Monthly Archives: June 2011

I always love folk and country music, but the last couple of days I’ve been on an even bigger blue-grassy folk kick than normal. Thankfully I have Alison Krauss & Union Station to fit perfectly into that category for me.

If the incredibly popular and award-winning soundtrack “O Brother Where Art Thou?” wasn’t enough of a testament to Alison Krauss’ moving voice and lyrics, her new album with Union Station should be.

Here are my 3 favorites from “Paper Airplane” and 2 of my all time favorite Alison Krauss songs, yes you heard one already with the Country Couples…what can I say, I love it.

Alison Krauss & Union Station – Paper Airplane
*But every silver linin’
Always seems to have a cloud
That comes my way
Anticipated pleasure
Or unexpected pain
No choice I fear*

Alison Krauss & Union Station – My Love Follows You Where You Go
*Future like a promise
Your city of gold
Stubborn in your bones and
Jesus in your soul
Seeing you stand there
Starin’ at the unknown
I won’t pretend that it’s not killin’ me
Watchin’ you walk away slow*

Alison Krauss & Union Station – Miles to Go
*Every photograph is another lesson learned
Every sleepless night is another page I’ve turned
I wake up to fallin’ dreams
And the petals start to fade by the picket fences
Just another shade of miles and miles to go*

Alison Krauss w/ Gillian Welch (From O Brother Where Art Thou?) – I’ll Fly Away
*When the shadows of this life have gone,
I’ll fly away;
Like a bird from prison bars has flown,
I’ll fly away (I’ll fly away)*

Alison Krauss w/Brad Paisley – Whiskey Lullaby♥♥
*She put him out like the burning end of midnight cigarette
She broke his heart; he spent his whole life trying to forget
We watched him drink his pain away, a little at a time
But he never could get drunk enough to get her off his mind*

There’s few things more pleasant than honest and simple lyrics with beautiful vocals all put to a tune people can sit and enjoy especially on a gorgeous summer night.

Happy listening!