Alison Krauss & Union Station

New Favorite

A good place to get started with modern Bluegrass

Review Score:

(8/10)
It's not often that we get a in-store play CD that I enjoy at work. I work at "cough" a competitor's store, let's just say it starts with a B and ends with an N...

It seems that since the release of the Coen Brother's film: "O' Brother Where Art Thou" there has been an influx of people re-gaining interest in Bluegrass music. Although I am not a huge fan of the genre, I will admit that it is an important influence on many forms of modern music (which I learned through the recent PBS series American Roots Music; which was great BTW).

Allison Krauss has been around for a long time, I'm not sure exactly how long, but you can tell that as a musician she and her band Union Station have created some wonderful dynamics together. The album as a whole is wonderful, however there are some tunes I could do without. If you are looking for a lighter modern Bluegrass album, I'd definately reccomend this one along with the new Nickel Creek album.

Is this album any better or worse than Kruass' other work? Only having heard 2 of her albums, I can't really say. I can say that this is a good solid recording and probably one of the best of 2001.

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