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Alison Krauss, Eagles to Receive Berklee College of Music Honorary Degrees
Singer-musician-producer Alison Krauss and rock-country supergroup Eagles are the latest musicians who will have honorary doctor of music degrees bestowed upon them by Boston's prestigious Berklee College of Music. Music Row reports that the college, which will also honor Ethiopian musician Mulatu Astatke, will present each of the honorees with a degree at the May 12 commencement ceremony at B
Alison Krauss & Union Station Rework ‘Simpsons’ Theme Song
She's Grammy's golden girl, with a record 27 wins to her credit, but Alison Krauss may be feeling a bit more yellow these days! As part of the celebration of the upcoming 500th episode of the long-running animated series 'The Simpsons,' Alison and her band Union Station will be heard fiddling around with the show's familiar opening theme song...
Top 10 Country Songs That Aren’t Singles … Yet (May 2011)
Artists and their record labels work hard to decide which songs on an album are the best fit for country radio. But sometimes the best tracks are overlooked! In our not-so-humble opinion, these are the ten current album cuts we hope will get the radio single treatment soon...
Alison Krauss & Union Station’s ‘Paper Airplane’ Debuts at No. 1
Alison Krauss and Union Station have flown into the top spot on Billboard's Country Albums chart with the No. 1 debut of their latest album, 'Paper Airplane.' The disc also scores the No. 3 spot on the Billboard 200, behind Foo Fighters and Adele, with 83,000 copies sold in its first week, according to Nielsen Soundscan...
Alison Krauss & Union Station to Tour With Jerry Douglas
Alison Krauss & Union Station are reuniting with famed producer/musician Jerry Douglas for a summer tour. Kicking off June 4 in Louisville, Ky., the trek will hit about 50 cities in the U.S. and Canada, tentatively wrapping up September 15 in Kansas City, Mo. (S...
Alison Krauss & Union Station, ‘Paper Airplane’ — New Video & Free MP3!
Fans only have a few more days to wait until Alison Krauss & Union Station return to record stores for the first time since 2004 with new music. 'Paper Airplane' will be released April 12, but you can get the title track today for free, courtesy of the band.
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Alison Krauss Recalls Jaw-Dropping Grammy Moment
Since her first Grammy award in 1990 for Best Bluegrass Recording ('I've Got That Old Feeling'), Alison Krauss has won more Grammy trophies than any other female artist in history.
Claiming a total of 26 Grammys, including five in 2009 for 'Raising Sand,' the duet album with rocker Robert Plant, is an impressive achievement but it's not something the fiddle-playing singer/producer thinks about wit
Alison Krauss & Union Station Soar Again With ‘Paper Airplane’
Alison Krauss is a spectacularly gifted vocalist, fiddle player and producer. Since her first album at age 16, each of the remarkable projects the Illinois native has been involved with over the past two-and-a-half decades, whether one of her own albums or the countless tracks she's been asked to contribute to by everyone from Brad Paisley and Dolly Parton to James Taylor and Elvis Costello, has b
Alison Krauss Enjoying a New Attitude, Thanks to Robert Plant
The thrilling combination of the angelic-voiced Alison Krauss and rock titan Robert Plant lifted their collaborative 2007 effort, 'Raising Sand' to multiple-Grammy-winning status. So, it was no surprise the pair had reconvened not long after their 2008 Grammy sweep (which included Album of the Year) to lay down tracks for a planned sequel...
Alison Krauss & Union Station to Fly Again With ‘Paper Airplane’
Alison Krauss and Union Station will release a new album titled 'Paper Airplane' on April 12. It's the band's first since 2004's triple-time Grammy-winning, 'Lonely Runs Both Ways.' Produced by the group, 'Paper Airplane' is Alison's first project since her 2007 album with Robert Plant, 'Raising Sand,' which won six Grammys in 2009, including Album of the Year...