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Alison Krauss (born July 23, 1971Alison Krauss bio for Billboard.com. Retrieved 2006-06-05. in Decatur, Illinois) is an American bluegrass-country singer and fiddler. She entered the music industry at an early age, winning local contests by the age of ten and recording for the first time at fourteen. She signed with Rounder Records in 1985 and released her first solo album in 1987. She was invited to join the band with which she still performs, Alison Krauss and Union Station (AKUS), and later released her first album with them as a group in 1989.
She has released eleven albums, appeared on numerous soundtracks, and helped renew interest in bluegrass music in the United States. Her soundtrack performances have led to further popularity, including the Grammy-winning O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack, an album also credited with raising American interest in bluegrass, and the Cold Mountain soundtrack, which led to her performance at the 2004 Academy Awards. During her career she has won 27 Grammy Awards, making her the most awarded female artist (and the second most awarded artist overall, tied with Quincy Jones) in Grammy history.

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Alison Krauss was born in Decatur, Illinois to parents who were originally from Columbus, Mississippi. Krauss was raised in Champaign, Illinois.Alison Krauss: Singer of the Week for AskMen.com. Retrieved 2006-06-06. She began studying classical violin at five years of age but soon switched to bluegrass. Krauss said she first became involved with music because "my mother tried to find interesting things for me to do" and "wanted to get me involved in music, in addition to art and sports."GAC interview and article by Ronna Rubin for Great American Country June 19, 2006. Retrieved 2006-06-28. At age eight she started entering local talent contests, and at ten she had her own band. At 13 she won the Walnut Valley Festival Fiddle Championship, and the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass in America named her the Most Promising Fiddler in the Midwest. Krauss first met Dan Tyminski around 1984 at a festival held by the Society. Every current member of her band, Union Station, first met her at these festivals.Interview with Alison Krauss and Dan Tyminski for The Collection on Great American Country, originally broadcast on June 28, 2006. Retrieved 2006-06-28.
Krauss made her recording debut in 1985 on the independent album, Different Strokes, featuring her brother Viktor, Swamp Weiss, and Jim Hoiles. From the age of 12 she performed with bassist and songwriter John Pennell in a band called "Silver Rail". Pennell later formed Union Station,Interview with Alison Krauss and Dan Tyminski on GAC Nights for Great American Country originally broadcast on June 27, 2006. Retrieved 2006-06-28. and Krauss joined at his invitation,UCSB Arts -anddocsymbol- Lectures and Sings Like Hell present the acclaimed Americana group Alison Krauss + Union Station at the Arlington Theatre by Susan Gwynne for UCSB Arts -anddocsymbol- Lectures October 28, 2003. Retrieved 2006-06-07. replacing their previous fiddler Andrea Zonn.MUSIC; Country, With Twang and Pop for The New York Times by Robbie Wolvier on April 30, 2000. Retrieved 2006-07-08. Pennell remains one of her favorite songwritersNew Favorite by Kerry Dexter for Dirty Linen #102 October/November 2002. Retrieved 2006-06-07. and wrote some of her early work including the popular "Every Time You Say Goodbye." Later that year she signed to Rounder Records, and in 1987, at 16, she released her debut album Too Late to Cry. with Union Station as her backup band.Alison Krauss bio by Stephen Thomas Erlwine for Allmusic, hosted by MTV.com. Retrieved 2006-06-25.

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Krauss' debut solo album was followed shortly by her first group album with Union Station in 1989  Two Highways.Alison Krauss CMT bio for CMT.com. Retrieved 2006-06-06. Many traditional bluegrass numbers appeared on the album,Two Highways for LP Discography. Retrieved 2006-06-07. along with a bluegrass interpretation of The Allman Brothers' "Midnight Rider."Midnight Rider on Second Hand Songs. Retrieved 2006-06-07. Krauss' contract with Rounder required her to alternate between releasing a solo album and an album with Union Station,AKUS for Last.fm. Retrieved 2006-06-11. and she released the solo album I've Got That Old Feeling in 1990. It was her first album to rise onto the Billboard charts, peaking in the top seventy-five on the country chart.Chart History performance for Alison Krauss by Billboard. Retrieved 2009-07-28. The album also was a notable point in her career as she earned her first Grammy Award, the single "Steel Rails" was her first single tracked by Billboard, and the title single "I've Got That Old Feeling" was the first song for which she recorded a music video.Alison Krauss at the Music Video Database. Retrieved 2006-06-11. Alison Krauss and Union Station performed at the 1989 Newport Folk Festival.
