Thu August 22, 2024
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Can't Let Go Tour 2024
at Frost Amphitheater
(7pm)
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss plus JD McPherson
Robert Plant
"These are songs that have gone into our hearts way back in time, but got lost in the twists and curves of the passing years," says Robert Plant. "You hear them and you go 'Man, listen to that song, we got to sing that song!' It's a vacation, really--the perfect place to go that you least expected to find."
In 2007, Plant and Alison Krauss released Raising Sand, one of the most acclaimed albums of the 21st Century. It was an unlikely, mesmerizing pairing of one of rock's greatest frontmen with one of country music's finest and most honored artists, produced by the legendary T Bone Burnett. It entered the Billboard 200 at Number Two and was certified platinum, and it won six Grammy awards, including both Album and Record of the Year.
After fourteen years, the two icons reunited with Raise the Roof. Earning three 2023 Grammy nominations and unanimous acclaim, these dozen songs have extended this remarkable collaboration in thrilling new directions - from performances on the illustrious stages of Bonnaroo, Forest Hills Stadium, Glastonbury, the Greek Theatre, Red Rocks and far beyond, to appearances on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, CBS Mornings, PBS NewsHour, CMT Crossroads and more, to 2024's Can't Let Go Tour, which will see the duo once again return to North America for nearly 40 dates this spring and summer.
With Raise the Roof, Plant and Krauss were determined not to simply replicate a formula. "We wanted it to move," says Krauss. "We brought other people in, other personalities within the band and coming back together again in the studio brought a new intimacy to the harmonies."
The duo's intention had always been to continue the momentum of Raising Sand. "There was so much enthusiasm, excitement and adrenaline that it would have been folly if we didn't keep going," says Plant. "We did join up and consider songs, try to work out some ideas, but then somebody would ask if I'd want to take my band to the Arctic Circle--'OK, I'll do that, call you back, Alison!' And then she goes off and gets another Grammy. We've both constantly made new recordings.
"I knew what we could share. In the length of time that I've been making records, this is very rewarding, but a very unusual place to find myself."
In fact, the two singers were stockpiling ideas for songs they might do together, and passing selections back and forth, during the intervening years. "I've heard Lucinda Williams sing 'Can't Let Go' forever, and I sent that to Robert at least ten years ago," says Krauss. "I remember riding around listening to it and thinking it would be so much fun to do together."
Plant had his eyes on a couple of R&B deep cuts. "The Betty Harris song 'Trouble With My Lover' was always in the air," he says. "To hear Alison sing that is such a great way of her turning her gift around. And Bobby Moore's 'Searching for My Love' is something I used to sing at school, another nugget of beautiful lost soul music which has been ricocheting between us for a long time."
When they were finally able to reconvene in Nashville in late 2019, Plant admits that it was "kind of daunting." After all, when they first met up, there were no expectations; "When we started, Robert had said that if it didn't work, we'll try it for three days and say goodbye," says Krauss. But this time, they not only had to clear the bar of their own magnificent careers, they also had the success of Raising Sand to contend with. Once they got rolling, though, Krauss says the recordings felt "very natural, very easy--and really fun."
For his part, Plant wanted to introduce a musical tradition that was part of his own culture. "I've been a big follower of Bert Jansch's work since I was a teenager," he says, "and of that whole Irish, Scottish, English folk style that has a different lilt and different lyrical perspective. I was very keen to bring some of that into the picture."
"One of my favorite parts of this is the songs and songwriters that I had never heard of " says Krauss, noting that in addition to the inclusion of Jansch's "It Don't Bother Me," she feels the "peak of the record" comes with "Go Your Way" by English folk singer Anne Briggs. "Working with Robert, and with T Bone, is always a great education in musical history."
The material on the album encompasses compositions by writers as diverse as Merle Haggard ("Going Where the Lonely Go") and the mysterious blueswoman Geeshie Wiley ("Last Kind Words Blues")--and even a Plant-Burnett original, "High and Lonesome"--in arrangements even more evocative, spare, and hypnotic than those on Raising Sand. In addition to the core band of ace musicians assembled by Burnett, including drummer Jay Bellerose and guitarist Marc Ribot on all tracks, there are appearances from such guests as David Hidalgo from Los Lobos, jazz wizard Bill Frisell, and the eternal Buddy Miller.
