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26 Grammy Wins, Not 27

She has won 26, not 27, look it up on the Grammy winners search for confirmation. -- Alextwa ( talk) 14:37, 10 April 2010 (UTC) reply

This has been updated to 2016 using the list of winners provided by the https://www.grammy.com/ website. 131.155.207.252 --( talk) 06:50, 26 October 2016 (UTC) reply

Separate article for Union Station

I'm not sure there is a valid point to separating the Alison Krauss entry with a Union Station entry. The difference is largely contractual. Nearly all of Alison's solo records featured supporting accompaniment by her band and she always toured with the group. She did not truly have a "solo career" beyond the fact that in the late 90s, she used solo recording as a means of deviating from the bluegrass genre while maintaining a structure within the context of the her backing band, Union Station. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.171.232.208 ( talk • contribs).

Her colo career began way before her joining of Union Station. Her first album was in 1985, then another in 1987, BEFORE she joined Union Station on Two Highways in 1989. She then had another in 1990, then in 1999, all the while singing without her band in numerous other recordings. To state that she didn't have a solo career is totally untrue. And to the other point of her band playing on those records, that is also untrue. I take out my two early albums of hers and see people like Stuart Duncan, Dave Pomeroy, Sam Bush, Glen Worf, Peter Wasner, Alison Brown, etc. etc. etc. who are not, and have never been in Union Station. Dancraggs 20:42, 16 May 2006 (UTC) reply

Given that Union Station has no activity away from Alison Krauss, I don't know if the band itself merits an article. Three members of the band (Dan Tyminski, Jerry Douglas, and Barry Bales) have articles of their own already. Adding articles on Ron Block and maybe Larry Atamanuik might be a better course of action than starting an Union Station article.-- RicardoC 03:44, 29 May 2006 (UTC) reply
When Union Station becomes a notable band on their own (like the E Street Band and Bruce Springsteen) they deserve a seperate article that is linked here and explained in summary form. I'm going to try and give this article a thorough clean-up, just let us know here is someone creates a new article. Until then, I'm removing the discuss tag. Staxringold talk contribs 01:06, 1 June 2006 (UTC) reply
I have to disagree. Union Station is not a back-up band for Alison Krauss. Nor is it a nebulous "supergroup" of artists like The Highwaymen, yet that "group" warrants a page of its own. AKUS is a touring, recording group with consistent membership and a signature sound. Alison is a member of the band, not vice versa. They didn't invite her to join herself. It's also presumably a pain in the neck to reference the group but having to link it to Alison's individual page. The group plays as much into the concert draw as The E-Street Band does for Springsteen - probably more. No one says "Hey, I've got E-Street Band tickets!" when The Boss comes to town but many, many people will say "I've got Union Station tickets!" rather than spelling out the whole AKUS name. 128.158.14.42 21:06, 14 February 2007 (UTC) reply
This is messed up. "Union Station (band)" redirects to "Alison Krauss," and there isn't even a separate section for the band--it's just all mixed together. It's really confusing. If Union Station doesn't deserve its own entry, then it damn sure needs its own section on the Alison Krauss page. All this discussion is ridiculous; of course they need to be separated in some way.-- 97.104.84.192 ( talk) 20:01, 10 April 2009 (UTC) reply

Biography

Why no biographical information? Also, there are a lot of redundancies throughout. 71.237.89.173 21:43, 21 May 2007 (UTC) reply

There is biographical information, but it's all professional -- nothing about her personal life. For a famous person, she keeps it well secluded. -- Cryptognome 04:27, 22 August 2007 (UTC) reply

However, this is Wikipedia, not alisonkrauss.com. Her personal details are expected as long as we don't try to smear her. Ipromise ( talk) 03:53, 9 February 2009 (UTC) reply

I agree with Ipromise. What are her parents names? Does she have siblings? Is she married, and if so, to whom? Does she have children. This is pretty bare bones, just the most basic stuff, yet we have none of it.