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Krauss' second Union Station album Everytime You Say Goodbye was released in 1992, and she went on to win her second Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album of the year. She then joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1993 at the age of 21. She was the youngest cast member at the time, and the first bluegrass artist to join the Opry in twenty-nine years.Alison Krauss for Opry.com. Retrieved 2006-06-12. She also collaborated on a project with the Cox Family in 1994, a bluegrass album called I Know Who Holds Tomorrow.I Know Who Holds Tomorrow on Amazon. Retrieved 2006-06-12. Mandolin and guitar player Dan Tyminski replaced Tim Stafford in Union Station in 1994.Dan Tyminski bio on AlisonKrauss.com. Retrieved 2006-06-07.
Now That I've Found You: A Collection, a compilation of older releases and some covers of her favorite works by other artists, was released in 1995. Some of these covers include Bad Company's "Oh Atlanta," The Foundations' "Baby, Now That I've Found You," which was used in the Australian hit comedy movie 'The Castle', and The Beatles' "I Will."Now That I've Found You on Rounder Records by Sidney Cox. Retrieved 2006-06-12. A cover of Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz's "When You Say Nothing at All" reached the top five on the Billboard country chart; the album peaked in the top fifteen on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart, and sold two million copies to become Krauss' first double-platinum album. Krauss also was nominated for four Country Music Association Awards and won all of them.
So Long So Wrong, another Union Station album, was released in 1997 and won the Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album. Some critics said it was "untraditional" and "likely to change quite a few . . . minds about bluegrass."So Long, So Wrong review by George Graham. "The Graham Weekly Album Review #1065" as broadcast on WVIA-FM April 16, 1997. Retrieved 2006-06-12. Included on the album is the track "It Doesn't Matter," which was featured in the second season premiere episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer"When She Was Bad," originally released September 15, 1997. Twentieth Century Fox and Joss Whedon. and was included on the Buffy soundtrack in 1999.Buffy soundtrack on Amazon. Retrieved 2006-06-12.
Her next solo release in 1999, Forget About It, included one of her two tracks to appear on the Billboard adult contemporary chart, "Stay." The album was certified gold, and charted within the top seventy-five of the Billboard 200 and in the top five of the country chart. In addition, the track "That Kind of Love" eventually became included in another episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer."Entropy," originally released April 30, 2002. Twentieth Century Fox and Joss Whedon. Krauss was married to Pat Bergeson from 1997 to 2001, and they have one son, Sam, who was born in July 1999.Alison Krauss biography from IMDb. Retrieved 2006-06-07.

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Adam Steffey  Union Station in 1998, and renowned Dobro player Jerry Douglas replaced him.Candace Asher press release by Candace Asher for CandaceAsher.com from September 2001. Retrieved 2006-06-06. Douglas had provided studio back-up to Krauss's records since 1987's Too Late To Cry. Their next album, New Favorite, was released on August 14, 2001.New Favorite on Amazon. Retrieved 2006-06-12. The album went on to win the Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album, with the single "The Lucky One" winning a Grammy as well. New Favorite was followed up by the double platinum double album Live in 2002 and a release of a DVD of the same live performance in 2003. Both the album and the DVD were recorded during a performance at The Louisville Palace.Live DVD on Amazon. Retrieved 2006-06-12.