Both Plant and Krauss point to the recording of "Quattro (World Drifts In)," a song by the beloved Americana band Calexico, as a turning point in the Raise the Roof sessions. "When I heard the song for the first time, it came in the group of songs Robert sent me as possibilities he liked as ideas for us to record," says Krauss. "I thought, 'Oh gosh, here we go'--hearing that song was the moment I knew we'd make another album."
"It's time to think about walking on the stage again and having that feeling of being just a little bit nervous," says Plant. "And that's really the thing that we both live for--that walk from the side of the stage to the microphone. That's the longest journey, because it lasts a lifetime."
The accomplishments of Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, of course, are immeasurable. But with Raise the Roof, they take the next step in a project that offers them creative rewards unlike anything else. "There's so much romance in contrast," says Krauss.
"It's such a far cry from everything I've done before," says Plant. "I love the whole kaleidoscope of music that I've explored, but this is a place where you can think within the song, you can decide how to bring home an emotion. It's another blend that we've got, and long may we have more of them."
Alison Krauss
Alison Krauss effortlessly bridges the gap between roots music and genres such as pop, rock, country and classical. She has released 14 albums and has sold more than 12 million records to date. With 27 wins, she is the most awarded female artist in GRAMMY history. Krauss recently released the critically acclaimed record Windy City, a collection of 10 classic country songs carefully selected with producer Buddy Cannon. Windy City debuted at #1 on the Country and Bluegrass Billboard charts. She has received a multitude of other honors throughout her career, including nine Country Music Association awards and 14 International Bluegrass Music Association awards. Alison has also contributed songs to numerous films, including O Brother, Where Art Thou? and Cold Mountain. Her 2007 platinum album Raising Sand with Robert Plant won six GRAMMY Awards including Album of the year, and was followed by 2011's chart-topping, Paper Airplane with her longtime collaborators Union Station.
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"It began in Alison's Nashville home. Sitting side by side, with Burnett quietly lining out chord changes on guitar, Plant and Krauss sang. There were no microphones, no effects - nothing to hide behind or escape into. 'The idea was to take them both out of their comfort zone,' Burnett reflects. 'To take us all out of our comfort zones.' As one of the finest harmony singers in any style of music, Krauss worked carefully with Plant to develop a blend, telepathically following the contours of his phrasing. New to such intensive two-part harmony, Plant pared down his vocal style to its most basic components - resulting in some of the most affecting, soulful singing he has yet captured on tape. 'I don't get nervous really,' Plant said of those early sessions. 'But I realized once I started sitting down on that couch, I was in for a ride.' As they grew more comfortable with the songs and the way their voices complimented one another, they stepped into the studio." - myspace.com
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Robert Plant
"These are songs that have gone into our hearts way back in time, but got lost in the twists and curves of the passing years," says Robert Plant. "You hear them and you go 'Man, listen to that song, we got to sing that song!' It's a vacation, really--the perfect place to go that you least expected to find."
In 2007, Plant and Alison Krauss released Raising Sand, one of the most acclaimed albums of the 21st Century. It was an unlikely, mesmerizing pairing of one of rock's greatest frontmen with one of country music's finest and most honored artists, produced by the legendary T Bone Burnett. It entered the Billboard 200 at Number Two and was certified platinum, and it won six Grammy awards, including both Album and Record of the Year.
After fourteen years, the two icons reunited with Raise the Roof. Earning three 2023 Grammy nominations and unanimous acclaim, these dozen songs have extended this remarkable collaboration in thrilling new directions - from performances on the illustrious stages of Bonnaroo, Forest Hills Stadium, Glastonbury, the Greek Theatre, Red Rocks and far beyond, to appearances on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, CBS Mornings, PBS NewsHour, CMT Crossroads and more, to 2024's Can't Let Go Tour, which will see the duo once again return to North America for nearly 40 dates this spring and summer.
With Raise the Roof, Plant and Krauss were determined not to simply replicate a formula. "We wanted it to move," says Krauss. "We brought other people in, other personalities within the band and coming back together again in the studio brought a new intimacy to the harmonies."
The duo's intention had always been to continue the momentum of Raising Sand. "There was so much enthusiasm, excitement and adrenaline that it would have been folly if we didn't keep going," says Plant. "We did join up and consider songs, try to work out some ideas, but then somebody would ask if I'd want to take my band to the Arctic Circle--'OK, I'll do that, call you back, Alison!' And then she goes off and gets another Grammy. We've both constantly made new recordings.
"I knew what we could share. In the length of time that I've been making records, this is very rewarding, but a very unusual place to find myself."
