艾莉森·克劳斯
艾莉森·克劳斯(Alison Krauss)1971年7月23日生于伊利诺伊州迪尔莱克（Decatur, IL）。
Alison Krauss这个女歌手从走上音乐道路时就是乡村音乐界最耀眼也最被期待的明星，她一直跟蓝草风格的Union Station乐队合作到现在。5岁开始学习小提琴及古典音乐。在14岁那年，Alison Krauss跟Rounder唱片公司签约，并在两年后发行了个人的第一张专辑唱片，紧接着她人生的第一次辉煌就来到了，年仅18岁的Alison Krauss获得了流行音乐界的重要奖项－－葛莱美奖。而长期以来她在乡村音乐上的努力，当然也使得这个女歌手在音乐素质和演唱实力方面有着相当杰出的表现，所以在得到第一座葛莱美以后，Alison Krauss就成为了这个奖项上的常客，并获得了所有人的认同，这也是对她个人的一种实质的肯定。
Rounder唱片公司在克劳斯14岁时与她签约。随着事业的发展，她作为好歌的制作人、编排人和发掘人的技能日趋成熟。1987年，她以专辑《哭泣无济于事》开始了音乐生涯；1989年，她将她的联合车站乐队借专辑《两条高速公路》推了出来。1995年乐队发行专辑《我终于找到了你》，创造了蓝草音乐销量的历史，达到双白金销量。她以后的3个专辑，包括1999年带有流行风格的独唱专辑《忘了它》，销量都达到了黄金档50万张。乐队2002年现场演唱专辑《现场》达到白金销量。
但是，对于才华横溢的Alison Krauss来说，仅仅在演唱方面获得辉煌的成绩显然不会满足，因此她也把事业发展的范围扩大到了幕后制作，担任唱片的制作人，她为Nickel Creek制作过两张专辑，为Cox Family制作了三张专辑，还为Reba McEntire制作了一首单曲《Sweet Music Man》。
很多乡村流行歌手在专辑中总会演唱几首福音歌曲，甚至发行整张福音专辑，从最红的Garth Brooks到经典的Kenny Rogers、Alabama、Billy Gilman、Faith Hill、LeAnn Rimes等等，都会有一大堆比如《Unanswered Prayers》、《Angels Among Us》这样与宗教有关的作品，Alison Krauss当然也不例外，除了在电影《O brother where art you》中的精彩演唱外，她还有一张《I Know Who Holds Tomorrow》，这张专辑把许多古老的乡村福音歌曲重新翻唱，传统气息十足有不失现代流行音乐的精致感觉，是宗教音乐进入流行音乐的教科书。由于Alison Krauss在音乐创作上的努力，以及她对音乐流派本身并没有什么特别的限制，所以除了乡村和福音歌曲之外，她甚至参与马友友的跨界音乐专辑的演出，由此可见这位女歌手广阔的音乐视野。而这样开阔包容的胸襟也让Alison Krauss的音乐就算是纯粹的乡村歌曲专辑，也充满了不同元素的冲击。
在《Live》这张现场专辑中就能够具体的感受到Alison Krauss与其搭档Union Station乐队间的默契，面对现在的年轻人很少接触的乡村歌曲，他们展现出了相当的热情，透过更加现代而且活泼的歌曲演绎，让这张专辑的气氛十分热烈，Alison Krauss说她想让所有人知道，原来乡村歌曲的可能性竟然如此的无边无际。至于Union Station乐队，他们和Alison Krauss的合作时间超过了十年，四名成员分别是担任主唱以及原声吉他演奏的Dan Tyminsky，和另外三名成员Barry Bales、Ron Block和Jerry Douglas。由于主唱Dan Tyminsky具有十分浑厚的嗓音基础，并且在他个人的演唱生涯中也获得过不少乡村歌曲演唱奖项的肯定，所以在这张《Live》中，他与Alison Krauss也有相当精彩的对唱，两人间的默契让歌曲的情感有了更完整的诠释。
听Alison Krauss唱歌恍如站在轻风吹拂大草原上享受和煦的阳光，《Let Me Touch You For Awhile》、《The Lucky One》等曲子反复听几十遍都觉得时间过得太快，孤独，而且最好有点寂寞的时候适合欣赏Alison Krauss，内在的、外在的、氛围都很安静。Alison单薄而清亮的歌声时而欢喜昂扬，时而抑郁低吟，很简单的音乐，很平实地唱着生活中的点点滴滴。这是一种不愠不火，温暖却忧郁，柔美又坚强的，一种舒服得令人掉泪的感动。