Lonely Runs Both Ways was released in 2004, and eventually became another Alison Krauss -anddocsymbol- Union Station gold certified album. Ron Block described Lonely Runs Both Ways as "pretty much... what we've always done" in terms of song selection and the style in which those songs were recorded.Lonely Runs Both Ways bio from AlisonKrauss.net. Retrieved 2006-06-05. Krauss, on the other hand, believes the group "was probably the most unprepared we've ever been" for the album and that songs were chosen as needed rather than planned beforehand. She also performed a duet with Brad Paisley on his album Mud on the Tires in the single "Whiskey Lullaby." The single was quite successful, ranking in the top fifty of the Billboard Hot 100 and the top five of the Hot Country Songs, and won the Country Music Association Awards for "Best Musical Event" and "Best Music Video" of the year.
Krauss recorded a collaborative album, Raising Sand with Robert Plant in 2007 which would ultimately be RIAA certified platinum. Raising Sand was nominated for and won 5 Grammys at the 51st Grammy Awards including Album of the Year, Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album, and Record of the Year ("Please Read the Letter"). Krauss and Plant recorded a Crossroads special in October 2007 for the Country Music Television network which first aired on February 12, 2008. The pair are currently working on a new album.Rolling Stone: Robert Plant -anddocsymbol- Alison Krauss Working On "Raising Sand" Follow-Up. Retrieved 2009-07-28.

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Krauss has made multiple guest appearances on other records with lead vocals, harmony vocals, or fiddle playing. In 1993 she recorded vocals for the Phish song "If I Could" in Los Angeles.http://www.phish.com/bandhistory/index.php?year=1993 Phish - Band History. Retrieved 2009-12-10. In 1997 she contributed harmony vocals in both English and Irish to Irish traditional band Altan's Runaway Sunday album. She has contributed to numerous motion picture soundtracks, most notably the soundtrack O Brother, Where Art Thou? in 2000.O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack. Originally released by Lost Highway on December 5, 2000. She and co-vocalist Dan Tyminski contributed multiple tracks to the soundtrack, including "I'll Fly Away" (with Gillian Welch), "Down to the River to Pray", and "I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow."
In the film, Tyminski's vocals on "I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow" became the singing voice of George Clooney.O Brother, Why Art Thou So Popular? for BBC News on February 28, 2002. Retrieved 2006-06-25. The soundtrack sold over seven million copies and won the Grammy for Album of the Year in 2002.Shelf Life: Turning Points by Parke Puterbaugh for the Attache in February 2005. Retrieved 2006-06-05. The unexpected success of the album has been partially credited, as was Krauss herself,Alison Krauss on East Coast Entertainment. Retrieved 2006-06-24.Interview on NPR Morning Edition with Bob Edwards on February 15, 2002. Hosted here. Retrieved 2006-07-10. with bringing a new interest in bluegrass to the United States.Biography of Alison Krauss on Musicians Guide.com. Retrieved 2008-07-26. She has said, however, that she believes Americans already liked bluegrass and other less-heard musical genres, and that the film merely provided easy exposure to the music.AKUS Interview with PBS via the Wayback Machine May 3, 2002. Retrieved 2009-07-28. She did not appear in the movie, at her own request, as she was nine months pregnant during its filming.Interview on BarnesAndNoble.com August 14, 2001. Retrieved 2006-06-24.
In 2007, Krauss released the anthology A Hundred Miles Or More: A Collection which was a collection of soundtrack work, duets with artists such as John Waite, James Taylor, Brad Paisley and esteemed fiddle player Natalie MacMaster, and newer tracks. The album was very commercially successful, but was received with a lukewarm reception from critics. One of the tracks, "Missing You", a duet with Waite (and a cover of his hit single from 1984), was similarly received as a single. On August 11, television network Great American Country aired a one-hour special, "Alison Krauss: A Hundred Miles or More" based on the album and featured many of the album's duets and solo performances.
