Apr 15, 2011 2
Alison Krauss, Blogging, and Truth
I don’t often write anymore about blogging and social media. There are too many people out there who do nothing else, and the topic seems sort of beaten to death to me. But I’m going to today, because I’m inspired from an unexpected source.
Regulars know that I think Alison Krauss and Union Station is the greatest musical group working today, and possibly of all time. I would gladly put them up against the Beatles, against Led Zeppelin, against anyone at any time. Alison Krauss herself has won 26 (yeah, that’s twenty six) Grammy Awards — a world record. Jerry Douglas, her dobrist, has 12 Grammys to his name, and her bassist Barry Bales has 13. That’s an astonishing 51 Grammy Awards just between these three members. Dan Tyminski and Ron Block are both incredible musicians in their own right. We’re looking at three, maybe four surefire hall of famers in the same band.
Well, AKUS has just released a new album, Paper Airplane, which I went out and bought immediately. And it is just a lovely, lovely work. The video above is their first single and the title track, and showcases just how amazingly talented this group of musicians are. Alison’s voice, of course, is a once-in-a-generation gift.
But I was inspired to write this while reading up on their new album. Alison says something that really resonated with me, even though she’s a musical artist headed to immortality, and I’m just a random blogger fella on the Internetz.
