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Alison Krauss & Union Station
"New Favorite"
© Rounder Records
Year of Release: 2001
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track listing
Let Me Touch You For Awhile
The Boy Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn
The Lucky One
Shoctaw Hayride
Crazy Faith
Momma Cried
I'm Gone
Daylight
Bright Sunny South
Stars
It All Comes Down To You
Take Me For Longing
New Favorite
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Alison Krauss & Union Station "New Favorite"
It's amazing throughout all the years Alison Krauss has been in music, she, nor with her group
Union Station, have yet to achieve a #1 song on the Country chart. Another upset was not seeing her
duet with Brad Paisley, never reached #1 either. However, she and her group
participated on the soundtrack of O Brother, Where Art Thou, an album that not only defined
great Bluegrass music, it would reach #1 on the Album chart for more than one week.
Alison Krauss & Union Station marks their debut on WSVNRadio.net this week, with their
2001 release, New Favorite. An album that truly stands out in great Bluegrass and
Country music.
Most of today's Country has the Pop feel, yet Alison Krauss defines good
Country and Bluegrass, and keeps it up-to-date, as heard on the opening track,
"Let Me Touch You For Awhile." Not only that, it's nice to hear another
member of Krauss' group taking the lead vocal. Guitarist Dan Tyminski sings lead
on three songs, another guitarist, Ron Block, sings on one.
Tyminski keeps the Bluegrass feel alive with his songs, "The Boy Who Wouldn't
Hoe Corn," "Momma Cried," (probably his best song of the three), and "Bright
Sunny South." "Choctaw Hayride" is an upbeat Bluegrass instrumental.
Ron Block gets the lead on "It All Comes Down To You." It's almost as if
you couldn't tell the difference between the two male singers, although Ron Tyminski
would probably be the better choice, having three songs compared to Block's one.
All in all, both of their vocals could easily fit the "O Brother mold.
Alison Krauss' voice and the great instrumention of Union Krauss fills out the
rest of the album: "The Lucky One" is very well done; "Crazy Faith"
blends well with the whole band's vocals, and instrumentation. "I'm Gone"
has a moody, sad feel, as the title of the songs states. "Daylight"< returns
the pleasant Alison Krauss/Union Station style; "Stars" is a very soft, pretty,
easy song. "Take Me For Longing" has the typical upbeat Bluesgrass tempo.
The title track is another soft, easy feeling tune.
New Favorite is a great album to relax to. It's pleasant with the slower
paced songs, and the upbeat Bluegrass songs define a true Bluegrass style and texture.
Alison Krauss' music is great -- all Country and Bluegrass fans will enjoy her music,
if they haven't been exposed to it yet. And please, let's see a #1 somewhere in her
name, continuing her fantastic career.
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