Other soundtracks for which Krauss has performed include Twister, The Prince of Egypt,The Prince of Egypt "Nashville" soundtrack. Originally released by One Way Records October 1, 2001. Eight Crazy Nights, Mona Lisa Smile, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Alias, Bambi II and Cold Mountain.Alison Krauss soundtrack info from the SoundtrackINFO project. Retrieved 2006-06-05. She also contributed the song "Jubilee" to the 2004 documentary Paper Clips. The Cold Mountain songs "The Scarlet Tide" by T-Bone Burnett and Elvis Costello, and "You Will Be My Ain True Love", by herself and Sting were nominated for an Academy Award, and she performed both songs at the 76th Academy Awards, the first one with Costello and Burnett and the other with Sting.Sting, Alison Krauss, Elvis Costello and T Bone Burnett to Perform at The seventy sixth Academy Awards by Toni Thompson for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences via the Wayback Machine on February 14, 2004. Retrieved 2009-07-28. She also worked as a producer for Nickel Creek on their debut self-titled album in 2000 and the follow-up This Side in 2002, which won Krauss her first Grammy as a music producer.

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Krauss's earliest musical experience was as an instrumentalist, though her style has grown to focus more on her vocals with a band providing most of the instrumentation. Musicians she enjoys include Lou Gramm of Foreigner and Paul Rodgers of Bad Company.Krauss cultivates bluegrass into crossover success by Neil Curry for CNN on November 16, 1999. Retrieved 2006-06-29.Krauss comes out on heavy metal for JAM! Music by Jane Stevenson. Retrieved 2006-06-27.Krauss still hanging on to eclectic style for the Los Angeles Times/Washington Post on October 13, 1997. Retrieved 2006-06-29. Krauss' family listened to "folk records" while she was growing up, but she had friends who exposed her to groups such as AC/DC, Carly Simon, The Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and ELO. She cites Dolly Parton, with whom she has since collaborated a number of times, as a major influence.Just Because I'm A Woman: Songs Of Dolly Parton tribute album liner notes. Retrieved 2007-07-11. Some credit Krauss and Union Station, at least partially, with a recent revival of interest in bluegrass music in the United States. Despite being together for nearly two decades and winning numerous awards, she said the group was "just beginning  now" (in 2002) because "in spite of all the great things that have happened for the band, she feels musically it's just really beginning." Although she alternates between solo releases and works with the band, she has said there is no difference in her involvement between the two.
As a group, AKUS have been called "American favourites," "world-beaters,"Review of Live for the BBC by Chris Jones. Retrieved 2006-06-15. and "the tightest band around."Review of Lonely Runs Both Ways for the BBC by Sue Keogh. Retrieved 2006-06-15. While they have been successful as a group, many reviews note Krauss still "remains the undisputed star and rock-solid foundation" and have described her as the "band's focus"Review of Lonely Runs Both Ways for Bluegrass Works by Ben Fitzgerald on 12/13/2006. Retrieved 2006-06-15. with an "angelic" voice that "flows like honey". Her work has been compared to that of the Cox Family, Bill Monroe, and Del McCoury, and has in turn been credited with influencing various "Newgrass" artists including Nickel Creek, for which she acted as record producer on two of their albums.Alison Krauss on FolkMusic. About by Kim Ruehl. Retrieved 2006-06-24. In addition to her work with Nickel Creek, she has acted as producer to the Cox Family, Reba McEntire,Alison Krauss on Harmony Ridge Music. Retrieved 2006-06-29. and Alan Jackson.Note on Krauss producing from Great American Country on May 10, 2006 citing The Tennessean. Retrieved 2006-06-26. Adam Sweeting of The Guardian has said Krauss and Union Station are "superb when they stick to hoedowns and hillbilly music, but much less convincing when they lurch towards the middle of the road,"Review of Lonely Runs Both Ways for The Guardian by Adam Sweeting on November 19, 2004. Retrieved 2006-06-15. and Blender magazine has said the "flavorless repertoire Krauss sings... steers her toward Lite FM".Review hosted on Metacritic originally from Blender magazine Jan/Feb 2005. Retrieved 2006-06-15. In addition, Q magazine and The Onion AV Club have said their newer releases are "pretty much the usual," and that although Krauss is generally "adventurous," these recent releases contain nothing to "alienate the masses".Review hosted on Metacritic originally from Q Magazine Sept. 2001 and The Onion AV Club. Retrieved 2006-06-15.