In fact, the two singers were stockpiling ideas for songs they might do together, and passing selections back and forth, during the intervening years. "I've heard Lucinda Williams sing 'Can't Let Go' forever, and I sent that to Robert at least ten years ago," says Krauss. "I remember riding around listening to it and thinking it would be so much fun to do together."
Plant had his eyes on a couple of R&B deep cuts. "The Betty Harris song 'Trouble With My Lover' was always in the air," he says. "To hear Alison sing that is such a great way of her turning her gift around. And Bobby Moore's 'Searching for My Love' is something I used to sing at school, another nugget of beautiful lost soul music which has been ricocheting between us for a long time."
When they were finally able to reconvene in Nashville in late 2019, Plant admits that it was "kind of daunting." After all, when they first met up, there were no expectations; "When we started, Robert had said that if it didn't work, we'll try it for three days and say goodbye," says Krauss. But this time, they not only had to clear the bar of their own magnificent careers, they also had the success of Raising Sand to contend with. Once they got rolling, though, Krauss says the recordings felt "very natural, very easy--and really fun."
For his part, Plant wanted to introduce a musical tradition that was part of his own culture. "I've been a big follower of Bert Jansch's work since I was a teenager," he says, "and of that whole Irish, Scottish, English folk style that has a different lilt and different lyrical perspective. I was very keen to bring some of that into the picture."
"One of my favorite parts of this is the songs and songwriters that I had never heard of " says Krauss, noting that in addition to the inclusion of Jansch's "It Don't Bother Me," she feels the "peak of the record" comes with "Go Your Way" by English folk singer Anne Briggs. "Working with Robert, and with T Bone, is always a great education in musical history."
The material on the album encompasses compositions by writers as diverse as Merle Haggard ("Going Where the Lonely Go") and the mysterious blueswoman Geeshie Wiley ("Last Kind Words Blues")--and even a Plant-Burnett original, "High and Lonesome"--in arrangements even more evocative, spare, and hypnotic than those on Raising Sand. In addition to the core band of ace musicians assembled by Burnett, including drummer Jay Bellerose and guitarist Marc Ribot on all tracks, there are appearances from such guests as David Hidalgo from Los Lobos, jazz wizard Bill Frisell, and the eternal Buddy Miller.
Both Plant and Krauss point to the recording of "Quattro (World Drifts In)," a song by the beloved Americana band Calexico, as a turning point in the Raise the Roof sessions. "When I heard the song for the first time, it came in the group of songs Robert sent me as possibilities he liked as ideas for us to record," says Krauss. "I thought, 'Oh gosh, here we go'--hearing that song was the moment I knew we'd make another album."
"It's time to think about walking on the stage again and having that feeling of being just a little bit nervous," says Plant. "And that's really the thing that we both live for--that walk from the side of the stage to the microphone. That's the longest journey, because it lasts a lifetime."
The accomplishments of Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, of course, are immeasurable. But with Raise the Roof, they take the next step in a project that offers them creative rewards unlike anything else. "There's so much romance in contrast," says Krauss.
"It's such a far cry from everything I've done before," says Plant. "I love the whole kaleidoscope of music that I've explored, but this is a place where you can think within the song, you can decide how to bring home an emotion. It's another blend that we've got, and long may we have more of them."
Alison Krauss
Alison Krauss effortlessly bridges the gap between roots music and genres such as pop, rock, country and classical. She has released 14 albums and has sold more than 12 million records to date. With 27 wins, she is the most awarded female artist in GRAMMY history. Krauss recently released the critically acclaimed record Windy City, a collection of 10 classic country songs carefully selected with producer Buddy Cannon. Windy City debuted at #1 on the Country and Bluegrass Billboard charts. She has received a multitude of other honors throughout her career, including nine Country Music Association awards and 14 International Bluegrass Music Association awards. Alison has also contributed songs to numerous films, including O Brother, Where Art Thou? and Cold Mountain. Her 2007 platinum album Raising Sand with Robert Plant won six GRAMMY Awards including Album of the year, and was followed by 2011's chart-topping, Paper Airplane with her longtime collaborators Union Station.
