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

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Alison Krauss & Union Station (Photo: Randee St. Nicholas; used with permission)

Alison Krauss & Union Station have announced the March 28, 2025, release of Arcadia, their first new album in 14 years. The album, via Down The Road Records, features ten songs and was produced by the band. It’s available for pre-order in the U.S. here and in the U.K. here. A stunning first single, “Looks Like The End Of The Road,” was shared on January 29.

On the heels of its release, they’ll perform the music live at 75 tour dates across North America. Featuring Jerry Douglas, the tour is the band’s first run of shows together in more than ten years.

From the January 29 announcement: Even during an extended period apart – while each member was building a thriving solo career, collaborating with some of the greatest artists in the world, earning a collective total of more than 70 GRAMMY Awards, and selling tens of millions of albums – they never stopped searching for and patiently collecting the music that might one day bring them back together.

[Krauss is well known for a pair of albums she recorded with Robert Plant and producer T Bone Burnett, 2007’s GRAMMY-sweeping Raising Sand and 2021’s chart-topping Raise The Roof.]

Largely written by such modern masters as Robert Lee Castleman, Viktor Krauss, Bob Lucas, JD McPherson and Sarah Siskind, Arcadia’s songs are contemporary reflections of history. But there was one in particular that reunited the band and reignited their focus. “Usually, I find something that’s a first song, and then things fall into place,” says Alison 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.”

Following 2011’s Paper Airplane, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Country, Bluegrass and Folk charts, Arcadia further expands the immaculately crafted, endlessly surprising sound that Alison Krauss & Union Station are known and loved for. Recorded in studios across Nashville, Arcadia also welcomes new member Russell Moore on co-lead vocals, guitar and mandolin. Best known as the frontman for chart-topping group IIIrd Tyme Out, Moore is the International Bluegrass Music Association’s most awarded male vocalist of all time. He’s now alongside Krauss (fiddle, lead vocal), Douglas (Dobro, lap steel, vocals), Ron Block (banjo, guitar, vocals) and Barry Bales (bass, vocals).

Of the songs on Arcadia, Krauss says: “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.”

Alison Krauss & Union Station Arcadia Track List (with songwriters)
Looks Like The End Of The Road (Jeremy Lister)
The Hangman (Viktor Krauss & Maurice Ogden)
The Wrong Way (Robert Lee Castleman & Dan Tyminski)
Granite Mills (Timothy Eriksen)
One Ray Of Shine (Sarah Siskind & Viktor Krauss)
Richmond On The James (Alison Krauss & G.T. Burgess)
North Side Gal (Jonathan David McPherson)
Forever (Robert Lee Castleman)
Snow (Bob Lucas)
There’s A Light Up Ahead (Jeremy Lister)

Many of the group’s other albums are available here.

Alison Krauss & Union Station 2025 Tour (Tickets are available here and here)
4/17 – The Louisville Palace – Louisville, KY*
4/18 – The Louisville Palace – Louisville, KY*
4/19 – Mershon Auditorium – Columbus, OH*
4/25 – Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park – Atlanta, GA
4/26 – Live Oak Bank Pavilion – Wilmington, NC
4/27 – Koka Booth Amphitheatre – Cary, NC
4/29 – Bell Auditorium – Augusta, GA
4/30 – The Adderley Amphitheater – Tallahassee, FL
5/2 – The Wharf Amphitheater – Orange Beach, AL
5/3 – Brandon Amphitheater – Brandon, MS
5/4 – BJCC Concert Hall – Birmingham, AL
5/6 – Orpheum Theatre – Memphis, TN
5/12 – First Security Amphitheater – Little Rock, AR
5/13 – The Criterion – Oklahoma City, OK
5/15 – Saint Louis Music Park – Maryland Heights, MO
5/16 – Walmart AMP – Rogers, AR
5/17 – Starlight Theatre – Kansas City, MO
5/29 – Smart Financial Centre – Sugar Land, TX
5/30 – Whitewater Amphitheater – New Braunfels, TX
5/31 – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory – Irving, TX
6/3 – PNC Pavilion – Cincinnati, OH
6/4 – Devon Lakeshore Amphitheater – Decatur, IL
6/6 – BMO Pavilion – Milwaukee, WI
6/7 – The Chicago Theatre – Chicago, IL
6/8 – The Ledge – Waite Park, MN
6/10 – Vetter Stone Amphitheater – Mankato, MN
6/11 – Bayfront Festival Park – Duluth, MN
6/13 – McGrath Amphitheatre – Cedar Rapids, IA
6/14 – Denny Sanford Premier Center – Sioux Falls, SD
6/15 – The Astro Amphitheater – Omaha, NE
6/16 – Hartman Arena – Park City, KS
6/18 – Red Rocks Amphitheatre – Morrison, CO
6/19-6/22 – Telluride Bluegrass Festival – Telluride, CO
6/20 – Dillon Amphitheater – Dillon, CO
6/21 – Kit Carson Park – Taos, NM
7/11 – Arizona Financial Theatre – Phoenix, AZ
7/12 – The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park – San Diego, CA
7/13 – Greek Theatre – Los Angeles, CA
7/15 – Santa Barbara Bowl – Santa Barbara, CA
7/16 – The Mountain Winery – Saratoga, CA
7/18 – Grand Theatre – Reno, NV
7/19 – Redding Civic Auditorium – Redding, CA
7/20 – Edgefield Amphitheater – Troutdale, OR
7/22 – Wine Country Amphitheater – Walla Walla, WA
7/23 – Outlaw Field at the Idaho Botanical Garden – Boise, ID
7/26 – Theatre at the Brick – Bozeman, MT
7/27 – BECU Live at Northern Quest – Airway Heights, WA
7/29 – Grey Eagle Resort & Casino – Calgary, AB
7/31 – TCU Place – Saskatoon, SK
8/1 – Centennial Concert Hall – Winnipeg, MB
8/19 – Massey Hall – Toronto, ON
8/21 – Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park – Indianapolis, IN
8/22 – Ascend Amphitheater – Nashville, TN
8/23 – The Tennessee Theatre – Knoxville, TN
8/24 – The Tennessee Theatre – Knoxville, TN
8/26 – Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium – Chattanooga, TN
8/28 – The Dome – Virginia Beach, VA
8/29 – Allianz Amphitheater at Riverfront – Richmond, VA
8/30 – Earl Scruggs Music Festival – Mill Spring, NC
9/6 – Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre – Sterling Heights, MI
9/7 – Jacobs Pavilion – Cleveland, OH
9/9 – Wolf Trap – Vienna, VA
9/10 – The Met Philadelphia presented by Highmark – Philadelphia, PA
9/12 – Beacon Theatre – New York, NY
9/13 – Beacon Theatre – New York, NY
9/16 – Veterans Memorial Auditorium – Providence, RI
9/17 – Leader Bank Pavilion – Boston, MA
9/19 – BankNH Pavilion – Gilford, NH
9/20 – The Green at Shelburne Museum – Shelburne, VT
9/21 – Artpark Mainstage Theater – Lewiston, NY
9/23 – Salem Civic Center – Salem, VA
9/24 – Credit One Stadium – Charleston, SC
9/26 – The Saint Augustine Amphitheatre – St. Augustine, FL
9/27 – The BayCare Sound – Clearwater, FL
9/28 – Hard Rock Live – Hollywood, FL