Post by Candice on Dec 10, 2004 10:12:21 GMT -5
ALISON KRAUSS AND UNION STATION:
"PASTURES OF PLENTY" FOR ROOTS MUSIC STARS AFTER 2ND GROUNDBREAKING WEEK
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES SET: GOOD MORNING AMERICA TOMORROW, CBS SATURDAY EARLY SHOW THIS SATURDAY, AND MORE
CONGRATS TO KRAUSS AND BAND ON GRAMMY NODS
Alison Krauss and Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas are set to perform songs from their hit album 'Lonely Runs Both Ways' (Rounder Records) on ABC's Good Morning America this Friday (December 10) and The CBS Saturday Early Show this Saturday (December 11). Next week, the band will tape performances for PBS' Charlie Rose and Sesame Street, and NPRÕs Morning Edition, with air dates to be announced.
The new Alison Krauss and Union Station album ÔLonely Runs Both WaysÕ (Rounder) continues its breakthrough commercial and critical success, with over 52,000 CDs scanned this past week. That number, and their 70,000+ debut week both dramatically outstrip the band's previous best single week sales. By way of comparison, Krauss and Union StationÕs last studio album, 2001's 'New Favorite' (also Rounder) debuted with 37,000 scans. ÔLonelyÕ is also currently the #1 downloaded country album on iTunes.
On December 5, Randy Lewis of The Los Angeles Times noted, "[Alison Krauss and Union Station] always seemed virtually incapable of a lapse in taste, whether in song selection, arrangements or execution, and that continues here... Krauss' crystalline voice takes on deeper, darker hues without sacrificing the honesty and vulnerability that have distinguished her work."
Also this week, Krauss was nominated for two Grammys: for Best Female Country Vocal ("You Will Be My Ain True Love" from the Cold Mountain Soundtrack) and Best Country Collaboration With Vocals (for Alison and Union StationÕs performance with Shania Twain of "Coat Of Many Colors" from 'Just Because I'm A Woman: Songs Of Dolly Parton').
For more information on Alison Krauss, please contact Matt Hanks [mhanks@shorefire.com] or Alexis Tedford [atedford@shorefire.com] at Shore Fire Media: 718.522.7171.
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