~~~~~~~~~
"It began in Alison's Nashville home. Sitting side by side, with Burnett quietly lining out chord changes on guitar, Plant and Krauss sang. There were no microphones, no effects - nothing to hide behind or escape into. 'The idea was to take them both out of their comfort zone,' Burnett reflects. 'To take us all out of our comfort zones.' As one of the finest harmony singers in any style of music, Krauss worked carefully with Plant to develop a blend, telepathically following the contours of his phrasing. New to such intensive two-part harmony, Plant pared down his vocal style to its most basic components - resulting in some of the most affecting, soulful singing he has yet captured on tape. 'I don't get nervous really,' Plant said of those early sessions. 'But I realized once I started sitting down on that couch, I was in for a ride.' As they grew more comfortable with the songs and the way their voices complimented one another, they stepped into the studio." - myspace.com
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss plus JD McPherson
Robert Plant
"These are songs that have gone into our hearts way back in time, but got lost in the twists and curves of the passing years," says Robert Plant. "You hear them and you go 'Man, listen to that song, we got to sing that song!' It's a vacation, really--the perfect place to go that you least expected to find."
In 2007, Plant and Alison Krauss released Raising Sand, one of the most acclaimed albums of the 21st Century. It was an unlikely, mesmerizing pairing of one of rock's greatest frontmen with one of country music's finest and most honored artists, produced by the legendary T Bone Burnett. It entered the Billboard 200 at Number Two and was certified platinum, and it won six Grammy awards, including both Album and Record of the Year.
After fourteen years, the two icons reunited with Raise the Roof. Earning three 2023 Grammy nominations and unanimous acclaim, these dozen songs have extended this remarkable collaboration in thrilling new directions - from performances on the illustrious stages of Bonnaroo, Forest Hills Stadium, Glastonbury, the Greek Theatre, Red Rocks and far beyond, to appearances on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, CBS Mornings, PBS NewsHour, CMT Crossroads and more, to 2024's Can't Let Go Tour, which will see the duo once again return to North America for nearly 40 dates this spring and summer.
With Raise the Roof, Plant and Krauss were determined not to simply replicate a formula. "We wanted it to move," says Krauss. "We brought other people in, other personalities within the band and coming back together again in the studio brought a new intimacy to the harmonies."
The duo's intention had always been to continue the momentum of Raising Sand. "There was so much enthusiasm, excitement and adrenaline that it would have been folly if we didn't keep going," says Plant. "We did join up and consider songs, try to work out some ideas, but then somebody would ask if I'd want to take my band to the Arctic Circle--'OK, I'll do that, call you back, Alison!' And then she goes off and gets another Grammy. We've both constantly made new recordings.
"I knew what we could share. In the length of time that I've been making records, this is very rewarding, but a very unusual place to find myself."
In fact, the two singers were stockpiling ideas for songs they might do together, and passing selections back and forth, during the intervening years. "I've heard Lucinda Williams sing 'Can't Let Go' forever, and I sent that to Robert at least ten years ago," says Krauss. "I remember riding around listening to it and thinking it would be so much fun to do together."
Plant had his eyes on a couple of R&B deep cuts. "The Betty Harris song 'Trouble With My Lover' was always in the air," he says. "To hear Alison sing that is such a great way of her turning her gift around. And Bobby Moore's 'Searching for My Love' is something I used to sing at school, another nugget of beautiful lost soul music which has been ricocheting between us for a long time."
When they were finally able to reconvene in Nashville in late 2019, Plant admits that it was "kind of daunting." After all, when they first met up, there were no expectations; "When we started, Robert had said that if it didn't work, we'll try it for three days and say goodbye," says Krauss. But this time, they not only had to clear the bar of their own magnificent careers, they also had the success of Raising Sand to contend with. Once they got rolling, though, Krauss says the recordings felt "very natural, very easy--and really fun."
For his part, Plant wanted to introduce a musical tradition that was part of his own culture. "I've been a big follower of Bert Jansch's work since I was a teenager," he says, "and of that whole Irish, Scottish, English folk style that has a different lilt and different lyrical perspective. I was very keen to bring some of that into the picture."
"One of my favorite parts of this is the songs and songwriters that I had never heard of " says Krauss, noting that in addition to the inclusion of Jansch's "It Don't Bother Me," she feels the "peak of the record" comes with "Go Your Way" by English folk singer Anne Briggs. "Working with Robert, and with T Bone, is always a great education in musical history."
The material on the album encompasses compositions by writers as diverse as Merle Haggard ("Going Where the Lonely Go") and the mysterious blueswoman Geeshie Wiley ("Last Kind Words Blues")--and even a Plant-Burnett original, "High and Lonesome"--in arrangements even more evocative, spare, and hypnotic than those on Raising Sand. In addition to the core band of ace musicians assembled by Burnett, including drummer Jay Bellerose and guitarist Marc Ribot on all tracks, there are appearances from such guests as David Hidalgo from Los Lobos, jazz wizard Bill Frisell, and the eternal Buddy Miller.