Here's what we know:

She was born in Decatur, Illinois on July 23, 1971; her parents were originally from Columbus, Mississippi; she was raised in Champaign, Illinois; she began studying classical violin at age five but soon switched to bluegrass; and she once said, "[my] mother tried to find interesting things for me to do" and "wanted to get me involved in music, in addition to art and sports."

That's pretty darn thin for one of the most celebrated artists in America. (Deep sigh of disappointment.) Rico402 ( talk) 14:58, 14 August 2011 (UTC) reply

If she was born in 1971, a year after the Kent State massacre, one of the four victims being Allison Krause, is there any suggestion her parents might have named her after the victim? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.1.45.92 ( talk) 23:36, 16 December 2012 (UTC) reply

Shania Twain

I find it odd that Alison's performances with Shania Twain (notably Up! Close and Personal) are not even mentioned in the article. Levodevo 19:14, 4 June 2006 (UTC) reply

Discography

Just so everyone knows, I just did a massive overhaul of the discography section, so don't get freaked out that it looks different. Staxringold talk contribs 01:44, 5 June 2006 (UTC) reply

FAC

Regarding the article's featured article candidacy. I personally feel that the article in itself is very informative and as close to giving as much information as possible. However, in comparison to other featured articles there just isn't enough information. As I do not know of this singer this may be because there is no other information to add, I'm not sure. Overall, the article is good, just not, in my opinion, featured article quality. Maybe merging some of the artist's album articles or information into the main article would help. Dbertman 14:37, 23 June 2006 (UTC) reply

pics

I don't quite like the pics.. the one in the infobox is blurred and the other ones are copyrighted!!! I'll put a request.--(( F3rn4nd0 )) (BLA BLA BLA) 07:34, 7 February 2007 (UTC) -Your opinion wouldn't matter if the article is already featured. - 24.92.43.153 18:19, 7 February 2007 (UTC) reply

Also, wasn't she, well...kind of fat for quite some time? And didn't her reps say, "Alison, you are a major hottie...but you must lose some weight, girlfriend!"? There is a Canadian singer/songwriter named Jann Arden whose handlers have ragged on her for years to slim down. 66.183.40.135 ( talk) 02:43, 10 February 2009 (UTC) reply

How long did Union Station exist before she joined?

Per the article, she wasn't their first fiddler. Anyone? Ferris? - Richfife 17:57, 7 February 2007 (UTC) reply

OPENING LINE

Someone has posted offensive language on the opening line of this article. I just thought someone should know so that it can be edited. --Holly Hilton

The article of the day always gets hammered. However, people are also constantly monitoring it, so vandalism is cleared very quickly. All part of the family fun! - Richfife 20:37, 7 February 2007 (UTC) reply

Alison Krause causes breast cancer...

Yeah the article is gone and in its place is Alison Krause causes cancer... breast cancer. Im not a member, so i dont know what to do —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.30.144.197 ( talk) 21:51, 7 February 2007 (UTC). reply

Yeah, I saw that. Sorry I lost my password so I'm not logged in - OK I clicked edit this page and boom! There was the old article data so I dunno how the whole breast cancer thing got up there, but I think I fixed it (I'm new to Wikipedia, so hope it's fixed)

Dumbo?

What about her version of Baby Mine from the Disney movie Dumbo? To be honest I don't know much about Alison Krauss and that is the only song of hers I know because I love Disney music, but I was a bit surprised to find no mention of it here? Arwen289, 23 Feb 2007

  • Dumbo was released before she was born... I'm not sure to what you're referring, but if it's notable and you can find a source go right on and add it! Staxringold talk contribs 19:21, 23 February 2007 (UTC) reply
  • Yeah fair enough, I did a bit more research and it's actually a cover of Baby Mine she did for an album called "The Best of Country Sing the Best of Disney" released in 1996. Arwen289 12:44, 24 February 2007 (UTC) reply
  • Come On, guys! She even got a Grammy nomination for this rendition! EmmyWinner 19:07, 10 April 2009 (UTC) reply

Oh Atlanta

Oh Atlanta is not Bad Company's song. 40.0.40.10 19:22, 21 March 2007 (UTC) reply

