Name: New Favorite
Brand: Rounder Select
SKU: 17913
Availability: OutOfStock

Performer Notes

Alison Kraus & Union Station: Alison Krauss (vocals, fiddle, viola); Ron Block (vocals, guitar, banjo); Dan Tyminski (vocals, guitar, mandolin); Barry Bales (vocals, bass); Jerry Douglas (dobro).
Additional personnel includes: Larry Atamanuik (drums, percussion).
Recorded at Seventeen Grand Recording, Nashville, Tennessee.
NEW FAVORITE won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album. "The Lucky One" won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by A Duo Or Group With Vocal and for Best Country Song.
NEW FAVORITE finds Alison Krauss & Union Station continuing to solidify the bridge between the worlds of pop and bluegrass that they helped forge in the '90s. Krauss's crystalline vocals continue to induce goosebumps and bring to mind a young Dolly Parton on the delicate ballads "I'm Gone," "Crazy Faith," and "Momma Cried" along with more traditional-sounding fare like the high lonesome "Take Me For Longing." With its musical democracy still intact, Union Station also delights with new member Jerry Douglas' fleet-fingered instrumental workout "Choctaw Hayride" and a dark-hued interpretation of the traditional "The Boy Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn" delivered by Dan Tyminski's supple tenor. (Tyminski's vocals may strike a recognizable note as his voice replaced George Clooney's on "I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow," a musical centerpiece on the O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? soundtrack).
Once again Krauss takes a non-traditional bluegrass approach towards picking material. Among the artists interpreted are legendary country-folk banjo player Dock Boggs ("Bright Sunny South"), '70s singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg ("Stars"), fellow New Traditionalists Gillian Welch and David Rawlings (the title track), and Rounder labelmate Robert Lee Castleman ("Let Me Touch You For Awhile," "The Lucky One").

Professional Reviews

Q (9/01, p.110) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Pretty much the usual, if still wonderful, music from Krauss and Union Square..."

CMJ (8/27/01, p.28) - "...traditional folk that grows full and spooky..."

No Depression (9-10/01, p.138) - "...NEW FAVORITE delivers, which is plenty..."

Mojo (Publisher) (9/01, p.93) - "...The bluegrass scene is now officially in touch with its feminine side..."

Album: New Favorite
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Let Me Touch You for Awhile
2)	Boy Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn, The
3)	Lucky One, The
4)	Choctaw Hayride
5)	Crazy Faith
6)	Momma Cried
7)	I'm Gone
8)	Daylight
9)	Bright Sunny South
10)	Stars
11)	It All Comes Down to You
12)	Take Me for Longing
13)	New Favorite

Album: New Favorite
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Let Me Touch You for Awhile
2)	Boy Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn, The
3)	Lucky One, The
4)	Choctaw Hayride
5)	Crazy Faith
6)	Momma Cried
7)	I'm Gone
8)	Daylight
9)	Bright Sunny South
10)	Stars
11)	It All Comes Down to You
12)	Take Me for Longing
13)	New Favorite