separated at birth: alison and jackie

i wish i knew how to post pics side by side, but we shall have to do with up and down. you may have noticed my recent interest in the musician alison kraus:
there was something about her face - a quite lovely face - but something about it that stuck in my mind. then i realised that, to me at least, she could be the twin of bravo workout host jackie warner:
ok, not identical twins perhaps, but separated at birth - what do you think?

krauss crush

when i lived in the shenandoah valley, my friend t took me to see alison krauss and union station play. except for a couple of jesus-y songs at the end, i rather enjoyed the concert. i also bought the soundtrack for 'o brother where art thou'. so when i saw she was nominated for a mercury prize with robert plant, i decided to check out some of the music:


this is not a great video (what's with those blow-up doll things?) but i have been watching it quite a lot. am finding ms. krauss quite compelling. i think it is her smile. it is certainly not her dancing. yes, it must be her smile :-)