I assume you are thinking of the Little Feat song.
Bad Company recorded an original song entitled "Oh, Atlanta", written by guitarist Mick Ralphs and which appeared on their 1979 album Desolation Angels. There is also a song entitled "Oh Atlanta" by Little Feat, written by keyboardist Bill Payne that originally appeared on their 1974 album Feats Don't Fail Me Now. They are two different songs (and in my opinion they are both very good songs). The song by Alison Krauss that appears on Now That I've Found You is definitely the Bad Company song, not the Little Feat song. If you don't want to take my word for it, by all means get a hold of them, listen, and judge for yourself. -- Mwalimu59 01:11, 22 March 2007 (UTC) reply
Some additional trivia: Emmylou Harris recorded a cover of Little Feat's "Oh Atlanta". It appears on her 1981 album Evangeline. -- Mwalimu59 15:50, 29 March 2007 (UTC) reply

There may yet be a twist to this. While there is no doubt that the recording of Oh Atlanta that appears on Now That I've Found You is the Mick Ralphs/Bad Company song, there have been reports that Krauss has performed the Bill Payne/Little Feat song. I'm skeptical; it seems quite possible that even an experienced music journalist could make that mistake. Can anyone who is familiar with both songs confirm that Krauss has covered both (or better yet, point to a sound clip or a YouTube video of a performance of the latter song)? mwalimu59 ( talk) 14:33, 26 July 2011 (UTC) reply

Fiddle champion age 12

At twelve, Alison won which Illinois fiddle championship? There's a contest at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield, a contest at Rockome Gardens in Arcola, Illinois and another at Sandwich Fair in Sandwich, Illinois. Within those contests are age divisions... did Allison just win in her division or did she knock over the grizzled veterans? Binksternet ( talk) 19:14, 6 April 2008 (UTC) reply

I'm still wondering which fiddle championship Alison won... I know the source is from Krauss' own PR package but I can't find confirmation from anywhere else. I haven't found a published list of past winners that includes Alison in 1983. I'm going to wait a week or so then put a citation needed tag on that sentence. It's not that I don't believe it, it's just not clear enough as it stands. Hey, somebody out there knows which one it was... ;^) Binksternet ( talk) 19:49, 10 April 2008 (UTC) reply
User:NeilN added the MTV version of Krauss's bio as a resolution to my citation needed tag. There are a zillion websites out there that parrot the official public relations package sent out by the Krauss team, and MTV is just one of them. In fact, we could have used her agent's website as the source closest to Krauss. Unfortunately, the official Alison Krauss website's bio doesn't mention 12 or 13 years old; it begins with her signing with Rounder Records at 14.
At any rate I am reverting this MTV cite as it isn't specific as to which contest and which category she entered and won. I'm still waiting for a definitive citation that spells out the time and place. Somebody, somewhere has a list of winners from one of the Illinois contests. Binksternet ( talk) 21:05, 18 April 2008 (UTC) reply
I'm taking out the mention of Illinois since we haven't yet found a source that can verify which contest and which age division. Hopefully, somebody will find a good reference in the future. Binksternet ( talk) 21:33, 5 May 2008 (UTC) reply

No Discography

Since the discography has been deleted from this article, it no longer meets the Featured Article criteria for two reasons:

  1. It is no longer comprehensive. Any article on a musician needs to include at least a basic "selected" discography (not just a link to a full discography).
  2. It no longer conforms to Wikipedia:Summary style, which states: "Sections of long articles should be spun off into their own articles leaving a summary in its place.

I'm going to go ahead and add a short discography back into the article. Feel free to edit it, but please do not delete it. Thanks! Kaldari ( talk) 20:34, 17 April 2008 (UTC) reply

Union Station: plus, and or ampersand?

