Alison Krauss - Lonely Runs Both Ways

Alison Krauss & Union Station continue their winning streak on the aptly titled Lonely Runs Both Ways. While they have in some part grown away from their earthy, rollicking bluegrass roots, they've been able to craft a really polished and honest-sounding brand of mid-American adult contemporary that never dips into the schlockiness of mainstream AC or the formula-driven sound of young country.

Instead, Krauss, co-songwriter Dan Tyminski, and the Station dig deep into the classic themes of rural American music, polishing them with terrific production, the finest instrumentation, and two of the best voices around. Lonely Runs Both Ways shifts back and forth between Krauss' angelic love songs and Tyminski's earthier tales of rain, roads, and rivers, with one blazing Jerry Douglas-led instrumental entitled Unionhouse Branch.

Listen to samples:

• Gravity
• Restless
• Rain Please Go Away
• Goodbye Is All We Have
• Unionhouse Branch
• Wouldn't Be So Bad
• Pastures of Plenty
• Crazy As Me
• Borderline
• My Poor Old Heart
• This Sad Song
• Doesn't Have to Be This Way
• I Don't Have To Live This Way
• If I Didn't Know Any Better
• A Living Prayer