Jackson Free Press

Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas, Thursday, March 2, 8 p.m. Thalia Mara Hall, Tickets on sale Friday, January 13 at Be-Bop. Tickets are $43, $38 and $35, plus applicable service charges. Recently nominated for four Grammy Awards, Alison Krauss and Union Station bring their world tour to Jackson, Mississippi, on March 2, 8 p.m. at Thalia Maria Hall. The band's latest record, Lonely Runs Both Ways, is a collection of songs that flawlessly showcase Krauss' angelic voice and Union Station's firebrand bluegrass licks.

To date, Krauss has won 17 Grammys as well as awards from the Country Music Association, the International Bluegrass Music Association and other organizations. This year, Lonely Runs Both Ways is nominated for Best Country Album, and the disc's first single, "Restless," is up for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group. The track "Unionhouse Branch" is nominated for Best Country Instrumental Performance.

On heartrending ballads and foot-stomping breakdowns, Union Station's members deliver musicianship unmatched in any other group performing today. The skills found in vocalist/guitarist Dan Tyminski, dobro master Jerry Douglas, banjo/guitarist Ron Block and multi-instrumentalist Barry Bales make the combined talents of Alison Krauss and Union Station one of the most critically praised audience favorites of the roots music genre.