I notice that in the introduction AKUS is spelled with a plus sign. That's how it is spelled on the cover of Live, but many other albums and other sources use 'and' or '&'. So what's official? Elcalen ( talk) 10:27, 17 September 2008 (UTC) reply

On their official website, linked from this article, it's "Alison Krauss and Union Station." I'd venture there's not really an "official" way to write it - not all bands are that anal about such things. Different albums, websites, press materials, etc., probably reflect a grammar-du-jour of sorts, in other words, they go with whatever happens to strike them for look of the album they're putting out at the given moment. For the purposes of Wiki, I'd recommend "Alison Krauss and Union Station," no cutsie symbols, as a generic spelling. 138.162.8.58 ( talk) 21:15, 17 December 2008 (UTC) reply

She won 26 Grammy's, but none are listed

I've recently read about a hundred Wikipedia music artists pages. One Grammy and the article makes a big deal. Often the article has a chart for "Awards" and lists them. Alternately, the article has a column in the discography for awards and lists Grammy's. This woman has gotten a raw deal. She has more Grammy's than anyone in history, but the article and discography article don't even bother to list them. The lack of awards is consistent with the tone of the article. A quick read makes it sound like she's not a very good artist. Some people most like her or she wouldn't have gotten the Grammy's and sold so many records. How many did she sell? This is usually in the first paragraph or two, but again she gets the raw deal of not showing how successful her sails have been. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.170.201.19 ( talk) 15:05, 31 May 2009 (UTC) reply

There is a list of awards she has received,but it got so long that it had to be broken out into its own article. The fact that she's won enough awards that she needs a separate article to list them all says quite a bit about her career as a performer. As for sales, her discography article gives certifications but doesn't currently have more specific sales figures. If you have can find that information from a reliable source, feel free to add it to that article. Both the awards and the discography already have See also: templates in the main article. -- mwalimu59 ( talk) 23:19, 31 May 2009 (UTC) reply

Descent

I'm rather sure she has german ancestry. First of course the name "Krauss" which is a german but mostly because I remember once finding a page by a woman from Hamburg with some photos of Alison meeting her cousin (?) in Hamburg. Unfortunately I can't find the page now. -- Romulus ( talk) 10:07, 21 July 2009 (UTC) reply

I agree. Her last name is clearly German, but unless she had changed it early in her career, that has to be verified. Even though ancestry is sometimes irrelevant in a biography, in this case I think it's important because it highlights demographic variations in the South. Samhistoryman ( talk) 21:56, 1 August 2009 (UTC) reply

OK, I found one reference in a german (Hamburg) newspaper: [1].
It says: "Auch die Amerikanerin mit den deutschen Vorfahren (ihr Großvater emigrierte 1951 von Hamburg)[...]" which translates to "The american with german ancestors (her grand-father emigrated from Hamburg in 1951) [...]".
Does that match the requirements of en.wp? If so, I'd put it in the article. -- Romulus ( talk) 17:48, 6 August 2009 (UTC) reply
  • Make sure to follow the standards laid out here and word the passage properly. Something like "her grandfather" (and you should probably find out whether it's maternal or paternal GF) "immigrated to the US from Hamburg in 1951" in the early bio section. Staxringold talk contribs 23:13, 6 August 2009 (UTC) reply

In the video Down from the Mountain (available for "instant viewing" on Netflix), host John Hartford introduces her as "Mrs. Alison Krauss". That would suggest "Krauss" is her married name. But given the above comments, I guess Hartford just messed up. (She's smiles and appears to say something to Hartford as she walks on stage, but she doesn't laugh nor appear to correct him.) However, it does pose the question, "Is she married, and if so, to whom." Rico402 ( talk) 14:28, 14 August 2011 (UTC) reply

This link ( bluegrassmusic.com/alison-krauss-union-station) delivers quite useful information:

