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Alison Krauss and Robert Plant extend tour again

Sometimes, the chemistry just works. How else to explain Alison Krauss and Robert Plant’s decision to record an album, go on tour, add more dates, and now, expand it further? Perhaps an alternate explanation is the Grammy-nominated duo’s desire to spread their sweet sounds to the red states, as the new batch of tour dates finds them in Texas, North Carolina, Kentucky, and Tennessee. OK, also purple states like Ohio and Pennsylvania. And, all right, non-states like Ontario. Maybe we'll stick with that “chemistry just works” explanation after all. Alison Krauss and Robert Plant on tour: April 19 - Louisville,...  read more

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss release new video

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss have released a video for “Please Read the Letter,” the second single off of their joint album Raising Sand, released late last year on Rounder Records. “Please Read the Letter” was written by Plant and Led Zeppelin bandmate Jimmy Page. Director Rocky Schneck shot the video in Los Angeles at a sparsely decorated gothic mansion, meant to portray the haunting sadness of the song’s lyrics. The video debuted recently on the Country Music Television network, and is available at Rounder.com. As previously reported, Plant, Krauss and their band (led by celebrated producer T-Bone Burnett) will...  read more

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss announce first tour dates

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss have announced their first set of tour dates in support of Raising Sand. The album was released Oct. 23 on Rounder, debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 chart and was certified Gold soon after. The album’s first single, “Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On),” was nominated for a Grammy this year for Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals. The album as a whole was released too late to be eligible for this year’s awards. T-Bone Burnett produced Raising Sand, and will lead the Plant and Krauss touring band. The extensive U.S. and European tour kicks...  read more

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss: Raising Sand

After the initial double take, it starts to make sense. Former Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant showed an affinity for traditional American folksongs as far back as 1970...  read more

Robert Plant, Alison Krauss play Today, talk new record

If you're still trying to wrap your head around the idea of Led Zeppelin's lead mystic Robert Plant teaming with bluegrass sensation Alison Krauss, we have the video evidence ready. And you know what? It's good stuff. First of all, Stereogum directs us to video of the duo on the Today Show, performing their cover of the Everly Brothers' "Gone, Gone, Gone." Plant and Krauss haven't yet built that sublime vocal connection that fueled the Everlys' best work, but they still mesh quite well. The video itself takes awhile to load (ads and all). If only NBC had posted the...  read more