Alison Krauss

Classic Americana Albums: Alison Krauss and Union Station “Paper Airplane”

December 22, 2021 Russell Murphy 0

One sign of a truly great artist is the ability to make an album of Grammy winning quality when already several years into a recording career, which itself included significant solo success, as well as with […]

Down In The Flood – A Year of Tracks

December 21, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

If 2020 saw a lot of shared songs then 2021 took that to an even higher level – and the reasons are surely the same: more home time due to the inability to tour much, and […]

Our top ten americana albums of 2021 – Part One

December 20, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

Well it’s been a long year by anyone’s standards but as a form of group therapy, we decided for the first time in years to try and come up with a list of our favourite albums […]

The Unsung Heroes of Americana – The Mandolin

December 10, 2021 Tim Martin 1

In what is the penultimate article in our Unsung Heroes of Americana series, Tim Martin talks us through the basics of that great Americana instrument, The Mandolin. Calling the Mandolin “unsung” is maybe stretching things a […]

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss “Raise The Roof”

December 1, 2021 Paul Kerr 0

Rock god and Bluegrass star come up with another winner. Coming just 14 years after the award-winning and double platinum-selling ‘Raising Sand’, one certainly can’t accuse Robert Plant and Alison Krauss of cashing in on that […]