Alison Krauss, at the age of 39, has achieved more career milestones than most people do in their lifetime. To date, she has earned 26 Grammy Awards, multiple Country Music Association Awards and International Bluegrass Music Awards and countless others. Alison is also recognized as an acclaimed record producer and has contributed as an instrumentalist or vocalist on albums of every genre -- classical, jazz, pop, country, bluegrass and even polka.

现年39岁的艾莉森·克劳斯已经取得了大多数人奋斗一辈子也无法达到的职业成就。到目前为止，她赢得了26项格莱美大奖，多项美国乡村音乐协会奖和国际蓝草音乐奖，以及无数其他奖项。艾莉森是公认的优秀唱片制作人，同时她有着演奏者和歌手双重身份。她曾经参与录制的专辑涵盖各种音乐流派，包括古典乐、爵士乐、流行乐、乡村音乐、蓝草音乐，甚至波尔卡舞曲。

Born July 23, 1971 in Champaign, Illinois, Alison Krauss received acclaim for her musical talents from a young age. By the time she was 14, she had signed with Rounder Records. She released her first solo album, Too Late to Cry, at age 16, after which she joined the band Union Station.

艾莉森·克劳斯于1971年7月23日出生于美国伊利诺斯州的尚佩恩市。从年少时起，她的音乐才能就获得了广泛的赞誉。艾莉森14岁的时候与唱片公司Rounder Records签约；16岁时她发布了首张个人专辑《Too Late to Cry》。其后她开始与联合车站乐队（Union Station）携手。

Alison Krauss & Union Station (AKUS) are the country and bluegrass group with a multi-award winning career. The group operates in tandem with Krauss' solo career, with Krauss alternating between a solo and an AKUS album. They have been highly influential in the spread of popularity of bluegrass and country music throughout the US and beyond.

艾莉森•克劳斯与联合车站乐队（AKUS）这个乡村及蓝草音乐组合曾赢得过多项大奖。他们的合作一般交替着进行：艾莉森推出一张个人专辑后，通常就会与联合车站乐队合作推出一张AKUS组合的乐队专辑。蓝草音乐和乡村音乐风靡全美乃至全球——这个组合在其中起到了极其重要的作用。

In 1995, Alison Krauss & Union Station released Now That I've Found You, which became the top-selling bluegrass album in recording history, achieving double platinum status. Her next solo project, 1999's Forget About It, was certified gold. Throughout her career, Krauss has worked on a variety of projects, including albums with Union Station, solo efforts, and collaborations with other artists.

1995年，AKUS组合发行了专辑《Now That I've Found You》。该专辑成为唱片发行史上蓝草音乐专辑的销量冠军，创下了双白金纪录。接下来艾莉森的一张个人专辑《Forget About It》于1999年问世，创下金唱片销量。在她的职业生涯中，艾莉森扮演了多面手的角色，她与联合车站乐队携手推出唱片，发行个人专辑，还经常与其他歌手合作。

Krauss added producing and arranging to her repertoire, making her one of the most sought-after studio artists in the country music business. She has worked with such high-profile artists as Vince Gill, Dolly Parton, and Kenny Rogers. For her work as a producer for Nickel Creek, Krauss shared in their Grammy win for Best Contemporary Folk Album in 2002.

艾莉森还经常兼任制作和编曲，因此成为乡村音乐界最受追捧的录音棚艺术家之一。她与文斯·基尔、多莉·帕顿、肯尼·罗杰斯等备受瞩目的艺术家们都有过合作。她曾为五分钱克里克乐团（Nickel Creek）的一张专辑担任制作人，该作品在2002年的格莱美颁奖礼上获得了最佳当代民谣专辑大奖。

Krauss has also made recordings for several movie soundtracks. She sang several tracks for the Coen Brothers' film O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) soundtrack, including "I’ll Fly Away" with Gillian Welch and "Didn't Leave Nobody but the Baby" with Welch and Emmylou Harris. Enormously popular, the soundtrack helped attract new listeners to bluegrass music and won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2001.

艾莉森也参加过几张电影原声大碟的录制。在科恩兄弟2000年导演的影片《逃狱三王》中，她与吉莉安·韦尔奇合作演唱了《I’ll Fly Away》，又与韦尔奇和艾米罗·哈瑞斯合作演唱了《Didn't Leave Nobody but the Baby》。这张电影音乐专辑备受欢迎，大大扩展了蓝草音乐的听众群，并在2001年的格莱美颁奖礼上一举夺得年度最佳专辑大奖。

In addition to theOh Brother...soundtrack, she has provided music for a number of other films including ColdMountain, Twisterand Mona Lisa Smile. In 2007, Krauss collaborated with former Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant for Raising Sand, which earned rave reviews and another Grammy for Krauss' crowded display cabinet.

除了《逃狱三王》，艾莉森还参与过其他许多影片的歌曲录制，包括《冷山》、《龙卷风》和《蒙娜丽莎的微笑》等等。2007年，艾莉森与前齐柏林飞船乐队歌手罗伯特·普兰特合作录制了专辑《Raising Sand》，收获好评如潮，艾莉森也因此再次赢得了格莱美奖。

（China.org.cn 李潇 译）