Alison Krauss

Alison Krauss started playing the violin when she was five. She quickly grew tired of the rigors of classical music and started playing bluegrass. By the age of eight, she was playing in talent contests, and by 12 had won Illinois State Fiddle Championship. She was signed to Rounder Records by 14. Her debut album Too Late To Cry, was recorded in 1987, two years later, with her band Union Station (Jeff White, Alison Brown, and Viktor Krauss), and released to critical acclaim. In '88, the band won Society's National Band Championship, and in '89, they won a Grammy.
Alison Krauss + Union Station.

Alison Krauss has the voice of an angel which is proven time & again on albums she releases. "Lonely Runs Both Ways" is a spectacular piece of work that also features Union Station members Ron Block, Dan Tyminsky, Jerry Douglas, & Barry Bales.
"Gravity" is what people sometimes need to hold them down & keep them grounded, as illustrated in the album's first track. First single, "Restless," is about feelings that cannot escape a person's heart because they hurt so much. "There's a restless feeling in my bones & I know that at times it just won't go away" Alison sings.

Dan Tyminski sings the uptempo "Rain Please Go Away," & it sounds like traditional bluegrass through & through which is no surprise since Del McCoury wrote the song. "Goodbye Is All We Have" finds Alison heading north after a breakup because she feels it is time she strikes out on her own. "Unionhouse Branch" is a wonderful instrumental written by Union Station's Jerry Douglas & features the dobro, fiddle, banjo, guitar, & bass. Dan sings lead again on "Pastures of Plenty," while Ron Block sings "I Don't Have To Live This Way."

"My Poor Old Heart" is a wonderfully written song about a true love that was going to last forever, that is until the winds of change swept in on their hearts & left them full of doubt. Alison's voice can sound haunting (in a good way) at times which is the case on the beginning of "If I Didn't Know Any Better." "A Living Prayer" is a beautiful close to a wonderful album.