Alison Krauss & Union Station come to Birmingham April 5th

Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas will bring its Paper Airplane Tour2012 to Birmingham at the BJCC on Thursday, April 5th, 2012 8pm. Tickets go onsale Friday, January 27th at noon and will be available Online at Ticketmaster.com, and outlets or by calling 800.745.3000.

In April of 2011, Rounder Records released the eagerly anticipated Alison Krauss andUnion Station album, Paper Airplane. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard CountryAlbums Chart, Bluegrass Albums Chart and #3 on the Top 200 Album Chart. A trulybreathtaking collection of 11 exquisite songs, Paper Airplane is Krauss’ 14th album andthe band’s follow-up to 2004’s triple Grammy® winning Lonely Runs Both Ways(Rounder). It is Krauss’ first release since her 2007 internationally acclaimed, multiplatinumcollaboration with Robert Plant, Raising Sand, which won six Grammysincluding “Record Of The Year” and “Album Of The Year.”

Alison Krauss along with Union Station band members Dan Tyminski (guitar, mandolinand lead vocals), Barry Bales (bass and harmony vocals), Ron Block (banjo, guitar andharmony vocals), and Jerry Douglas (Dobro and harmony vocals) are continuing theirtour in 2012 after a successful run of critically-acclaimed performances in 2011.

Part of Alison Krauss’ incontestable talent is how effortlessly she bridges the gapbetween roots music and country, rock and pop. A highly sought-after collaborator,Krauss has worked with some of the biggest names in popular music, including JamesTaylor, Phish, Dolly Parton, Yo Yo Ma & Bonnie Raitt. Since signing with RounderRecords at the age of 14 in 1985 Krauss has sold in excess of 12 million albums andgarnered 26 Grammy® Awards, the most for any female and the third most of anyrecording artist in Grammy® history. Her breathtaking live performances should not bemissed.For More