Sunday, February 8, 2009

raising sand

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss: Raising Sand

Raising Sand is a spellbinding collaboration between two great and truly unique voices, produced by the legendary T-Bone Burnett. Don't just take our word for it though...

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Title:Eye To Eye: Plant, Krauss Duet Description:"Only On The Web:" Katie Couric speaks with notorious British  Led Zeppelin rocker Robert Plant and American blue grass singer Alison Kraus about their unlikely, and successful, musical collaboration.Title:Robert Plant & Alison Krauss on the Mercury Prize nomination Description:Mercury Prize nominees Robert Plant and Alison Krauss talk about the album 'Raising Sand' and what it would mean to them if they win.Title:Robert Plant Talks about Dread Zeppelin! Description:Robert Plant Talks about Dread Zeppelin. Apparently he is a big fan of the band. I always go the bands website at http://www.dreadzeppelin.com to get the scoop. Out.Title:Brad Paisley & Alison Krauss - Whiskey Lullaby (live) Description:Brad Paisley & Alison Krauss - Whiskey Lullaby (live)Title:Alison Krauss  - When You Say Nothing At All Description:http://www.alisonkrauss.com/site.php<br />Alison Krauss Website<br /><br />For Alison Krauss, musical collaboration has been a way of life. Her own story, of course, has been nothing short of amazing: signed to Rounder Records as a precocious, 14 year-old fiddler from Champaign, Illinois, she has, over two decades, become the most recognized face in contemporary bluegrass and a critically acclaimed artist who has brought modern sophistication to the genre while respecting its traditions. Krauss has consistently worked to honor her influences, like contemporary bluegrass pioneer Tony Rice, to promote discoveries like the Cox Family and Nickel Creek and to offer her skills as producer for those artists and others, most recently, country star Alan Jackson.<br /><br />With her twelfth release, A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection, Krauss gathers on one elegantly understated disc several previously released collaborations with such artists and friends as Brad Paisley, John Waite, James Taylor, Natalie MacMaster and The Chieftains, along with songs she cut for the films Cold Mountain, O Brother, Where Art Thou? and an inspired by album for the animated The Prince Of Egypt. Already making its way to radio is the remake of Waites Missing You, which the Seattle Post-Intelligencer has called a killer duet with an incandescent Krauss. She also recorded and produced five new tracks, including a soulful slow-dance tempo of Don Williams Lay Down Beside Me with Rounder Records label-mate Waite, to create something far more than just a compilation. With 16 songs, A Hundred Miles or More gracefully balances the new with the familiar to form a vivid portrait of this adventurous artist, chronicling the places shes been and showcasing the hauntingly beautiful solo work Krauss is making right now.<br /><br />While Union Station took a hiatus from touring for most of 2006, Krauss took full advantage of the down time to explore new musical horizons. Her production of Alan Jacksons 2006 release, Like Red on a Rose, which the Chicago Sun-Times declared a masterpiece, took the best-selling artist out of his familiar surroundings to create a moody, intimate song cycle that has been favorably compared to Frank Sinatras In the Wee Small Hours. The New York Times described it as a deeply country record that sounds nothing like a country record. Following the project with Jackson, she recorded the five new tracks for the collection release and worked with long time engineer Gary Paczosa to remix several of the other tracks. As other musical opportunities arose, she relished the opportunity to work, guesting as harmony vocalist or fiddler on several outside projects. Last December, she traveled to Washington, DC to salute Dolly Parton  no slouch herself in the bluegrass department  at the Kennedy Center Honors, performing Partons classics Jolene and My Tennessee Mountain Home with her friends Suzanne Cox (of the Cox Family) and Cheryl White (of the vocal trio The Whites).<br /><br />Krauss reached that extraordinary 20 Grammy® milestone when her last album with Union Station, Lonely Runs Both Ways, was named 2005s Best Country Album. It wasnt the only award she and her band-mates took home from the 48th Annual Grammys®: Unionhouse Branch garnered Best Country Instrumental Performance and Restless received the Best Country Performance by a Duo/Group Award. Shes also been on the receiving end of several Country Music Association Awards, including Musical Event of the Year for Whiskey Lullaby with Brad Paisley, originally released on Paisleys Mud on the Hill and reprised on A Hundred Miles or More. The International Bluegrass Music Association Awards have honored her on several occasions, most recently for Livin, Lovin, Losin  Songs of the Louvin Brothers, which features her duet with James Taylor, Hows the World Treating You, also included on the new album. The two tracks she cut for the Cold Mountain soundtrack, The Scarlet Tide and You Will Be My Ain True Love (with Sting on harmony vocals) were nominated for Oscars in 2004.<br /><br />More impressive, however, than any of these accolades has been Krausss unwavering commitment to being an independent-label artist who has succeeded far beyond the scope of many major-label artists. Shes been able to circulate freely within pop, mainstream country and roots music circles, creating impeccably produced records that appeal to an equally wide-ranging and inquisitive audience. Krauss has continued doing things the old-fashioned way: following her heart and whatever path the music takes her.
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Plant, Krauss rise with 'Raising Sand' at Grammys (CNN)
The unlikely alchemy of a hard-rock legend and a bluegrass superstar created Grammy gold Sunday night, as Robert Plant and Alison Krauss picked up five awards -- including album and record of the year -- for their work, "Raising Sand."

'Sand' named Grammy Album of the Year (UPI)
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Robert Plant and Alison Krauss's "Raising Sand" was named album of the year at the 51st annual Grammy Awards show in Los Angeles Sunday night.

Grammy; I vincitori: "Raising Sand" e "Viva la vida" (Il Riformista)
Miglior album e canzone dell'anno. Adele cantante rivelazione Los Angeles, 9 feb. (Apcom) - Cinque Grammy per Robert Plant e Alison Krauss questa notte a Los Angeles, nella cerimonia per la consegna dei premi nella cinquantunesima edizione. Il duo è il più premiato dell'anno.

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Plant, Krauss rise with 'Raising Sand' at Grammys - CNN  "Raising Sand" was produced by T Bone Burnett, whose production and oversight of the "O Brother, Where Art Thou" soundtrack won three awards -- including ...

Grammys on key, but also a bit offbeat - Los Angeles Times  "Raising Sand" won for album of the year and the evocative track "Please Read the Letter" claimed the prestigious record of the year honor. ...

Plant, Krauss album earns 5 Grammys; Coldplay, Lil Wayne have big ... - DetNews.com  A rock journeyman and his bluegrass muse led Sunday's ceremony as Robert Plant and Alison Krauss' 2007 collaboration "Raising Sand" won five trophies, ...

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