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Alison Krauss (born July 23, 1971) is an American bluegrass-country singer, songwriter and fiddler. Signed to Rounder Records as a 14-year-old fiddler from Champaign, Illinois, she has become the most recognized face in contemporary bluegrass, a critically acclaimed artist who has brought modern sophistication to the genre while respecting its traditions. Songfacts reports that in 2011 Krauss recorded her first ever number one country album in her home country with Paper Airplane. She has also sold upwards of 11 million records and garnered 2 Oscar nominations as well as 26 Grammy® Awards, the most for any female artist in Grammy®...
THE BLANK TAPES is the moniker of Los Angeles & San Francisco based musician & artist, Matt Adams, who has produced over 10 albums of 1960's psychedelic-surf-pop-folk-rock on an old 8 track cassette tape recorder in various garages, basements, sheds & bedrooms across the California Coast. Matt is also the artist behind his band's posters & album covers, and along with his band mates, Pearl, DA, & Will, they've toured throughout America, Brazil, Europe, & Japan. They just released a 7" with 20-Sided Records and a few new cassette tapes with Burger Records, Curly Cassettes & Dome of Doom. They...
The Andersen Tapes is the fabulous return of Amanda Aldervall (Free Loan Investments, The Busy Band) after a couple of years of silence. These three songs by The Andersen Tapes are nothing but excellently arranged and utterly beautiful pop songs with Amanda’s ace vocals on top. It’s that kind of pop that has previously melted pop hearts around the globe under names such as The Aislers Set, The Motifs, The Softies... http://www.cloudberryrecords.com .
U.K. born Alison David came into the music industry from a dance fusion aspect, playing with bands such as Life's Addiction, Red Snapper, Speeka, Black Science Orchestra, Freeland and Bugz In the Attic. The solo release that put her name on the map was a remix of her song Dreams Come True by Afronaught. Her vocals range between jazz, soul and rock and always have a tangible emotion within them. Her solo music is hard to pigeonhole although her influences are undoubtably from afro american songbooks. .