Cybergrass Bluegrass Music News: Rounder Bluegrass Artists Get CMA Nominations

Rounder wrote: on Aug. 31, 2007:

Burlington, MA - Alison Krauss was nominated by the Country Music Association for four CMA Awards including Female Vocalist, Vocal Group of the Year for Alison Krauss and Union Station Featuring Jerry Douglas, and two for Musical Event of the Year--with John Waite (his first CMA Awards nomination) on Missing You and with Vince Gill on The Reason Why (from Gill s 4-CD release These Days). One of Union Station s band members, Jerry Douglas, was also nominated for Musician of the Year. Krauss tied with Kenny Chesney and Martina McBride for the second most nominations this year. Krauss last won the Female Vocalist of the Year category in 1995. She has been nominated in the category five times including each year from 2002-2005. The nominations come in support of Krauss's latest release A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection (Rounder Records). Fellow Union Station members include Douglas, Barry Bales, Ron Block and Dan Tyminski.

The 2007 CMA Awards will be broadcast live Wednesday, November 7 (8:00-11:00 PM/EST) on the ABC Television Network from the Sommet Center in Nashville.

A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection, released April 3, is comprised of 16 tracks, highlighting Krauss career outside of her traditional releases with long time band Union Station. The album features Krauss collaboration with John Waite on the single, "Missing You", which also appears on Waite's recent Rounder release Downtown....Journey of a Heart. A Hundred Miles or More features Krauss contributions to film soundtracks including the Oscar® nominated songs, "The Scarlet Tide" and "You Will Be My Ain True Love", written for the motion picture Cold Mountain and "Down to the River to Pray" from the film O Brother, Where Art Thou?.

Known for her collaborations, Krauss also includes several duets in the collection such as the 2003 hit with Brad Paisley, "Whiskey Lullaby", and her duet with James Taylor for the tribute album Livin', Lovin', Losin': Songs of The Louvin Brothers, "How's the World Treating You". The collection debuts five new songs "You're Just a Country Boy", "Jacob's Dream", "Simple Love", "Lay Down Beside Me", and "Away Down the River" all of which feature Krauss as a producer.

Alison Krauss and Union Station just completed a tour in support of the album, ending with a stop at the Sommet Center in Nashville where the CMA Awards will be held.

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