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Alison Krauss schedules Stiefel performance

Alison Krauss to perform in the Stiefel Theatre this summer. Photo courtesy Stiefel Theatre

SALINA – A prolific and award-winning musician is coming to the Stiefel Theatre in July.

Jane Gates, Executive Director of the Stiefel Theatre, said Tuesday morning, that multiple Grammy Award winner Alison Krauss is scheduled to perform in the Stiefel Theatre at 8 p.m. July 1.

Tickets start at $89 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday. Buy tickets direct from the Stiefel in person or by calling 785-827-1998. Box office open Monday through Friday, noon-5 p.m. or three hours before the show on weekend show-days. Buy online through ticketmaster or at stiefeltheatre.org.

Since 1985, Krauss has released 14 albums including five solo, seven with her longtime band and musical collaborators Union Station, and the Robert Plant collaboration Raising Sand, which was certified platinum and won five Grammys, including Album of the Year and Record of the Year.

She’s sold more than 12 million records to date, and her honors include 27 Grammys, nine Country Music Association awards, 14 International Bluegrass Music Association Awards, two Academy of Country Music Awards, and two Gospel Music Association awards.

Krauss frequently collaborates with artists from numerous genres, including Dolly Parton, Taylor Swift, Kenny Rogers, Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch, Vince Gill, The Chieftains, James Taylor, The Cox Family, Yo-Yo Ma, Johnny Mathis, Cyndi Lauper, Heart, Bad Company and Phish. She has recorded and toured with Willie Nelson, whom she honored with a performance during the 2015 Gershwin Prize Tribute Concert. She will reunite with Nelson this summer on a co-headlining tour throughout North America.

Whiskey Lullaby, a duet that she performed with Brad Paisley, won two CMA Awards in 2004. She has also produced albums for Alan Jackson, Nickel Creek and The Cox Family.

Some of these collaborators were also formative to Krauss and she lists influences including Tony Rice, Ricky Skaggs, Dolly Parton, Larry Sparks, The Cox Family, and Ralph Stanley.

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