Alison Krauss

During the 2016 Americana Music Awards, Alison Krauss, Buddy Miller, Stuart Duncan and Melonie Cannon paid tribute to Ralph Stanley.

Bill Anderson and Jon Randall co-wrote Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss' hit duet "Whiskey Lullaby." The song was released in March of 2004 as the third single off of Paisley's Mud on the Tires album and reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and No. 41 on the Billboard Hot 100. It has been certified double platinum and won Song of the Year at the 2005 CMA Awards. Inside, Anderson tells The Boot how the song came to be.

Taylor Swift played a show in Nashville on Friday night (Sept. 25), where she brought out Kelsea Ballerini, Steven Tyler and Alison Krauss as special guests.

Willie Nelson and Alison Krauss will revive their co-headlining tour for a short run of dates this summer.

The Grammys always feature top-notch artists, and the competition for Best American Roots Performance at the 2015 Grammy Awards is heated. This award is a new category, having been approved by the Board of Trustees of the Grammy Awards in June 2014, and is for singles or tracks only.

The annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Music Masters Series honors one deserving legendary artist with a week of talks, workshops and, of course, music. This year, it was the Everly Brothers' turn in the spotlight.

A woman claiming to be Alison Krauss is behind bars. Peggy Sue Evans was arrested in New Mexico, where she had been on the run for more than two weeks. A warrant was issued for her arrest after she skipped a probation hearing in Arkansas on Sept. 18.

Country music has its arms wide open. Not only has the genre flourished with infusions of rock, pop and even rap in its own artists' songs, but it has also catapulted rock, pop and rap singers to the top of the country charts themselves ... with a little help from their country friends.

Fans with tickets to see Willie Nelson and Alison Krauss together in concert next month will be disappointed. The pair have announced that Krauss has had to cancel or reschedule several shows because of health problems.