Alison Krauss serves up another hit
Who hasn’t, once upon a time, been persuaded to listen to country music? It has quite a large following. “Large” is an understatement. How about massive? And if you’re a successful country singer and musician like Alison Krauss, chances are people will buy your music and shower you with love. That’s what fans are good at after all – loving and adoring their chosen idols.
Alison Krauss has a specialty which she perfected to a fine art – bluegrass fiddler. This talent – along with the song, “When You Say Nothing at All” sealed her fame.
Her success in bluegrass recording began in 1987. Guess what her persistence rewarded her with? Twenty Grammies! She was only sixteen when she released her first record, “Too Late to Cry”. She sings with her band, Union Station.
Alison Krauss’s persistence pays off
Alison Krauss’s success in bluegrass recording began in 1987. Guess what her persistence rewarded her with? Twenty Grammies! She was only sixteen when she released her first record, “Too Late to Cry”. She sings with her band, Union Station.
Krauss demonstrated her depth as a country singer with the release of “Now That I’ve Found You: A Collection,” and won four Country Music Awards, one of which was best female vocalist. Three tracks for the film O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) are Krauss’s.
Here’s a list of Krauss’s successful albums: New Favorite (2001); So Long So Wrong (1997); I’ve Got That Old Feeling (1990); and Lonely Runs Both Ways (2004). It was her song, “You Will Be My Ain True Love” which she sang with Sting that landed her an Oscar nomination for the film, Cold Mountain.
When Alison Krauss was a teen, she signed up with Rounder Records. She received three Grammy awards in 2006 for her album “Lonely Runs Both Ways.” Allison Krauss was born in Decatur, Illinois on July 23, 1971.It was Alison’s compilation “Now That I’ve Found” that made her a bluegrass star – it turned out to be a platinum hit in 1995. Her contribution to bluegrass music was undeniable and was most evident in the 80s and 90s. The album made it to the top ten and sold over a million copies.
Ms. Krauss also studied violin at the age of five and at eight was competing in talent contests in Illinois. Two years later, she organized her own band and when she was twelve, she won the Illinois State Fiddle Championship. The Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass in America named her the Most Promising Fiddler in the Midwest.
In 1985, her brother Jim Hoiles together with Bruce Weiss produced an album for Alison, and called it “Different Strokes.”