除了与知名艺术家合作制作特别专辑外，克劳斯经常被邀参加电影配乐。最值得关注的是她参加了2000年电影《兄弟》插曲的录制工作。其他电影和电视剧的配乐她也多有参与。在2003年的电影《冷山》中，克劳斯与摇滚音乐家斯汀合作录制了插曲《你会成为我的挚爱》，克劳斯还为该片演唱了另一首插曲。《你会成为我的挚爱》获得奥斯卡奖提名。到2007年，克劳斯共赢得了21项格莱美奖，她也成为迄今为止历史上获格莱美奖次数最多的女艺人。
大提琴家马友友、低音大提琴家艾格麦尔和小提琴手马克欧康诺携手合作，专辑最大的不同在于结合流行的音乐新概念，并且请到著名的美国民谣歌手“Alison Krauss“艾莉森克劳斯(曾与Union Station合作“When You Say Nothing At All“一曲，后为“男孩特区“主唱“罗南“重新诠释，并成为电影“新娘百分百“主题曲)前来共襄盛举。“睡吧,我的宝贝“(Slumber, My Darling) 由艾莉森克劳斯诠释，仿佛晨曦的第一道曙光，为世界绽放希望。
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Alison Krauss
对于Alison Krauss来说,音乐上的合作已经成为了生命的一部分.当然,她的故事里,最不缺少的就是惊喜:早早便与Rounder Records签约,14岁赢得Illinois州的小提琴比赛冠军,20年以来,她不但一直是现代兰草音乐界中最广为人知的面孔,也是一个把现代风格带入兰草的广受好评的艺人.不负盛名的,Krauss一直与像例如和兰草先驱者Tony Rice一样的大师保持合作,为了拓宽视野,也与the Cox Family, Nickle Creek之类的乐队合作过,并且乐意向他们提供帮助(比如担任出品人).
在她的第12张专辑,A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection里, 收录了与她的朋友兼合作者们 Brad Paisley(Whiskey Lullaby), John Waite(Missing You 和 Lay Down Beside Me), James Taylor(How's the World Treating You), Natalie MacMaster 和 The Chieftains(Molly Ban)共同演唱的歌曲, 同时收录了Alison 为电影 Cold Mountain(冷山),O Brother, Where Art Thou?(兄弟你在哪)和Prince Of Egypt(埃及王子)录制的歌曲.她与John Waite重新演唱的歌曲Missing You被西雅图邮报描述为"完美的合作者"与"炽热的Alison Krauss"的合作.她也在专辑里收录5首新单曲,包括Don Williams的深情慢舞曲“Lay Down Beside Me”.与另一位Rounder Records的主打歌手John Waite一起,创造了意义远远不止是一个选集的唱片.16首歌曲组成A Hundred Milesor More: A Collection优雅的找到了传统与现代之间的平衡点,并勾勒出了这位敢于创新的歌手的形象---把她的过去记录下来的同时,也呈现了Alison现在正在制作的令人难忘的单曲.
在Alison Krauss 和她的合作乐队Union Station于2006年巡演的间隙中,她又开始探索新的音乐领域.芝加哥太阳报把2006年Alison 与Alan Jackson发行的唱片Like Red on a Rose形容为"大师名作".该唱片把Alan Jackson这位销量王牌从他所熟悉的风格中,拉到了一个尤其被人喜欢与Frank Sinatra的歌所比较的温柔,亲近的音乐环境中.纽约时报(The New York Times)将其形容为"一张听起来毫不乡村但风格极其乡村的专辑".与Alan合作过后,Alison Krauss为新的精选集录制了5首新歌, 并与长时间合作的Gary Paczosa重新混录了几首旧歌. 当其他音乐的新机会到来时,她把机会带到了工作中---作为和声和小提琴手嘉宾参加其他演出.去年12月,她前往华盛顿特区与Suzanne Cox(来自the Cox Family) 和Cheryl White(来自the vocal trio The Whites)演出向Dolly Parton致敬,表演的是Dolly Parton的经典歌曲"Jolene" 和“My Tennessee Mountain Home”.
