6-9 艾莉森·克劳斯：你才是挚爱（在线收听）

Alisan Krauss: You Are a True Love

Born July 23, 1971, Alison Krauss were encouraged by her parents to play instruments at an early age. She earned her initial acclaim as an instrumentalist, but soon it was her voice that captivated everyone's attention.

Rounder Records signed Krauss when she was 14. As her career has progressed, she has developed her skills as a producer, arranger and finder of great songs. After launching her recording career with the 1987 album, Too Late to Cry, Krauss introduced her band, Union Station, on the 1989 release Two Highways. They made bluegrass¹ sales history with the 1995 release of Now That I've Found You: A Collection which achieved double platinum. Her next three projects, including 1999’s pop-flavored solo album Forget About It, were each certified² gold³ for sales of 500,000 copies. The band’s 2002 concert album, Live, was certified platinum.

In addition to collaborating with high profile artists for special projects, Krauss has been in high demand for film soundtracks. Most notable is her involvement in the soundtrack for the 2000 film O Brother, Where Art Thou? Krauss has also contributed music to other film and TV shows. Krauss collaborated with rock musician Sting for You Will Be My Ain⁴ True Love, one of two tracks she recorded for the 2003 film, Cold Mountain. The song garnered⁵ an Oscar nomination. As of 2004, Krauss has won 17 Grammys.

注释：

1.bluegrass [5blu:7^rB:s] n. 蓝草音乐（源出美国南部的传统乡村音乐，常用弦乐器演奏，由B.Monroe所创）

2.certify [5sE:tifai] vt. 证实；证明……合格；保证……的价值

3.gold [^Euld] a. 有资格得金唱片奖的；金唱片奖的

4.ain [ein] a.〈苏格兰〉自己的

5.garner [5^B:nE] vt. 获得，得到

艾莉森·克劳斯：你才是挚爱

艾莉森·克劳斯出生于1971年7月23日，从小她的父母就鼓励她学习乐器。克劳斯最初是以乐器演奏而赢得赞誉的，但很快她的嗓音引起了众人的关注。

Rounder唱片公司在克劳斯14岁时与她签约。随着事业的发展，她作为好歌的制作人、编排人和发掘人的技能日趋成熟。1987年，她以专辑《哭泣无济于事》开始了音乐生涯；1989年，她将她的联合车站乐队借专辑《两条高速公路》推了出来。1995年乐队发行专辑《我终于找到了你》，创造了蓝草音乐销量的历史，达到双白金销量。她以后的3个专辑，包括1999年带有流行风格的独唱专辑《忘了它》，销量都达到了黄金档50万张。乐队2002年现场演唱专辑《现场》达到白金销量。

除了与知名艺术家合作制作特别专辑外，克劳斯经常被邀参加电影配乐。最值得关注的是她参加了2000年电影《兄弟》插曲的录制工作。其他电影和电视剧的配乐她也多有参与。在2003年的电影《冷山》中，克劳斯与摇滚音乐家斯汀合作录制了插曲《你会成为我的挚爱》，克劳斯还为该片演唱了另一首插曲。《你会成为我的挚爱》获得奥斯卡奖提名。到2004年，克劳斯共赢得了17项格莱美奖。