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Musikfest Welcomes Alison Krauss & Union Station Featuring Jerry Douglas to Sands Steel Stage on Aug. 9

DATE: March 9, 2011
CONTACT: Mark Demko, ArtsQuest, 610-332-1300, ext. 342, or mdemko@artsquest.org

Musikfest Welcomes Alison Krauss & Union Station Featuring Jerry Douglas to Sands Steel Stage on Aug. 9

BETHLEHEM, PA - Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas will bring their Paper Airplane Summer Tour 2011 to the Sands Steel Stage at Musikfest on Tues., Aug. 9 at 7:30 p.m.

On April 12, 2011 Rounder Records will release the eagerly anticipated Alison Krauss & Union Station album, Paper Airplane. A truly breathtaking collection of 11 exquisite songs, Paper Airplane is Krauss' 14th album and the 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, multi-platinum collaboration with Robert Plant, Raising Sand, which won six Grammys including "Record Of The Year" and "Album Of The Year."

Alison Krauss along with Union Station band members Dan Tyminski (guitar, mandolin and lead vocals), Barry Bales (bass and harmony vocals), Ron Block (banjo, guitar and harmony vocals), and Jerry Douglas (Dobro and harmony vocals) will crisscross the nation beginning this summer performing over 50 dates.

Part of Krauss' incontestable talent is how effortlessly she bridges the gap between roots music and country, rock and pop. A highly sought-after collaborator, she has worked with some of the biggest names in popular music, including James Taylor, Phish, Dolly Parton, Yo Yo Ma and Bonnie Raitt. Since signing with Rounder Records at the age of 14 in 1985 Krauss has sold in excess of 12 million albums and garnered 26 Grammy® Awards, the most for any female and the third most of any recording artist in Grammy® history. Her breathtaking live performances should not be missed.

The Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas concert is sponsored by Highmark Blue Shield and Cat Country 96. Tickets for the show are $34 and $44. They will go on sale at www.musikfest.org and 610-332-3378 starting Tues., March 15, 10 a.m., to ArtsQuest Members and Fri., March 18, 10 a.m., to the public. ArtsQuest Memberships are available at www.artsquest.org or by calling 610-332-3378.