EASTON, Pa. — A music artist credited with helping to renew interest in bluegrass music in the United States and who has won the second-most Grammy Awards of any singer will play Easton's State Theatre, it was announced Monday.
Country singer, songwriter and fiddler Alison Krauss will perform at the theatre at 7:30 p.m. July 20.
She will be joined by the band Union Station, featuring dobro and lap steel guitar player Jerry Douglas, also a 14-time Grammy Award winner and International Bluegrass Hall of Fame inductee.
Tickets, at $130–$210, go on sale to the public at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 12 at the State Theatre website and the box office at 453 Northampton St., Easton.State Theatre news release
Tickets, at $130–$210, go on sale to the public at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 12, at the State Theatre website and the box office at 453 Northampton St., Easton.
Krauss has won 27 Grammy Awards (she’s been nominated for 48), making her the second-most-awarded female artist and the second-most-awarded singer.
Krauss was the singer and female artist with the most awards in Grammy history until Beyoncé won her 28th Grammy in 2021.
Krauss also is the fourth most-awarded artist overall in Grammy history.
She is credited with helping to renew interest in bluegrass music in the United States with her songs on the movie soundtracks of “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” and “Cold Mountain.”
Forty years of success
Krauss began recording professionally when she was 14 and has released 20 albums in her 40-year recording career.
Her latest was “Arcadia," released in March — her first solo studio album in 14 years.
It went to No. 1 on Billboard's Bluegrass chart — her third straight to top the chart — and was her eighth to reach Top 30 on the Country albums chart.
It has been nominated for Grammy Awards for Best American Roots Performance and Best Bluegrass Album.
One of her biggest successes was the 2007 album “Raising Sand” with former Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant. It went platinum and won five Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year and Record of the Year for “Please Read the Letter.”Billboard archives
Nine of her albums have reached gold or platinum sales.
One of her biggest successes was the 2007 album “Raising Sand” with former Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant. It went platinum and won five Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year and Record of the Year for “Please Read the Letter.”
A second collaboration with Plant, "Raise the Roof" in 2021, hit No. 3 on the Country chart and No. 7 on Billboard's overall Albums chart.
Krauss also appeared at the 2004 Academy Awards, performing two songs from the nominated “Cold Mountain” soundtrack.
Her 2011 disc “Lonely Runs Both Ways” with Union Station won three Grammys, including Best Country Album.
Krauss and Union Station headlined Bethlehem’s Musikfest in 2011 and she played Sands Bethlehem Event Center, now Wind Creek Event Center, with Willie Nelson in 2014.