Champaign Dreams: She grew up in the college town of Champaign, home to the University of Illinois. Her dad, Fred Krauss, was a German immigrant who came to the States in 1952 and taught his native language. Her mom, Louise, of German and Italian descent, is the daughter of artists. Alison got her tireless work ethic from her dad and her equally resilient artistic streak from her mom. “In my father’s family, it was nothing but academics, and in my mother’s family, it was art. So they wanted to make sure they gave us those opportunities.” Music was just one activity Mrs. Krauss got her kids Alison and Viktor into. “I thought everybody took all these things we took. She exposed us to visual arts and we did dance and some sports, which was a lost cause,” Alison says with a laugh. “Not only were we exposed to all this music, but my mother would take me to the University to the performing arts center and we would sit in on dress rehearsals and we’d see Kabuki theater and all kinds of stuff. And one of the things she wanted us to do was take an instrument for five years.” There is more to find in the article e.g. that Fred Krauss was the German teacher of songwriter/bassist John Pennell back in high school and John's mother recognized Alison as Fred's daughter and so on.-- Eusc ( talk) 00:12, 4 October 2012 (UTC) reply

John Waite

Is it known how the duet with John Waite was arranged, was it a favourite song of Alison's during her teenage years? Waite appears to have been selected as lead singer of The Babys in 1977 and is English. He also sang with a group called "Bad English" for a short time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.74.151.244 ( talk) 17:28, 31 August 2009 (UTC) reply

There has been an 8 minute clip posted on YouTube titles Alison Krauss John Waite Making of Missing You which answers the question. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.74.250.1 ( talk) 05:55, 9 November 2009 (UTC) reply

Titled "Alison Krauss John Waite Making of Missing You." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.74.150.141 ( talk) 06:04, 9 November 2009 (UTC) reply

Denise Stiff

I just created a stub for her long-time (I assume present too) manager, Denise Stiff. Didn't see her mentioned in this article, not sure if there's a place for a wikilink. Not sure about adding her to the AK template either. Thanks. -- Omarcheeseboro ( talk) 03:13, 9 January 2010 (UTC) reply

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss not making new album together

According to the new (Aug 5, 2010) edition of Rolling Stone, they say that the second album is aborted. Instead, Robert Plant is releasing a solo album with similar music called "Band of Joy." He says in the article, "It's not a huge, sensitive issue... We just didn't have the songs that suited the occasion. The serendipity of the first adventure was fine." They were unable to capture that "charismatic thing." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.74.3.21 ( talk) 19:51, 7 August 2010 (UTC) reply

27 Grammys, not 28

Paper Airplane won two Grammys in 2012, but one of them was an engineering award that didn't count toward Alison's personal total. She has 27, not 28, making her tied with Quincy Jones as the most-awarded living artist. That Telegraph article is incorrect. Unfortunately, I can't find a correction or a more reputable source that cites the correct number, but if you check the official Grammy nominations list, you will see that she isn't listed as a recipient of the engineering award. The Wikipedia list of her awards is correct with 27. 74.167.8.210 ( talk) 21:22, 15 February 2012 (UTC) reply

She performs religious songs

Should it not be mentioned in this article that she performs religious songs, such as "Down to the River to Pray"? ACEOREVIVED ( talk) 23:20, 17 October 2012 (UTC) reply

IMHO I wouldn't call that a religious song. North8000 ( talk) 23:50, 17 October 2012 (UTC) reply
I would. And I'd Rather Have Jesus - Alison Krauss & The Cox Family/Suzanne Cox off Amazing Grace - A Country Salute to Gospel, Vol. 1 and "A Living Prayer" (from 'Lonely Runs Both Ways'). In fact I Know Who Holds Tomorrow won the Grammy for gospel music album. Rmhermen ( talk) 16:33, 23 October 2012 (UTC) reply

Fiddler instead of Musician?

In the very first sentence of the article she is called a "singer and musician." While this isn't _wrong_ and it's certainly not offensive, she specializes in the fiddle and "singer and fiddler" would be a bit more accurate. I would not doubt it if someone said that she has played another instrument on occasion and I'm certain she _could_ but our vision of her is always a beautiful lady with a fiddle. 65.79.173.135 ( talk) 14:07, 3 February 2014 (UTC)Will in New Haven 65.79.173.135 ( talk) 14:07, 3 February 2014 (UTC) reply

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I did some research a couple of years ago on the controversy over Vietnam, of which I am a veteran. When I researched the Kent State shootings, I noticed the name of Allison Krause as one of the victims, killed in the shooting on May 4, 1970. I know of Alison Krauss, the well-known bluegrass singer, who was born in Illinois on July 23, 1971. This may be coincidence, but the name is not common. Did the death of Allison Krause have anything to do with Alison Krauss's naming? Her bios do not mention any source of her name. - Rockybass Rockybass ( talk) 04:10, 26 January 2009 (UTC) reply

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Add YouTube video to External links section?

