Alison Krauss Biography, Photos and Posters

Alison Krauss

Biography

Born: July 23, 1971
City and Country of Origin: Decatur, Illinois
Music Training: classical violin at age five;
Awards: CMA 2004 - Musical Event of the Year,"Whiskey Lullaby" (Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss); Music Video of the Year, "Whiskey Lullaby" (directed by Rick Schroder); 2001 - Album of the Year O Brother, Where Art Thou?; 1995 - Female Vocalist of the Year; 1995 - Horizon Award; 1995 - Vocal Event of the Year, "Somewhere In The Vicinity of the Heart" (Alison Krauss and Shenandoah); 1995 - Single of the Year, "When You Say Nothing At All;" 1995 - Single of the Year, "When You Say Nothing At All" (Keith Whitley and Alison Krauss); Grammy 2005 Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal, "Restless;" Best Country Instrumental Performance, Unionhouse Branch; Best Country Album, Lonely Runs Both Ways; 2003 Best Country Collaboration With Vocals, "How's The World Treating You;" Best Country Instrumental Performance, "Cluck Old Hen;" Best Bluegrass Album, Live; 2002 Album Of The Year, O Brother, Where Art Thou? - Soundtrack; 2001 Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal, "The Lucky One;" Best Bluegrass Album, New Favorite; 1998 Best Country Collaboration With Vocals, Same Old Train; 1997 Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal, "Looking In The Eyes Of Love;" Best Country Instrumental Performance, "Little Liza Jane;" Best Bluegrass Album, So Long So Wrong; 1996 Best Country Collaboration With Vocals, "High Lonesome Sound;" 1995 Best Female Country Vocal Performance, "Baby, Now That I've Found You;" Best Country Collaboration With Vocals, "Somewhere In The Vicinity Of The Heart;" 1994 Best Southern Gospel, Country Gospel Or Bluegrass Gospel Album, I Know Who Holds Tomorrow; 1992 Best Bluegrass Album, Every Time You Say Goodbye; 1990 Best Bluegrass Recording, I've Got That Old Feeling
Top Recordings: "When You Say Nothing At All," "Buy Me a Rose," "The Little Girl," "Whiskey Lullaby"
Alison Krauss Biography: Renowned American bluegrass-country singer and fiddle player Alison Krauss entered the music industry at a young age. She won music competitions at age 10 and recording on her brother's albums at 14. She signed with Rounder Records in 1985 and released her first solo album at sixteen in 1987. She joined Alison Krauss & Union Station in 1989.

Alison entered local talent competitions at age 8 and by age 10 she had her own band. At twelve she won the Texas State Fiddle Championship; at thirteen she won the Walnut Valley Festival Fiddle Championship,[4] and the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass in America named her the Most Promising Fiddler in the Midwest. She performed with John Pennell, bassist and songwriter, from the age of twelve in a band called "Silver Rail". Pennell later formed Union Station,[6] and Krauss joined at his invitation. She signed with Rounder Records, and in 1987, at sixteen, her debut album Too Late to Cry was released with Union Station as her backup band.

Krauss' debut solo album was followed shortly by her first group album with Union Station in 1989 Two Highways. Many traditional bluegrass numbers appeared on the album,[13] along with a bluegrass interpretation of The Allman Brothers' "Midnight Rider." She released the solo album I've Got That Old Feeling in 1990. It was her first album to rise onto the Billboard charts, peaking in the top seventy-five on the country charts.

She joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1993 at the age of 21. Now That I've Found You: A Collection, a compilation of older releases and some covers of her favorite works by other artists, was released in 1995. The album peaked in the top fifteen on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart, and sold two million copies to become Krauss' first double-platinum album. Krauss also was nominated for four Country Music Association Awards and won all of them. During her career she has won a total of 20 Grammys.

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