Alison Krauss News

Tony Award winner Cyndi Lauper goes country on her upcoming album 'Detour', dropping May 6th. (Pre-order on iTunes HERE).

Four country music and bluegrass artists who have written hundreds of hits and/or performed with some of country music's biggest stars are teaming up to raise money for a humanitarian program sponsored by the Church of the Good Shepherd in Brentwood, Tennessee.

After 50+ years of hit song making and international album sales well into the multi-millions, esteemed musician, Gordon Lightfoot brings his "50 Years of Highway Tour" to the Mary W. Sommervold Hall at the Washington Pavilion on June 26 at 8p.m.

Four country music and bluegrass artists who have written hundreds of hits and/or performed with some of country music's biggest stars are teaming up to raise money for a humanitarian program sponsored by the Church of the Good Shepherd in Brentwood, Tennessee.

GRAMMY award-winner Kenny Rogers brings his Once Again It's Christmas Tour, featuring Linda Davis, to Valley Forge Casino Resort (1160 First Avenue) tonight, December 18, 2015. Nineteen years after performing the farewell concert for the original Valley Forge Music Fair, Rogers returns for the Fair's grand revival. Rogers will perform holiday favorites, plus many of the 24 number one singles the country-pop singer has recorded throughout his 50-plus-year career. Doors will open at 7:00pm, with the show starting at 8:00pm. Tickets are on sale now at Ticketmaster for $59.00 to $99.00 each.

Don Henley will launch the 'Cass County Tour 2015' following the September 25 release of Cass County, his fifth studio album and first solo album in 15 years. Henley will perform at the Fox Theatre tonight, November 7 at 8 p.m. Singer-songwriter Shawn Colvin will open the concert.

With an astonishing recording career that now spans over seven decades, The Capitol Center for the Arts is excited to announce that music legend Kenny Rogers and special guest Linda Davis are bringing their Once Again It's Christmas Tour to Concord on Sunday, December 20th at 7:30pm.

Producer Larry G. Spangler and The Spangler Group announced today that T Bone Burnett has joined the creative team of Happy Trails, the new Broadway-bound musical based on the life and career of American icons Roy Rogers and his wife Dale Evans.  The music world legend will be writing the score (music and lyrics) for the musical, which will feature a book by Academy Award-winner Marshall Brickman (Annie Hall, Manhattan, Jersey Boys, The Addams Family) and direction by two-time Tony Award-winner Des McAnuff (Jersey Boys, Big River, Tommy).  Due to a scheduling conflict, the previously announced songwriting team of Alan Menken (music) and Glenn Slater (lyrics) has departed the production. 

Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, and Arista Nashville will release Genuine: The Alan Jackson Story, a definitive three CD career-defining anthology of music from country superstar Alan Jackson, today, November 6, 2015.

Country superstars Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood will be returning to host 'Country Music's Biggest Night' for the eighth consecutive year in 2015.

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and Grammy Award winning vocal group Pentatonix today announced a partnership that brings the band's debut self-titled studio album to all Cracker Barrel locations and online at crackerbarrel.com.

Joe's Pub at The Public has announced its nightly performances from October 14-25, 2015. Visit www.joespub.com for a complete list of shows, and scroll down for details!

'A Celebration of American Creativity: In Performance at the White House' is a PBS music special taped in the East Room of the White House. President and Mrs. Obama will host the all-star music tribute celebrating the cultural resonance of art and literature in unique American musical forms.

Veteran folk singer Jonathan Edwards will be performing tonight, October 10, 2015, at Daryl's House in Pawling, NY in support of his new album Tomorrow's Child. Produced by 4 time Grammy Award Nominee Darrell Scott, Tomorrow's Child strikes a resonating chord in your heart and lights a fire in your spirit. Accompanying Edwards on this album are roots music luminaries Shawn Colvin, Jerry Douglas, John Cowan, Vince Gill and Alison Krauss.

Veteran folk singer Jonathan Edwards will be performing on October 10, 2015, at Daryl's House in Pawling, NY in support of his new album Tomorrow's Child. Produced by 4 time Grammy Award Nominee Darrell Scott, Tomorrow's Child strikes a resonating chord in your heart and lights a fire in your spirit. Accompanying Edwards on this album are roots music luminaries Shawn Colvin, Jerry Douglas, John Cowan, Vince Gill and Alison Krauss.

Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, and Arista Nashville will release Genuine: The Alan Jackson Story, a definitive three CD career-defining anthology of music from country superstar Alan Jackson, on Friday, November 6, 2015.

Joe's Pub at The Public has announced its nightly performances, October 7-18, 2015. Scroll down or visit www.joespub.com for a complete list of shows!

Joe's Pub at The Public has announced its nightly performances, October 7-18, 2015. Scroll down or visit www.joespub.com for a complete list of shows!

Touring in support of the album, she kicks off her fall tour September 10, opening for Chatham County Line at Back Porch Music Series on the American Tobacco Campus in Durham, NC.