Alison Maria Krauss (born July 23, 1971) is an American bluegrass-country singer, songwriter and fiddler.
She entered the music industry at an early age, winning local contests by the age of ten and recording for the first time at fourteen.
She signed with Rounder Records in 1985 and released her first solo album in 1987.
She was invited to join the band with which she still performs, Alison Krauss and Union Station (AKUS), and later released her first album with them as a group in 1989.
She has released fourteen albums, appeared on numerous soundtracks, and helped renew interest in bluegrass music in the United States.
Her soundtrack performances have led to further popularity, including the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack, an album also credited with raising American interest in bluegrass, and the Cold Mountain soundtrack, which led to her performance at the 2004 Academy Awards.
As of 2012, she has won 27 Grammy Awards from 41 nominations, making her the most awarded living recipient, and three back of the most honoured artist, classical conductor Sir Georg Solti.[1]
She is also the most awarded singer and the most awarded female artist in Grammy history.[2]
At the time of her first award, at the 1991 Grammy Awards, she was the second youngest winner ever (currently tied as third youngest).
Biography
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 Alison Krauss at MerleFest, 2007 |
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| Background information | |||
| Born | July 23, 1971 Decatur, Illinois, US |
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| Occupations | Musician, Songwriter, Producer, Bandleader | ||
| Instruments | Vocals, Fiddle, Viola, Piano | ||
| Years active | 1984–present | ||
| Labels | Rounder | ||
| Associated acts | Dan Tyminski, Robert Plant, John Waite, Rhonda Vincent, Dolly Parton, Brad Paisley, Ricky Skaggs, Vince Gill, Jerry Douglas, Ron Block | ||
| Website | AlisonKrauss.com | ||
Alison Maria Krauss[3] was born in Decatur, Illinois.
Her parents are Fred and Louise Krauss[4].
Krauss was raised in Champaign, Illinois.
She began studying classical violin at age five but soon switched to bluegrass.
Krauss said she first became involved with music because "[my] mother tried to find interesting things for me to do" and "wanted to get me involved in music, in addition to art and sports".[5]
At the age eight she started entering local talent contests, and at ten she had her own band.
At 13 she won the Walnut Valley Festival Fiddle Championship,[6] and the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass in America named her the "Most Promising Fiddler in the Midwest".[7]
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.[8]
1985–1991: Early career
Krauss made her recording debut in 1985 on the independent album, Different Strokes, featuring her brother Viktor, Swamp Weiss and Jim Hoiles.From the age of 12 she performed with bassist and songwriter John Pennell in a band called "Silver Rail", replacing their previous fiddler Andrea Zonn.[9]
Pennell later changed the band's name to Union Station after another band was discovered with the name Silver Rail.[10]
Pennell remains one of her favorite songwriters[11] and wrote some of her early work including the popular "Every Time You Say Goodbye".
Later that year she signed to Rounder Records, and in 1987, at 16, she released her debut album Too Late to Cry with Union Station as her backup band.[12]
Krauss' debut solo album was followed shortly by her first group album with Union Station in 1989 Two Highways.[13]
The album includes the traditional tunes, Wild Bill Jones and Beaumont Rag, along with a bluegrass interpretation of The Allman Brothers' "Midnight Rider".
Krauss' contract with Rounder required her to alternate between releasing a solo album and an album with Union Station, and she released the solo album I've Got That Old Feeling in 1990.
It was her first album to rise onto the Billboard charts, peaking in the top seventy-five on the country chart.
The album also was a notable point in her career as she earned her first Grammy Award, the single "Steel Rails" was her first single tracked by Billboard, and the title single "I've Got That Old Feeling" was the first song, for which she recorded a music video.
Source: Wikipedia.org
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