Krauss与Union Station合作的最新专辑Lonely Runs Both Ways 使她达到了20项格莱美奖的里程碑.专辑奖项包括2005年年度最佳乡村专辑,最佳乡村乐器演奏(Unionhouse Branch),最佳乡村演唱(Restless),同时还获得了好几项美国乡村协会奖奖项---包括年度音乐事件(与Brad Paisley合唱的“Whiskey Lullaby”).国际蓝草音乐协会几次颁予殊荣---她与James Taylor合唱Louvin Brothers的歌曲Livin’, Lovin’, Losin’和“How’s the World Treating You,”.她为电影冷山所唱歌曲“The Scarlet Tide” 和 “You Will Be My Ain True Love” (由Sting 演唱和声)2004年获奥斯卡提名.
除了这些数不清的赞誉,更让人惊叹的是,Alison Krauss 作为一个自由音乐人的坚定想法,给她带来了许多远比固定音乐流派乐师更大的成功. 她可以在流行,主流乡村,草根音乐间自由转换,创造了完美无暇的唱片,吸引了各种各样的听众. Krauss会继续按照老方法过下去:"跟随她的内心和音乐带给她的路走下去"
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ALISON KRAUSS
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. She has also managed to sell over 10 million records and garner 26 Grammy® Awards, the most for any female artist in Grammy® history. 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.
Krauss' latest musical collaboration,Raising Sand, is an astonishing album recorded in tandem with rock vocalist and songwriter Robert Plant. Released on Rounder on October 23, 2007,Raising Sandis their first recorded endeavor, and will prove revelatory to fans and the media on two counts: first that it happened at all, and, more importantly, that is is as successful an illuminating as it is.
Under the careful sonic stewardship of producer T Bone Burnett,Raising Sandis pitched three steps beyond some cosmic collision of early urban blues, spacious West Texas country, and teh unrealized potential of the folk-rock revolution. Shockingly evocative, it is an album that uncovers popular music's elemental roots while sounding effortlessly, breath-takingly modern. Despite hailing from distinctly different backgrounds, Plant and Krauss share a maverick spirit and willingness to extend the boundaries of their respective genres.Raising Sandfinds Plant and Krauss functioning as sympathetic equals: creating a powerful new sound from both their common music ground and their unrivaled sense of empathy.
Just before the release ofRaising Sand, Krauss releasedA Hundred Miles or More: A Collection, an elegantly understated disc with 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 filmsCold Mountain, O Brother, Where Art Thou?and an “inspired by” album for the animatedThe Prince Of Egypt. Already making its way to radio is the remake of Waite’s “Missing You,” which theSeattle Post-Intelligencerhas 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 Moregracefully balances the new with the familiar to form a vivid portrait of this adventurous artist, chronicling the places she’s been and showcasing the hauntingly beautiful solo work Krauss is making right now.
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 Jackson’s 2006 release,Like Red on a Rose, which theChicago Sun-Timesdeclared “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 Sinatra’sIn the Wee Small Hours. The New York Timesdescribed 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 Parton’s 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).
Krauss has won an extraordinary 26 Grammy® awards, the most of any female artist in the history of the Grammy's. Most recently she won 6 for her collaboration with Robert Plant,Raising Sand, which won the prestigious Album Of The Year, and Record Of The Year (for "Please Read The Letter") honors. She’s 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 Paisley’sMud on the Hilland reprised onA Hundred Miles or More. The International Bluegrass Music Association Awards have honored her on several occasions, most recently forLivin’, Lovin’, Losin’ – Songs of the Louvin Brothers, which features her duet with James Taylor, “How’s the World Treating You,” also included on the new album. The two tracks she cut for theCold Mountainsoundtrack, “The Scarlet Tide” and “You Will Be My Ain True Love” (with Sting on harmony vocals) were nominated for Oscars in 2004.
