Alison Krauss: Now That I've Found You, a Collection - Guitar/Vocal Edition with Tablature
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | yesterday
To preserve a tradition in music, one must pique the interest of the up-and-comers out in the field. For folk music in Denmark this process would seem to be well under way; there is a steady stream of working musicians coming out of the conservatories there who have embraced their traditional folk music and adapted it into other realms...
POPSURFING.COM (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Here's the playlist for my latest Popsurfing radio show. It airs weekly on WEFT Champaign 90.1 fm on Thursday night/Friday morning from 1 am to 3 am. You can stream it live online at weft.org. You can download the episode on iTunes. Enjoy! Wanna make a request? Here are some potential themes for upcoming shows. Feel free to email me with a request for one of your favorite songs that fits the theme...
Notes From the Muck (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
In line with Ben's proposed review of recent music, here is NPR's list of the "most important recordings" of the decade. I, for one, can't help but notice two things: 1) the noughties were an excellent time for music (perhaps superior to the 90s'), and 2) NFTM has been all over most of this shit. 01. John Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls 02. Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavilion...
Power Line (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Twenty years after Tony Rice called on resophonic guitar virtuoso Jerry Douglas and friends to record Gordon Lightfoot's "Shadows" with him, bluegrass heartthrob Alison Krauss decided to record this magnificent song as well. She assembled her Union Station bandmates -- Dan Tyminski, Ron Block, Barry Bales and Douglas -- to back her on it. Rice must have had something to do with inspiring...
DeRosaWorld (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Here is a live performance (amateur video) of Alison Krauss and Robert Plant of the Led Zeppelin song The Battle of Evermore.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
On December 2, the nominations for the 2009 Grammy Awards will be announced at a special concert event in Los Angeles. Hosted by LL Cool J, the event will feature performances by Black Eyes Peas, Maxwell, and Sugarland, reported Grammy.com November 11.
Damn Fine Day (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Before John Fogerty & Bruce Springsteen, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss and Simon & Garfunkel covered The Everly Brothers, Jesse Winchester had set the bar for all things Phil & Don redux. His 1977 interpretation of “ Bowling Green ” framed perfectly this bluegrass region’s tranquility and splendor, especially during its lazier, hazier days of [...]
Relevant History (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
My latest piece, "Four Secrets of Innovation," appears in this month's U.S. State Department-sponsored eJournalUSA. Naturally it starts with one of my usual historical references: In today’s innovation-obsessed, knowledge-intensive global economy, it might come as a surprise that for most...
The Bluegrass Ireland Blog (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Cat Malojian: Jonathan Toman, Rachel Toman, Steve Scullion Thanks to Jonathan Toman for the news that Cat Malojian will be playing at the Cobblestone, 77 King St., Smithfield, Dublin, on Saturday 21 November at 9.00 p.m., supported by Baz McSherry. The band's latest press release gives their bio: Cat Malojian are singer-songwriter Stevie Scullion along with multi-instrumentalist siblings Jonny and...
The Bluegrass Blog (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Here’s something you don’t see every day… a bluegrass band celebrating a 15th anniversary – with the same personnel with which they launched. Blue Highway played their first show on New Year’s Eve in 1994 with Tim Stafford on guitar, Shawn Lane on mandolin, Wayne Taylor on bass, Jason Burleson on banjo and Rob Ickes on [...]
The Bluegrass Blog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Here’s something you don’t see every day… a bluegrass band celebrating a 15th anniversary – with the same personnel with which they launched. Blue Highway played their first show on New Year’s Eve in 1994 with Tim Stafford on guitar, Shawn Lane on mandolin, Wayne Taylor on bass, Jason Burleson on banjo and Rob Ickes on [...]
Popdose (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
In his latest column, Scott Malchus listens to a sweet duet and reflects on 17 years of life with his wife.
The Bluegrass Blog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
The recent appearnce by The Alison Brown Quartet on Mountain Stage has just been posted on the show’s NPR web page. They perform five songs from their latest Compass Records release, The Company You Keep. Brown has never limited herself to a single type of music. As banjo player with Alison Krauss & Union Station in [...]
The Music Digest (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
The Grammy Awards are held every year to recognize musical achievements. Stevie Wonder, Alison Krauss, and U2 hold records for most Grammy's won. Their music is popular around the world and can be heard on Internet radio.
Keep The Coffee Coming (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
This is from 1999's Forget About it on Rounder Records. I think this is about as close to pop as she gets. MP3 File yousendit
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