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Arcadia

Alison Krauss and Union Station

Arcadia

Eighth studio album from the Grammy Award-winning bluegrass country singer-songwriter and first in fourteen years with Union Station

ADM rating[?]

7.8

Label
Down The Road
UK Release date
28/03/2025
US Release date
28/03/2025
  1. 9.0 |   PopMatters

    Alison Krauss and Union Station show a meeting of minds, wildly creative professionals reunited to log yet another sterling work in their estimable discography
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  2. 8.0 |   Under The Radar

    These are a collection of masterful musicians coming together to lend their talents to a collection of remarkable songs that not only showcase their individual prowess but harness their collective strength
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  3. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Airy arrangements, wonderfully agile musicianship, songs pooled from numerous sources into flowing ensemble pieces. Print edition only

  4. 8.0 |   Mojo

    As ever, the sonic palette is richly clean, the harmonies stacked, and Jerry Douglas’s dobro an empathetic, keening presence in constant dialogue with the singers, now the dominant solo instrument in the ensemble. Print edition only

  5. 8.0 |   All Music

    Arcadia is a long-awaited return for Krauss and Union Station; here they reframe American traditional music in a context informed by modern production aesthetics, yet still sound kinetic and completely organic
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  6. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    Sometimes all you need is the sound of old friends reuniting to perform some expertly played music
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  7. 8.0 |   The Observer

    The bluegrass star and band reconvene with a new co-vocalist on this slick yet understated set drawing on old-time roots and more recent concerns
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  8. 7.7 |   Paste Magazine

    Russell Moore steps in for Dan Tyminski on the bluegrass band’s first new album in 14 years. On these songs, Krauss sounds ageless and the musicians around her are clearly enjoying themselves
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  9. 7.5 |   Spectrum Culture

    Krauss’s latest, a reunion with longtime musical partners, Union Station, continues the group’s legacy of stellar roots music
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