Alison Krauss was born in Decatur, Illinois, but was raised in Champaign, Illinois. She began studying classical violin at five years old but soon switched to bluegrass. Krauss said she first became involved with music because her "mother tried to fin
Alison Krauss was born in Decatur, Illinois, but was raised in Champaign, Illinois. She began studying classical violin at five years old but soon switched to bluegrass. Krauss said she first became involved with music because her "mother tried to find interesting things for [me] to do" and "wanted to get [me] involved in music, in addition to art and sports." At age eight she started entering local talent contests, and at ten she had her own band. At thirteen she won the Walnut Valley Festival Fiddle Championship, and the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass in America named her the Most Promising Fiddler in the Midwest. Krauss first met Dan Tyminski around 1984 at a festival held by the Society. Every current member of her band, Union Station, first met her at these festivals.
Krauss made her recording debut in 1985 on the independent album, Different Strokes., featuring her brother Viktor, Swamp Weiss, and Jim Hoyles. She performed with John Pennell, bassist and songwr
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Alison Krauss Was Born In Decatur, Illinois, But Was Raised In Champaign, Illinois. She Began Studying Classical Violin At Five Years Old But Soon Switched To Bluegrass. Krauss Said She First Became Involved With Music Because Her "mother Tried To Fin
Alison Krauss was born in Decatur, Illinois, but was raised in Champaign, Illinois. She began studying classical violin at five years old but soon switched to bluegrass. Krauss said read more...
1989–1991: Early Career
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, along with read more...
1992–1999: Rising Success
Krauss' second Union Station album Everytime You Say Goodbye was released in 1992, and she went on to win her second Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album of the year. She then joined read more...
2000–present: Current Career
Adam Steffey left Union Station in 1998, and renowned Dobro player Jerry Douglas replaced him. Douglas had provided studio back-up to Krauss's records since 1987's Too Late To Cry. read more...
Other Work
Krauss has made multiple guest appearances on other records with lead vocals, harmony vocals, or fiddle playing. She has contributed to numerous motion picture soundtracks, most read more...
Alison Krauss (IPA: /ˈælɪsʌn kraʊs/) (born July 23, 1971) is an American bluegrass-country singer and fiddle player. She entered the music industry at a young age, read more...
Alison Krauss has won a record twenty one Grammy Awards over the course of her career as a solo artist, as a group with Union Station, and as a record producer. This is more than read more...