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The Simple Dollar Morning Roundup: Alison Krauss Edition 6comments

September 26, 2007 @ 7:30 am - Written by Trent
Categories: Morning Roundup
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My son’s favorite musician is Alison Krauss. He requests A Hundred Miles Or More every night for bedtime lullaby music to the exclusion of all else. If you have a toddler, give that one a shot - it’s a lot of mellow songs by an amazing singer.

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Your son has great taste in music. How cool!

Daria @ 8:10 am September 26th, 2007 (comment #1)

That’s funny! My dog is scared of loud noises and Allison Krauss helps calm him down during t-storms. That voice is pure magic.

Kim @ 9:26 am September 26th, 2007 (comment #2)

Alison is my husbands absolute favorite singer so he listens to her all the time. Of course now my 2 yr old and 4 yr old have come to love her voice also. Everytime Alison goes on tour we have our one big splurge and go see her. Worth the money everytime.

Angel @ 11:27 am September 26th, 2007 (comment #3)

Absolutely love Alison Krauss!! Guess it has something to do with being from KY originally… :-)

John @ 1:09 pm September 26th, 2007 (comment #4)

Alison Krauss! That child is going to be somebody. She actually has a duet album with Robert Plant (from Led Zeppelin) coming out next month. Should be an interesting collaboration.

Michael @ 2:23 pm September 26th, 2007 (comment #5)

If he likes AK, you might try this, too. Some really beautiful songs. I still break it out (even though my boys are in their teens) -

http://www.amazon.com/Daddies-Sing-GoodNight-Collection-Sleepytime/dp/B000000F3B/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-2831248-6999953?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1191018058&sr=8-1

Kimberlee @ 4:22 pm September 28th, 2007 (comment #6)

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