Alison Krauss & Union Station

New Favorite

Oh Brother, Now this is Bluegrass!

Review Score:

(10/10)
This album really sizzles in a cracklin' fryin' pan delight kind of way. Alison Kruass & Union Station as always are awesome here! This is true bluegrass at it's finest. If you're not an AK&US fan you should surely like this album. And add it to your bluegrass music collection.

The songs that round out this fine album are some of simply the best. 'The Lucky One' is a great carefree drifter song sung by Alison Kruass' fine angelic vocals. A little trivia about 'The Lucky One', won best songwriter at the grammys by a Martinsburg, WV native. Boy, aren't they the lucky one? 'Crazy Faith' about hopeful love. Great traditionals 'The Boy Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn' sung in jam session with Dan Tymanski, and 'Bright Sunny South'. Tymanski sung the voiceover for the song sessions for George Clooney in the movie, 'OBrother, Where Art Thou.' 'Choctaw Hayride' is a grand hoedown ensemble. Dan Tymanski and Ron Block use their vocals on 'Momma Cried'. A song of a long lost child taken away. "Stars' is a re-recording of a long forgotten song by Dan Fogelberg. Another great artist to check out. "New Favorite' was written by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings. Gillian Welch is another fine bluegrass artist to appreciate. Gillian Welch joins Alison Krauss on the 'O Brother, Where Art Thou' soundtrack. Still another fine compliation soundtrack to listen to.

If you're a first time listener of this album I suggest these albums: 'Two Highways', 'I Know Who Holds Tomorrow', 'So Long So Wrong', and 'Forget About It'. All are off the Rounder Records label. A really cool note is that the front cover photo was shot at the Elliston Place Soda Shop in Nashville, TN. I use to visit the place myself when I lived there. Like the Bluebird Cafe an interesting landmark with an interestin history that many a country stars passed through. This is fine contemporary bluegrass at it's best out of Nashville! Long live Alison Krauss & Union Station. Long may your banjoes play!

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