More impressive, however, than any of these accolades has been Krauss’s unwavering commitment to being an independent-label artist who has succeeded far beyond the scope of many major-label artists. She’s 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 tak
Albums-Rounder Records
Rounder专辑记录
A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection (2007)
Lonely Runs Both Ways (2005) RIAA certified Gold 美国唱片协会金奖
Live (2002) RIAA certified double Platinum 美国唱片协会双白金奖
New Favorite (2001) RIAA certified Gold 美国唱片协会金奖
Forget About It (1999) RIAA certified Gold 美国唱片协会金奖
So Long So Wrong (1997) RIAA certified Gold美国唱片协会金奖
Now That I've Found You: A Collection (1995) RIAA certified double Platinum美国唱片协会双白金奖
I Know Who Holds Tomorrow with The Cox Family (1994)
Every Time You Say Goodbye (1992)
I've Got That Old Feeling (1990)
Two Highways (1989)
Too Late To Cry (1987)
Country Music Association Awards
乡村音乐协会奖
Video of the Year "Whiskey Lullaby" with Brad Paisley (2004) 年度最佳音乐录像
Musical Event of the Year "Whiskey Lullaby" with Brad Paisley (2004) 年度音乐灵魂人物
Album of the Year O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack (Lost Highway) (2001) 年度最佳专辑
Female Vocalist of the Year (1995) 年度最美女声
Horizon Award (1995) 年度新人
Single of the Year "When You Say Nothing At All" (Keith Whitley Tribute Album/ BNA Records) (1995) 年度最佳单曲
Vocal Event of the Year "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart" with Shenandoah (Capitol Records) (1995) 年度最佳合唱
Grammy Awards
格莱美
Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals "Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On)" from Raising Sand (Rounder) (2007) 最佳流行音乐合作奖
Best Country Album Lonely Runs Both Ways (Rounder) (2006) 最佳乡村音乐专辑
Best Country Performance by Duo or Group with Vocal "Restless" from Lonely Runs Both Ways (Rounder) (2006) 最佳乡村二重唱/合唱表演奖
Best Country Instrumental Performance "Unionhouse Branch" from Lonely Runs Both Ways (Rounder) (2006) 最佳乡村乐器演奏
Best Bluegrass Album Live (Rounder) (2003) 最佳蓝草音乐专辑
Best Country Instrumental Performance "Cluck Old Hen" (Rounder) (2003) 最佳乡村乐器演奏
Best Country Collaboration with Vocals "How's The World Treating You" w/ James Taylor from Livin', Lovin', Losin' - Songs of the Louvin Brothers (Universal South) (2003) 最佳乡村合唱
Best Contemporary Folk Album as Producer for Nickel Creek's This Side (2002) 最佳爵士专辑制作人
Album of the Year O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2001) 年度最佳专辑
Best Bluegrass Album New Favorite (Rounder) (2001) 年度最佳蓝草专辑
Country Performance Duo or Group "The Lucky One" (2001) 最佳乡村/乐队组合
Country Collaboration with Vocals for "Same Old Train" from Tribute To Tradition (Columbia) (1998) 最佳乡村合唱
Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for "Looking In the Eyes of Love" (Rounder) (1997) 最佳乡村/乐队组合合唱
Country Instrumental Performance for "Little Liza Jane" (Rounder) (1997) 最佳乡村乐器演奏
Best Bluegrass Album So Long So Wrong (Rounder) (1997) 最佳蓝草专辑
Country Collaboration with Vocals for "High Lonesome Sound" with Vince Gill (MCA) (1996) 最佳乡村合唱
Female Country Vocal Performance for "Baby, Now That I've Found You" (Rounder) (1995) 最佳女乡村歌手
Country Collaboration with Vocals for "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart" with Shenandoah (Capitol Records) (1995) 最佳乡村合唱
Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album for I Know Who Holds Tomorrow with The Cox Family (Rounder) (1994) 最佳南方，乡村或蓝草福音音乐专辑
Bluegrass Recording for Every Time You Say Goodbye (Rounder) (1992) 最佳蓝草录音
Bluegrass Recording for I've Got That Old Feeling (Rounder) (1990) 最佳蓝草录音
她与大名鼎鼎的摇滚教父Robert Plant的合作更是无懈可击，为她赢得了格莱美的四项大奖，其中富有盛名的有：rich woman; stick with me baby;fortune teller等，还有自己的电台