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- Summary: The first release from Alison Krauss & Union Station since 2011's Paper Airplane is also the first with Russell Moore, who joined at the end of 2024.
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- Record Label: Down The Road
- Genre(s): Bluegrass, Country
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Apr 3, 2025It’s a credit to the act that this record doesn’t feel like a superstar vehicle with session players. It’s a meeting of minds, wildly creative professionals reunited to log yet another sterling work in their estimable discography.
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Mar 27, 2025Arcadia is the sound of Union Station effortlessly slipping back into what they do best. There may not be too many surprises, but sometimes all you need is the sound of old friends reuniting to perform some expertly played music.
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UncutMar 27, 2025Airy arrangements, wonderfully agile musicianship, songs pooled from numerous sources into flowing ensemble pieces. [Apr 2025, p.33]
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Mar 27, 2025As 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. [May 2025, p.87]
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Mar 28, 2025Arcadia 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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Apr 7, 2025Arcadia is perfectly emblematic of what Alison Krauss & Union Station do. 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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Mar 27, 2025There are far fewer up-tempo tunes than some would like, but that’s their mantra. In that sense, the album could benefit from better balance as we deal primarily with ballads through these ten. Yet, who can argue with Krauss’ immaculate, singular vocals and Moore’s powerful voice? It is a great counterpoint, although, to be fair, they sometimes seem at odds with each other.