I just found this compilation video giving a great overview of Alison Krauss’ development as a musician over the years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_zmN-So54Q

So now I’m wondering if it’s allowed / a good idea to add this to the external links? Geke ( talk) 22:52, 11 May 2018 (UTC) reply

Birth place discrepancy

After an infobox change by another editor to the birth place for Krauss from Decatur to Champaign, Illinois, I did some research and found several conflicts, including among multiple reliable sources. I don't have access to official birth, marriage, or death certificates/records.

Here are the resources that I have found that state her birth place as Decatur, Illinois:

  • Library of Congress Name Authority file (revised in 2016) [2]
  • Dictionary of Women Worldwide (2007, page 1057, edited by Anne Commire) [3]
  • The Bluegrass Reader (2004, edited by Thomas Goldsmith) [4]
  • Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians since 1900 (2004, via Encyclopedia.com)
  • Popular Musicians (1999, vol. 2, page 614, edited by Steve Hochman)
  • Encyclopedia of Popular Music (1998, vol. 4, page 3074, edited by Colin Larkin)
  • The Encyclopedia of Country Music (1998, page 285, edited by Paul Kingsbury)
  • The Big Book of Country Music: A Biographical Encyclopedia (1995, page 253, by Ricard Carlin)

Here are the resources that I have found that state her birth place as Champaign, Illinois:

  • 25 editions of various Marquis/Routledge Who's Who encyclopedias, including Who's Who in America, Who's Who of American Women, Who's Who in the World
  • Contemporary Musicians entry for Krauss (2003, vol. 41, p. 119) via Encyclopedia.com and (1994, vol. 10, p. 139)
  • Krauss' website [5]

Additionally, the Champaign newspaper The News-Gazette has referred to Krauss in numerous articles as a "Champaign native" (one example [6]) and has called Champaign her hometown in other articles (one example [7]).

The Decatur newspaper Herald & Review has referred to Krauss as a "Decatur native" (one [8] example) but I found several instances in this publication that referred to her as a "Champaign native" (no online versions available, as they are older articles accessed via NewsBank). However, I found no instances in The News-Gazette that referred to Krauss as a "Decatur native".

All that said, because Krauss' website states that she was born in Champaign, I'm going to adjust the article to support that, but also add a note that some sources say Decatur. I'll make those edits to the article momentarily. If there are disagreements with this action, let's discuss it here. NOLA1982 ( talk) 15:45, 17 November 2020 (UTC) reply

