Down In The Valley To Pray recorded with vocals by Doc Watson who brought the song to contemporary notice and Alison Krauss who brought it to prominence on the O Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack. This album features an accomplished grouping of instrumentalists, but on this song its the lyrics, harmonies, and vocals that carry …
Subsequent to his rendition of Amazing Grace in Milan last Easter, Andrea Bocelli included a another recording sung as a duet with Alison Krauss on an album of sacred songs released late last year. I do hope a Krauss hymns album will come along one day or another.
Alison Krauss’ rendition of Don Williams’ song You’re [I’m] Just A Country Boy is achingly beautiful. Here’s Williams’ original which is wonderful as well.
The song When You Say Nothing At All has been a hit for Alison Krauss and then Ronan Keating, covering the original recorded by the late Keith Whitley. Whitley died soon after recording the song, with Krauss’ rendition being part of a tribute album to Whitley’s career, a quite unintentional hit. Here’s Whitley’s version. And …