Both Plant and Krauss point to the recording of "Quattro (World Drifts In)," a song by the beloved Americana band Calexico, as a turning point in the Raise the Roof sessions. "When I heard the song for the first time, it came in the group of songs Robert sent me as possibilities he liked as ideas for us to record," says Krauss. "I thought, 'Oh gosh, here we go'--hearing that song was the moment I knew we'd make another album."
"It's time to think about walking on the stage again and having that feeling of being just a little bit nervous," says Plant. "And that's really the thing that we both live for--that walk from the side of the stage to the microphone. That's the longest journey, because it lasts a lifetime."
The accomplishments of Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, of course, are immeasurable. But with Raise the Roof, they take the next step in a project that offers them creative rewards unlike anything else. "There's so much romance in contrast," says Krauss.
"It's such a far cry from everything I've done before," says Plant. "I love the whole kaleidoscope of music that I've explored, but this is a place where you can think within the song, you can decide how to bring home an emotion. It's another blend that we've got, and long may we have more of them."
Alison Krauss
Alison Krauss effortlessly bridges the gap between roots music and genres such as pop, rock, country and classical. She has released 14 albums and has sold more than 12 million records to date. With 27 wins, she is the most awarded female artist in GRAMMY history. Krauss recently released the critically acclaimed record Windy City, a collection of 10 classic country songs carefully selected with producer Buddy Cannon. Windy City debuted at #1 on the Country and Bluegrass Billboard charts. She has received a multitude of other honors throughout her career, including nine Country Music Association awards and 14 International Bluegrass Music Association awards. Alison has also contributed songs to numerous films, including O Brother, Where Art Thou? and Cold Mountain. Her 2007 platinum album Raising Sand with Robert Plant won six GRAMMY Awards including Album of the year, and was followed by 2011's chart-topping, Paper Airplane with her longtime collaborators Union Station.
~~~~~~~~~
"It began in Alison's Nashville home. Sitting side by side, with Burnett quietly lining out chord changes on guitar, Plant and Krauss sang. There were no microphones, no effects - nothing to hide behind or escape into. 'The idea was to take them both out of their comfort zone,' Burnett reflects. 'To take us all out of our comfort zones.' As one of the finest harmony singers in any style of music, Krauss worked carefully with Plant to develop a blend, telepathically following the contours of his phrasing. New to such intensive two-part harmony, Plant pared down his vocal style to its most basic components - resulting in some of the most affecting, soulful singing he has yet captured on tape. 'I don't get nervous really,' Plant said of those early sessions. 'But I realized once I started sitting down on that couch, I was in for a ride.' As they grew more comfortable with the songs and the way their voices complimented one another, they stepped into the studio." - myspace.com
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Robert Plant
"These are songs that have gone into our hearts way back in time, but got lost in the twists and curves of the passing years," says Robert Plant. "You hear them and you go 'Man, listen to that song, we got to sing that song!' It's a vacation, really--the perfect place to go that you least expected to find."
In 2007, Plant and Alison Krauss released Raising Sand, one of the most acclaimed albums of the 21st Century. It was an unlikely, mesmerizing pairing of one of rock's greatest frontmen with one of country music's finest and most honored artists, produced by the legendary T Bone Burnett. It entered the Billboard 200 at Number Two and was certified platinum, and it won six Grammy awards, including both Album and Record of the Year.
After fourteen years, the two icons reunited with Raise the Roof. Earning three 2023 Grammy nominations and unanimous acclaim, these dozen songs have extended this remarkable collaboration in thrilling new directions - from performances on the illustrious stages of Bonnaroo, Forest Hills Stadium, Glastonbury, the Greek Theatre, Red Rocks and far beyond, to appearances on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, CBS Mornings, PBS NewsHour, CMT Crossroads and more, to 2024's Can't Let Go Tour, which will see the duo once again return to North America for nearly 40 dates this spring and summer.
With Raise the Roof, Plant and Krauss were determined not to simply replicate a formula. "We wanted it to move," says Krauss. "We brought other people in, other personalities within the band and coming back together again in the studio brought a new intimacy to the harmonies."
