Rounder Records To Release First-Ever Robert Plant DVD

Rounder Records has announced the Oct. 24 release of Robert Plant’s first-ever music DVD, highlighting his prolific solo career as well as staples from the Led Zeppelin era. Robert Plant and the Strange Sensation were filmed for the pioneering PBS series, Soundstage, which initially ran for 11 years (1974-1985) and was recently resurrected. Soundstage features musicians in intimate settings, before small studio audiences, for one-hour live sets.

Plant’s current band Strange Sensation is Clive Deamer (drums), formerly of Portishead; John Baggott (keys), of Portishead and Massive Attack; Billy Fuller (bass) from Fuzz Against Junk; Skin (guitar), of Brit-pop phenomenon Cast; and Justin Adams (gimbri, darbouka, guitar), of Sinead O’Connor, Jah Wobble, and the Wayward Shakes.

Plant and the Strange Sensation play an earth –shattering set of Led Zeppelin classics including "No Quarter," "Black Dog," and "Whole Lotta Love," as well as some of the most well-crafted masterpieces from Plant’s solo career, including "Shine It All Around" and "The Enchanter." Plant exhibits his genre-crossing deftness, moving from world music flavors to funky blues to roots-rock. Bonus tracks include the classic popularized by Jimi Hendrix, "Hey Joe," as well as Bob Dylan’s sweetly nostalgic "Girl from the North Country."

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