Alison Kraus: Back to her roots

Grilled cheese sandwiches, diamond-encrusted shoes and several false starts: Alison Krauss tells Alfred Hickling about the genesis of her latest album'If you want to play old-time music, you've got to pay attention to your right hand ..." and Alison Krauss offers to demonstrate bluegrass bowing technique. It begins with a barely perceptible shimmer of the wrist. Gradually the movement gathers force and travels along her arm until her whole body begins to sway in a graceful, sinuous wave. "Isn't ...

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