Alison Krauss - Now That I've Found You: Collection
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Free Music Review: Now That I've Found You
Hit: 5 Stars
Covering some of her finest moments of the first decade or so of her career, "Now That I've Found You" IS the place for the novice fan to start with this talented lady. This compilation album includes three new songs as well as four others that only appeared on tribute albums (not on any of Alisons' albums). Whether she's with her Union Station band or not, Krauss always hits on all cylinders. Her vocals are dynamic and emotional, yet soft and not over-the-top. She has a deep care for keeping her personality and distictiveness in the music, and one cannot overlook her great instrumental talent (fiddle). Tired of female vocalists substituting volume for emotion in their singing? You have come to the right place! Alison and her backing musicians will blow you away on this recording! The title track and *In The Palm of Your Hand* are wonderfull cover songs and Ms. Krauss' bluegrass-pop reworking of *When You Say Nothing At All* is every bit as enjoyable as Keith Whitley's original. Also, listen for the country-blues instrumental work on *Oh, Atlanta* and *When God Dips His Pen of Love in My Heart*. My favorite Alison Krauss song is the lamenting *Everytime You Say Goodbye*. It has a beautiful melody that starts off with a bouncy mandolin and banjo and then slides into a rich fiddle solo. "And your words just are like arrows through my heart, everytime you say goodbye" is one of my favorite lyrics of all-time.
The entire album is played to a light, if not non-existent percussion backbeat. Alison does a crafty job of refreshing bluegrassy music while blending in touches of pop and folk. Add in her top-notch vocals, unique phrasing and fiddling and you've got an artist who has certainly carved out a niche of their own. This album will leave you craving for more and luckily AK has put out a good 7 or 8 other records. Highly recommended!
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Free Music Review: A Pure Delight!
Hit: 5 Stars
I can't describe how wonderful this recording is, but I'll try. Whether you like bluegrass or not, if you appreciate good singing, good playing, and wonderful melodies, this CD is for you. Many people have talked about how relaxing, soothing and peaceful (not to mention fun!) this collection is. It's that and more. These are songs that you will find yourself singing, humming, and thinking about after just a few listens. Alison does a wide range of covers, including the title track from the Foundations, a song by Bad Company ("Oh Atlanta"), and a wonderful version of the Beatles' "I Will." Now about Alison Krauss...You can read here and in many other places about the enormous talent Alison has been blessed with. That is obvious in the initial hearing of the CD. I appreciate the talent, but even more I appreciate the love that she has for music. I've seen and heard many performers in several different genres of music, but it is becoming a true rarity to encounter artists who really, truly love what they do. You can tell that Alison Krauss (and Union Station) has a geniune joy in doing what she does. It comes across in the music. That joy of singing, performing, communicating with an audience is sadly lacking with most artists today. Too many artists (some who once had this joy and lost it somewhere along the way) are in music for all the wrong reasons...money, fame, you name it. Krauss will have none of it. She still records for Rounder Records, a relatively small label, even though she's had offers from the big labels. She refuses to perform in big arena concerts because she would lose the close connection she has with her audience. I admire her for her decisions and for her love of her craft. Take one listen to this CD and I think you'll agree.
Free Music Review: The start of the bluegrass revival
Hit: 5 Stars
What makes this so special is the purity of Alison's voice and the quality of the music, some of which features Alison as instrumentalist as well as vocalist. Even though most of the songs are covers, they sound fresh and exciting.The tracks are taken from various sources, including one from each of her own albums, but also including three previously unreleased tracks, plus other tracks that had not appeared on her albums. Even if you've got all Alison's other albums, you'll need this.
The set begins with a cover of the sixties pop hit, Baby now that I've found you. You may remember the original - a somewhat sad lyric but a very upbeat tune, which was a UK number one hit for the Foundations. Alison slows the song right down, in keeping with the lyrics.
The final track is a cover of When you say nothing at all, recorded for Keith Whitley's tribute album. This is a song that has spawned a number of covers, including Irish versions by Boyzone (who had a big British hit with it) and Frances Black. Even Frances cannot improve on Alison's version.
Between those two tracks are many other brilliant songs, including I will (from the Beatles' white album), Teardrops will kiss the morning dew (even better than the Billie Jo Spears version, which I think was the original) and the Lovin Brothers' I don't believe you've met my baby, later covered by Dolly on her Little sparrow album.
The O brother soundtrack, the various O sister compilations inspired by it and Dolly Parton's recent albums have all helped to increase the popularity of bluegrass, but this compilation pre-dates all of them and it was hugely successful. In any case, Alison herself appears on most of those other albums. So this is an important album in any collection of bluegrass music.
Free Music Review: Another Stunning release!
Hit: 5 Stars
Alison Krauss's voice is beautiful, haunting, and full of passion and emotion. Alison and Union Station are set apart from other musicians. Their virtuosity and ability to convey their emotions through their instruments is one of their trademarks. This release is no different and will not disappoint fans of Alison and Union Station!. Although this release was intended to bring Alison's beautiful voice into the forefront. Up until this point, Alison was known as a fantastic fiddle player, but her voice was overlooked due to the fact that she sang background vocals with the early version of Union Station. This release introduced Alison to the world and people began to take notice of her angelic voice!. There are some familiar tunes like Broadway, Baby, Now That I've Found You, Oh Atlanta and Every Time You Say Goodbye. Alison does all those songs well, but it's the lesser known tracks that stand out. I Will an old Beatles song, and Sleep On from Alison's debut Too Late To Cry stand out as one of the gems on this disc. In The Palm Of Your Hand is beautiful as is When You Say Nothing At All one of my favorites and I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby. All the songs are winners! this disc has something for everyone from the country infused Sleep On to the more religious fare When God Dips His Pen of Love in My Heart and Palm Of Your Hand. Alison does justice to all of these songs and the covers are outstanding. If you enjoy this collection, you may also enjoy Alison's previous works. This is a must have for any Alison Krauss fan!.Free Music Review: Stop here, this is the Alison Krauss album you want
Hit: 5 Stars
If you're just now reading a review of this six-year-old album you're probably a non-bluegrass fan like me who has just stumbled on Alison Krauss' amazing voice (thank you Coen brothers). So you're clicking through reviews to get a feel for an album that might appeal to you, well stop here - this is the one you're after.As the title says this is a collection. It's perfectly paced from song to song and gives a full view of the range of AK's talent. There's bluegrass and standards and even gospel. For me the highlight of the album is the relatively obscure and simple Beatles song "I Will", AK's treatment of this just breaks your heart. The title song never sounded better anywhere, in fact I never cared for it until I heard it here. And Alison's classic "Every time you say Goodbye" makes bluegrass fans out of us non-believers. It's hard to leave a song out of the review, I find myself humming the pure bluegrass "Teardrops Will Kiss the Morning Dew" as I type.
Not a dull moment on this CD, not a song not to like. Alison's confident yet sweet soprano puts life and warmth in every song and she's backed on most songs by the talented Union Station and by her own incredible fiddle.
So you can stop sifting through the reviews, this is the Alison Krauss ablum you're looking for. This album may help you, like it has me, discover a delightful slice of American music you've been missing.