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Krauss generally sings as a sopranoOne and two reviews on CD Universe (for So Long So Wrong and Forget About It) and a third on Greenman Review (by David Kidney, of Live) all describing her voice as a soprano. Retrieved 2006-06-26. in a breathy yet penetrating style using little to no vibrato: her clear vocals have been described as "angelic". She has said her musical influences include J. D. Crowe, Ricky Skaggs, and Tony Rice.New Favorite by Kerry Dexter from Dirty Linen #102 Oct/Nov 02. Retrieved 2006-06-29. Many of her songs are described as sad,Sad songs, migraines don't get Alison Krauss down by David Veitch for JAM! Music. Retrieved 2006-06-27. and are often about love, especially lost love. Krauss herself has said of her song selection that she looks for "tunes that she can relate to" and "if they make you feel like crap, you oughta do 'em." Though she has a close involvement with her group and a long career in music, she rarely performs music she has written herself. She has also described her general approach to constructing an album as starting with a single song and selecting other tracks based on the first, to give the final album a somewhat consistent theme and mood."Krauss tends bluegrass revival" for JAM! Music by Mary Dickie of the Toronto Sun. Retrieved 2006-06-27. She most commonly performs in the bluegrass and country genres, though she has had two songs on the adult contemporary charts, has worked with rock artists such as Phish and Sting, and is sometimes said to stray into pop music.Review of New Favorite for The Graham Weekly Album Review #1250 by George Graham as broadcast on WVIA-FM 8/18/2001. Retrieved 2006-07-08.
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Krauss did not think she would make music videos at the beginning of her career, and after recording her first she was convinced it was so bad that she would never do another. Nonetheless, she has gone on to make further videos. Many of the first videos she saw were by bluegrass artists, although Dan Tyminski has noted that the video for Thriller was very popular at the time she was first exposed to music videos. She has made suggestions on the style or theme to some videos, though she tends to leave such decisions up to the director of the particular video. The group chooses directors by seeking out people who have previously directed videos bandmembers have enjoyed. The director for a video to "If I Didn't Know Any Better" from Lonely Runs Both Ways, for example, was selected because Krauss enjoyed work he had done with Def Leppard, and she wondered what he could do with their music. While style decisions are generally  to the various directors of the videos, many -including for "Restless", "Goodbye is All We Have", "New Favorite", and "If I Didn't Know Any Better"-follow a pattern. In all of these videos Krauss walks, sometimes interacting with other people, while the rest of the band follows her.
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Krauss has said she used to dislike working in the studio where she had to play the same song repeatedly, but has come to like studio work roughly the same as live stage performances. Her own favorite concert experiences include watching three Foreigner concerts during a single tour, a Dolly Parton concert, and a Larry Sparks concert.Interview with Krauss from the Alison Krauss + Union Station: Live DVD by Rounder Records released in 2003. She appeared on Austin City Limits in 1992 and opened the show in 1995 with Union Station.Alison Krauss on Austin City Limits from PBS from 1996 via the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2009-07-28. The New Favorite tour, after AKUS' album of the same name, was planned to start September 12, 2001 in Cincinnati, Ohio, but was delayed until September 28 in Savannah, Georgia following the September 11 terrorist attacksCOUNTRY BEAT: Alison Krauss, Wynonna Judd, Dolly Parton ... for MTV.com on September 17, 2001. Retrieved 2006-06-25. Krauss also took part in the Down from the Mountain tour in 2002, which featured many artists from the O Brother, Where Art Thou.Krauss, Loveless Among Down From The Mountain Headliners for MTV.com on October 17, 2001. Retrieved 2006-06-25.Down from the Mountain tour by Jim Durden for Tomlin Communications on July 20, 2002. Retrieved 2006-06-25. Down from the Mountain was followed by the Great High Mountain Tour, which was composed of musicians from both O Brother and Cold Mountain, including Krauss. She has also given several notable smaller performances including at Carnegie Hall (with the Grand Ole Opry),Carnegie Hall performance at Great American Country March 1, 2006. Retrieved 2006-06-26. on Lifetime Television in a concert of female performers,AKUS Fall television details on Shorefire on October 23, 2003 via the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2009-07-28. on the radio show A Prairie Home CompanionProgram details from Prairie Home Companion on May 1, 2006. Retrieved 2006-06-26. where she sang two songs not previously recorded on any of her albums,FAQ on PHC songs from AlisonKrauss.com. Retrieved 2006-06-26. and a performance at the White House attended by then-President Bill Clinton and then-Vice President Al Gore.Alison Krauss at the White House By Marian Leighton Levy at Rounder Records May 18, 1995. Retrieved 2006-06-29.
