Alison Krauss: A Hundred Miles or More - Live From the Tracking Room

An hour "in the studio" with the purest musician in America, watching her do songs from her last, elegant but over-finessed album. For a woman who places so much emphasis on naturalness and authenticity, she must really like her make-up artist, who appears to have done the job with a spatula and blowtorch. Nice outfits, though. And hair. The music? Nine songs, starting with "You're Just a Country Boy", performed with eminent guests in a hallowed atmosphere, plus interviews. About as natural and spontaneous as a 'Vogue' cover shoot. (The Independent, 4 January 2009)

1. You're Just A Country Boy 2. Away Down The River 3. How's The World Treating You 4. Sawing On The Strings 5. Shadows 6. Whiskey Lullaby 7. Jacob's Dream 8. Lay Down Beside Me 9. Simple Love

with:
Barry Bales, Ron Block, Sam Bush, Steve Cox, Jerry Douglas, Stuart Duncan, John Hobbs, Abraham Laboriel, Greg Morrow, Gordon Mote, Brad Paisley, Tony Rice, James Taylor, Dan Tyminski, John Waite