Alison Krauss - Essential Alison Krauss (2009)

Posted By: bakuman

Date: July 31, 2010

Essential Alison Krauss is a brand newinspired selection of songs [ut together by Alison herself, which displays her development as a vocalist, fiddle player and producer; from her early signing to Rounder Records at 14 years old, up to the present day. The tracks are drawn from her extensive back catalogue, truly representing Alison's commitment to Bluegrass and American traditional music styles, combined with her unique ability to contemporise the sound and take it to a very wide mainstream audience. She has a unique talent to select contemporary songs and sing them in a traditional style. It was these factors which drew Robert Plant into collaborating with Alison in the American roots world and the massive worldwide success of Raising Sand. What this collection proves more than anything is that Alison Kraus's music is timeless–her tracks from 1995 remaining as relevant today.

Review This compilation of Alison Krauss's music samples 7 original albums, a live album, and 2 previous collections, so Rounder Records are certainly cashing in on her current, if well-earned and deserved popularity. Most tracks feature the stellar Union Station, with Jerry Douglas, so the musicianship is flawless throughout. Added to that, Alison and the people she works with have an unerring knack of finding (or writing) great songs, from Sarah Siskind's lovely opener Simple Love, to Ron Block's A Living Prayer, and including a couple from the Cox Family.

It may be useful to indicate where the tracks here were first released, so here we go.

Tracklisting

01. Simple Love
02. Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us
03. Let Me Touch You For Awhile
04. The Lucky One
05. So Long, So Wrong
06. Empty Hearts
07. Every Time You Say Goodbye
08. Wish I Still Had You
09. Broadway
10. Baby, Now That I've Found You
11. Sawing Of The Strings
12. Restless
13. When You Say Nothing At All
14. A Living Prayer

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