Sierra Hull at the White House

Sierra Hull

Rounder Records has announced that 20-year old mandolin virtuoso and Rounder recording artist Sierra Hull will be performing with label mates Alison Krauss and Dan Tyminski as part of “Country Music: In Performance at the White House” –  a PBS music special in the East Room of the White House.  President and Mrs. Obama will [...]

Robert Plant Album of the Year

Alison Krauss and Robert Plant

Rounder recording artists earned awards from the Americana Music Association (AMA) at last Thursday’s 10th Annual awards show held at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN. Robert Plant & The Band of Joy’s album Band of Joy won Album of the Year – an honor he also received in 2008 for his Rounder album Raising [...]

Alison Krauss And Union Station On World Cafe

Alison Krauss and Union Station singer Dan Tyminski discuss Paper Airplane with World Cafe online host David Dye. They then perform some tunes live in the WXPN studio. Listen to Alison Krauss on World Cafe.

The Evolution of Bluegrass: From McCoury to Krauss

Here’s another great article on bluegrass music today from Headstash, a Washington DC website. Hearing the name Jerry Garcia doesn’t just evoke thoughts of The Grateful Dead. His iconic persona represents the jam band genre, the 1960s counterculture movement and a certain point in the history of the country. The same could be said for [...]

Live On Letterman Alison Krauss

Web-Exclusive: Alison Krauss Here is a web-only performance of Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas performing Lay My Burden Down on the Letterman Show. You’ll have to endure the opening advertisement first – sorry.

Alison Krauss and Union Station On Tour

If you are heading over to the USA between June and September this year you can catch Alison Krauss in concert on one of their recently announces tour dates. Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas are set to criss-cross North America this summer on a nationwide tour eventually taking them to over 50 [...]

Free Download From Alison Krauss

Alison Krauss - Paper Airplane

Paper Airplane Now Online News from Alison Krauss today is that from today, through Monday, 7th March you can download a free copy of the title track off the forthcoming album from Alison Krauss & Union Station. The album will be in stores 12th April 2011 but we can get a free title track here. [...]

Alison Krauss CD Release

Alison Krauss

Alison Krauss & Union Station have announced the long awaited release of their new CD, Paper Airplane, on Rounder Records, due out on 12th April this year. Krauss has been recording for Rounder since the age of 14 years. This release is Alison Krauss and Union Station’s first project since Lonely Runs Both Ways in [...]

‘Get Low’ – CD Release

Get Low by Sony Pictures

Rounder Records Releases Get Low Soundtrack. Rounder Records has advised that they will release the soundtrack to the Sony Pictures release  Get Low on 27th July this year. The CD features new tracks by Alison Krauss and the Steeldrivers. The movie, to be released in July, also features Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek and [...]

Bluegrass on the Tube – 1 Year Old

Every morning I receive an email from Carl Carlson, containing a link to a video of a bluegrass artist or song. I have been receiving these every morning for the past 12 months. I have learned so much about early bluegrass band lineups and enjoyed so many tunes and songs, some of which I had [...]

Krauss and Plant – A Different Direction

News from Alison Krauss and Robert Plant suggest that the follow-up to their Raising Sand album is still in the very early stages. However, Alison Krauss is already certain that the second album will not be a copy of their Grammy winning debut. When interviewed recently in the UK’s Telegraph, Krauss said, It’ll be different, [...]

Alison Krauss to Play the White House – USA

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On 21st July this year, the US President and the First Lady will host White House events celebration the arts, innovation and creativity while at the same time encouraging outreach to students and the community. The White House will continue its music series celebrating the arts and demonstrating the importance of arts education by featuring [...]