Saturday, May 13, 2017

Alison Krauss & Union Station - Live

It turns out, at least based on this two disc set, that Krauss is just as perfect a singer live as she is on record, and her band just as crisp and clear - which means that this record plays pretty much as an updated best-of following 1995's early anthology Now That I've Found You, albeit still only up to 2002. There are perhaps a couple of songs where, without the studio production sheen, the dynamics are a bit sparer and less dramatic - "New Favorite", say - but the differences are subtle. So, super nice.