Alison Krauss & Union Station Announce ‘Arcadia,’ 1st New Album In 14 Years

Alison Krauss & Union Station will release Arcadia, their first new album since 2011, on March 28 via Down The Road Records. Out today from the 10-track set is its lead single and opening track, “Looks Like The End Of The Road.”

Arcadia features new member Russell Moore on co-lead vocals, guitar and mandolin alongside Alison Krauss (fiddle, lead vocal), Jerry Douglas (dobro, lap steel, vocals), Ron Block (banjo, guitar, vocals) and Barry Bales. Alison Krauss & Union Station recorded the self-produced and long-awaited follow-up to 2011’s Paper Airplanes at studios across Nashville.

The band enlisted several songwriting masters to help craft the songs on Arcadia, including Robert Lee Castleman, Viktor Krauss, Bob Lucas, JD McPherson and Sarah Siskind. Lead single “Looks Like The End Of The Road” was penned by Jeremy Lister.

Alison Krauss weighed in on the songs of Arcadia, stating:

“The stories of the past are told in this music. It’s that whole idea of ‘in the good old days when times were bad.’ There’s so much bravery and valor and loyalty and dreaming, of family and themes of human existence that were told in a certain way when our grandparents were alive. Someone asked me, ‘How do you sing these tragic tunes?’ I have to. It’s a calling. I feel privileged to be a messenger of somebody else’s story. And I want to hear what happened.”

Among Arcadia’s tracks is one in particular that helped the reunited band set about the mission of making a new album. “Usually, I find something that’s a first song, and then things fall into place,” added Krauss. “That song was ‘Looks Like The End Of The Road.’ Jeremy Lister wrote it, and it just felt so alive – and as always, I could hear the guys already playing it.”

Watch the official lyric video for Alison Krauss & Union Station’s “Looks Like The End Of The Road” below:

Alison Krauss & Union Station will embark on the massive Arcadia 2025 Tour on April 17. The 75-date run continues through the end of September. Scroll below for the itinerary and ticketing links.

Acadia Tracklist

1. Looks Like The End Of The Road (Jeremy Lister)
2. The Hangman (Viktor Krauss & Maurice Ogden)
3. The Wrong Way (Robert Lee Castleman & Dan Tyminski)
4. Granite Mills (Timothy Eriksen)
5. One Ray Of Shine (Sarah Siskind & Viktor Krauss)
6. Richmond On The James (Alison Krauss & G.T. Burgess)
7. North Side Gal (Jonathan David McPherson)
8. Forever (Robert Lee Castleman)
9. Snow (Bob Lucas)
10. There’s A Light Up Ahead (Jeremy Lister)