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Alison Krauss has won a record twenty-seven Grammy AwardsAlison Krauss' Grammys from Grammys.com. Retrieved 2008-02-11. over the course of her career as a solo artist, as a group with Union Station, as a duet with Robert Plant, and as a record producer. This is more than any other female artist and is the third most won by any artist overall.Alison Krauss -anddocsymbol- Union Station Win Three Trophies at Grammy's for Proper Music Distribution on 2/20/06. Retrieved 2006-06-05. She overtook Aretha Franklin for the most female wins at the 46th Grammy Awards where Krauss won three, bringing her total at the time to seventeen (Franklin won her sixteenth that night), and performed with Sarah McLachlan.ROUNDER RECORDING ARTIST BECOMES GRAMMY'S MOST-HONORED FEMALE MUSICIAN on Shorefire and the Los Angeles Times by Jen Chapin and Robert Hilburn on February 9, 2004 via the Wayback Machine. Last accessed 2009-07-28. The Recording Academy (which presents the Grammy Awards) presented her with a special musical achievement honor in 2005.Recording Academy Honors Krauss, Scruggs, McGraw and the Winans for CMT.com by Edward Morris on 11/8/05. Retrieved 2006-06-07. She has also won 14 International Bluegrass Music Association Awards,Past International Bluegrass Music Association Awards Recipients for IMBA.org. Retrieved 2009-07-28. 8 Country Music Association Awards,Alison Krauss's CMA Awards from CMAAwards.com. Retrieved 2009-07-28.Alison Krauss and Union Station's CMA Awards from CMAAwards.com. Retrieved 2009-07-28. 2 Gospel Music Association Awards,Search for Alison Krauss under Past Winners on the Gospel Music Association Awards website. Retrieved 2009-07-28. 2 CMT Music Awards,2005 Awards archive from CMT.com. Retrieved 2009-07-28.2008 Awards archive from CMT.com. Retrieved July 28, 2009-07-28.2009 Awards archive from CMT.com. Retrieved 2009-07-28. 2 Academy of Country Music Awards,Alison Krauss ACM wins and nominations by acmcountry.com. Retrieved 2009-07-28. and 1 Canadian Country Music Award.2000 CCMA Award winners on CCMA.org. Retrieved 2009-07-28. Country Music Television ranked Krauss 12th on their "40 Greatest Women of Country Music" list in 2002.CMT's 40 Greatest Women of Country Music on CMT.com. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
At the 76th Academy Awards in February 2004, where she performed two nominated songs from the Cold Mountain soundtrack, Alison Krauss was chosen by Hollywood shoe designer Stuart Weitzman to wear a pair of $2 million 'Cinderella' sandals with 4½ inch clear glass stiletto heels and two straps adorned with 565 Kwiat diamonds set in platinum. Feeling like a rather unglamorous choice, Krauss said, "When I first heard, I was like, 'What were they thinking?' I have the worst feet of anybody who will be there that night!" In addition to the fairy-tale-inspired shoes, Weitzman outfitted Krauss with a Palm Trēo 600 smartphone, bejeweled with 3,000 clear-and-topaz-colored Swarovski crystals. The shoes were returned, but Krauss kept the crystal-covered phone. Weitzman chose Krauss to show off his fashions at the urging of his daughters, who are fans of Krauss' music.Lee, Lisa. "'Cinderella' Krauss Tries On Her Slippers." CMT.com. 2004-02-27. 2007-10-31."Grammy Award-winner Alison Krauss to carry Swarovski crystal-clad Treo 600 smartphone" by Geekzone.co.nz. Retrieved 2007-11-01.

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