I would rather tell the reader she was born in Decatur, then the family moved to Champaign a few years later, so everybody agrees she was raised in Champaign. This is from the Herald & Review newspaper of Decatur, "Decatur the birthplace of Alison Krauss", September 18, 2017. Because of the level of detail in this source, it seems definitive. The same newspaper said the same thing 14 years earlier, that "born in Decatur and raised in Champaign". So they're consistent. Binksternet ( talk) 23:03, 17 November 2020 (UTC) reply
Thanks for those links. I don't have a subscription to newspapers.com, but if you would like for me to do so, I can share here other citations found via NewsBank from the Herald & Review that describe Krauss as a Champaign native/born in Champaign. I agree that the Decatur newspaper has also described her as a Decatur native/born in Decatur. I can also send citations from many other newspapers outside of Illinois that have described her as being born in Decatur and others as being born in Champaign. That's kind of the point here: there are discrepancies among multiple reliable sources. I've looked through several WP policy articles to find guidance on what to do about situations like this, and haven't found one that exactly matches this scenario. My reading of WP:VERIFY and WP:BLPSOURCES don't address this exact issue and my interpretation of WP:BLPSELFPUB supports the use of Krauss' website statement on her place of birth. If you know of a policy that I should review, please point me in that direction. Thanks. NOLA1982 ( talk) 19:29, 18 November 2020 (UTC) reply
The guidance for a situation where sources are in contradiction is to tell the reader both versions (see WP:BALANCE.) But I would like to sort out which city is the most likely birthplace, so we can say it was probably one, but some sources say the other. So we have two choices: we don't know which city and cannot list one as more likely, or we think it's Decatur but some sources say Champaign. Binksternet ( talk) 21:08, 18 November 2020 (UTC) reply
Thanks for the link to WP:BALANCE. That policy certainly applies here. My recent edits to the article were an attempt to do the same as your last phrase, but from the opposite side of the equation. Also, I'm curious as to why what Krauss has said is her birth place (via her website bio) isn't part of your reasoning. In a "tie" between reliable sources, it seems to me that her input is important. NOLA1982 ( talk) 21:38, 18 November 2020 (UTC) reply
I think her website bio is not reliable. It's written in the third person, and it quotes what she said elsewhere, like the writer of the piece was researching her rather than talking to her in person. The website bio smears together her classical and bluegrass beginnings, whereas she took classical violin lessons for six years, from age 5 to 11, and picked up bluegrass at 7 or 8 or 9 years of age, depending on the source.
Here's another clipping that says she was born in Decatur and raised in Champaign. The publication is different this time, The Pantagraph from Bloomington, a source with no horse in the race, unlike Decatur's own newspaper.
A big factor that makes me think a source is more reliable is the amount of detail it presents. All of the sources that have more detail point to Decatur as birthplace, acknowledging the family move to Champaign where she was raised. None of the sources listing Champaign as birthplace have any sort of story about the family changing residence. Binksternet ( talk) 23:36, 18 November 2020 (UTC) reply
Thanks for your patience. I wanted to do a deeper dive into documentation, but that took longer due to pandemic-related library closures. I will update the article again after finishing here to say that Krauss was indeed born in Decatur. Library staff in the Local History Room at the Decatur Public Library (in Macon County) found a birth announcement in the Decatur Herald that states she was born at St. Mary's Hospital in Decatur. The surname was misspelled as "Kraus" and the child was described simply as "girl", which may explain why previous online searches didn't find the announcement. [9] The Decatur City Directory for 1971 (published by R. L. Polk) also has an entry for Fred and Louise Krauss on page 324; that was the only year between 1969 and 1972 that they were documented as living in Decatur. Library staff at the Champaign County Historical Archives at the Urbana Free Library found entries in Champaign city directories for Fred at various addresses in the county between 1964 and 1968 while he was a student at the University of Illinois, and then again from 1972 through 1973, which is as far back as their searches went. Neither set of city directories had an entry for Fred or Louise in 1969 or 1970. Fred and Louise filed a marriage application in Champaign County in June 1965. [10] I will re-edit the article to say that she was born in Decatur (with a note that sources vary) and grew up in Champaign. NOLA1982 ( talk) 16:16, 27 November 2020 (UTC) reply
Many thanks for your research. Politrukki ( talk) 19:22, 27 November 2020 (UTC) reply
Fantastic! I'm glad you spent the time looking up this issue. Binksternet ( talk) 21:44, 27 November 2020 (UTC) reply
Librarians and archivists rock, and facts matter! NOLA1982 ( talk) 06:13, 28 November 2020 (UTC) reply
I had a feeling that I added one of the sources and it seems my memory did not fail me this time: [11] (17 January 2016). In other words, I used The Bluegrass Reader and my action stemmed from this edit. I don't recall that there was any serious dispute about the birth place at that juncture.
General note, I would be careful about drawing conclusions if a source describes X as "[place] native". Sure, in most cases it means that X was born in [place], but in some cases it simply means that X was raised there. Politrukki ( talk) 19:22, 27 November 2020 (UTC) reply
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