Award . on CCMA.org. Retrieved 2009-07-28. Country Music Television ranked Krauss 12th on their "40 Greatest Women of Country Music" list in 2002. on CMT.com. Retrieved 2009-07-27.

At the 76th Academy Awards in February 2004, where she performed two nominated songs from the Cold Mountain (film)|Cold Mountain soundtrack, Alison Krauss was chosen by Hollywood shoe designer Stuart Weitzman to wear a pair of $2 million 'Cinderella' sandals with 4½ inch clear glass stiletto heels and two straps adorned with 565 Kwiat diamonds set in platinum. Feeling like a rather unglamorous choice, Krauss said, "When I first heard, I was like, 'What were they thinking? ' I have the worst feet of anybody who will be there that night!" In addition to the fairy-tale-inspired shoes, Weitzman outfitted Krauss with a Palm Treo 600 smartphone, bejeweled with 3,000 clear-and-topaz-colored Swarovski crystals. The shoes were returned, but Krauss kept the crystal-covered phone. Weitzman chose Krauss to show off his fashions at the urging of his daughters, who are fans of Krauss' music.Lee, Lisa. Country Music Television|CMT.com. 2004-02-27. 2007-10-31. by Geekzone.co.nz. Retrieved 2007-11-01.

Discography

1985: Different Strokes (album)|Different Strokes

1987: Too Late to Cry (Union Station album)|Too Late to Cry

1989: Two Highways (album)|Two Highways

1990: '' I've Got That Old Feeling

1992: Every Time You Say Goodbye (album)|Every Time You Say Goodbye

1994: I Know Who Holds Tomorrow

1995: '' Now That I've Found You: A Collection

1997: So Long So Wrong

1999: Forget About It

2001: New Favorite

2002 " Live (Alison Krauss album)|Live "

2004: Lonely Runs Both Ways

2007: A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection

2007: Raising Sand

2011: Paper Airplane (album)|Paper Airplane

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1997	'' Annabelle's Wish	Additional Voices	Uncredited Voice only
2002	'' Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights	Jennifer	Voice only
Television
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1991	Hee Haw	Herself	1 episode Episode: #22.21
1996	Austin City Limits	Herself	5 episodes, 1996–2005
1997	Miracle on Highway 31	Herself	TV movie
2005	Sesame Street	Herself	1 episode Episode: "American Fruit Stand"
2006	CMT Cross Country	Performer	with Vince Gill
2008	CMT Crossroads	Performer	with Robert Plant

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Biography

Biography

1985–1991: Early career

1992–1999: Rising success

2000–present: Current career

Personal life

Other work

Reception and influences

Voice, themes, and musical style

Music videos

Performances

Awards

Discography

Filmography

References

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