Songwriter Louisa Branscomb's name is a familiar one in bluegrass circles. As a songwriter, she holds the record for the longest consecutive run on the Bluegrass Unlimited singles chart for the Alison Krauss recording of Steel Rails. Louisa has a track
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Alison Krauss LIVE airs on PBS this month
Most of our readers will be familiar with the 2003 concert DVD release from Alison Krauss & Union Station, Live. The performance from 2002 at the Louisville Palace was available as either a two disc CD or DVD set, and
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Alison Krauss and Vince Gill on CMT
The Alison Krauss/Vince Gill pairing on CMT's Cross Country which we mentioned last month is scheduled to debut on Friday (10/27) at 10:00 p.m. (ET/PT). The concept behind Cross Country is to have two popular artists performing together on stage, with
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Alison Krauss rides the Santa Train
Alison Krauss in a Santa Suit? It could happen. Well probably not, but she will be aboard the 2006 Santa Train, The Santa Special. The train will be traveling a 110-mile route between Kingsport, TN and Pikeville, KY, stopping in
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Ron Block upcoming solo CD
Over the weekend I came across a post on Ron Block's website stating that overdubs are almost complete on what appears to be a new solo project from Ron. Overdubs continue in my basement studio. I'm looking to finish all my
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What did Alison Krauss call her grandmothers?
That's the question that's answered in the final installment of Wichita Rutherford's IBMA video clips. It's one of Wichita's great True or Rumor podcasts. If you just can't stay out the personal life of a bluegrass celebrity and have to
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Krauss, Stanley in Vanity Fair
The November issue of Vanity Fair, which arrived in my mailbox a couple of days ago, features a photo spread of country music artists (it has George Clooney on the cover--yum!). Among those pictured are Alison Krauss and Ralph Stanley.
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Alison Krauss and Vince Gill on CMT
CMT's Cross Country program has as its premise the pairing of two celebrated country artists, each performing the other's songs with the original artist providing support. The next episode will involve two singers with bluegrass roots, Alison Krauss and Vince
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Alan Jackson’s new CD – a performer’s perspective
We have posted several times this past few weeks about the upcoming CD release from country superstar, Alan Jackson. It is produced by Alison Krauss, and was initially described as being intended to have a bluegrass flavor, though the subsequent
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Alan Jackson CD not bluegrass
We previously reported that Alison Krauss was producing a new CD by Alan Jackson that was said to be a bluegrass record. Alison did produce the new CD, but this morning we noticed a report on a Net Music Countdown