The duo's intention had always been to continue the momentum of Raising Sand. "There was so much enthusiasm, excitement and adrenaline that it would have been folly if we didn't keep going," says Plant. "We did join up and consider songs, try to work out some ideas, but then somebody would ask if I'd want to take my band to the Arctic Circle--'OK, I'll do that, call you back, Alison!' And then she goes off and gets another Grammy. We've both constantly made new recordings.
"I knew what we could share. In the length of time that I've been making records, this is very rewarding, but a very unusual place to find myself."
In fact, the two singers were stockpiling ideas for songs they might do together, and passing selections back and forth, during the intervening years. "I've heard Lucinda Williams sing 'Can't Let Go' forever, and I sent that to Robert at least ten years ago," says Krauss. "I remember riding around listening to it and thinking it would be so much fun to do together."
Plant had his eyes on a couple of R&B deep cuts. "The Betty Harris song 'Trouble With My Lover' was always in the air," he says. "To hear Alison sing that is such a great way of her turning her gift around. And Bobby Moore's 'Searching for My Love' is something I used to sing at school, another nugget of beautiful lost soul music which has been ricocheting between us for a long time."
When they were finally able to reconvene in Nashville in late 2019, Plant admits that it was "kind of daunting." After all, when they first met up, there were no expectations; "When we started, Robert had said that if it didn't work, we'll try it for three days and say goodbye," says Krauss. But this time, they not only had to clear the bar of their own magnificent careers, they also had the success of Raising Sand to contend with. Once they got rolling, though, Krauss says the recordings felt "very natural, very easy--and really fun."
For his part, Plant wanted to introduce a musical tradition that was part of his own culture. "I've been a big follower of Bert Jansch's work since I was a teenager," he says, "and of that whole Irish, Scottish, English folk style that has a different lilt and different lyrical perspective. I was very keen to bring some of that into the picture."
"One of my favorite parts of this is the songs and songwriters that I had never heard of " says Krauss, noting that in addition to the inclusion of Jansch's "It Don't Bother Me," she feels the "peak of the record" comes with "Go Your Way" by English folk singer Anne Briggs. "Working with Robert, and with T Bone, is always a great education in musical history."
The material on the album encompasses compositions by writers as diverse as Merle Haggard ("Going Where the Lonely Go") and the mysterious blueswoman Geeshie Wiley ("Last Kind Words Blues")--and even a Plant-Burnett original, "High and Lonesome"--in arrangements even more evocative, spare, and hypnotic than those on Raising Sand. In addition to the core band of ace musicians assembled by Burnett, including drummer Jay Bellerose and guitarist Marc Ribot on all tracks, there are appearances from such guests as David Hidalgo from Los Lobos, jazz wizard Bill Frisell, and the eternal Buddy Miller.
Both Plant and Krauss point to the recording of "Quattro (World Drifts In)," a song by the beloved Americana band Calexico, as a turning point in the Raise the Roof sessions. "When I heard the song for the first time, it came in the group of songs Robert sent me as possibilities he liked as ideas for us to record," says Krauss. "I thought, 'Oh gosh, here we go'--hearing that song was the moment I knew we'd make another album."
"It's time to think about walking on the stage again and having that feeling of being just a little bit nervous," says Plant. "And that's really the thing that we both live for--that walk from the side of the stage to the microphone. That's the longest journey, because it lasts a lifetime."
The accomplishments of Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, of course, are immeasurable. But with Raise the Roof, they take the next step in a project that offers them creative rewards unlike anything else. "There's so much romance in contrast," says Krauss.
"It's such a far cry from everything I've done before," says Plant. "I love the whole kaleidoscope of music that I've explored, but this is a place where you can think within the song, you can decide how to bring home an emotion. It's another blend that we've got, and long may we have more of them."
Alison Krauss
Alison Krauss effortlessly bridges the gap between roots music and genres such as pop, rock, country and classical. She has released 14 albums and has sold more than 12 million records to date. With 27 wins, she is the most awarded female artist in GRAMMY history. Krauss recently released the critically acclaimed record Windy City, a collection of 10 classic country songs carefully selected with producer Buddy Cannon. Windy City debuted at #1 on the Country and Bluegrass Billboard charts. She has received a multitude of other honors throughout her career, including nine Country Music Association awards and 14 International Bluegrass Music Association awards. Alison has also contributed songs to numerous films, including O Brother, Where Art Thou? and Cold Mountain. Her 2007 platinum album Raising Sand with Robert Plant won six GRAMMY Awards including Album of the year, and was followed by 2011's chart-topping, Paper Airplane with her longtime collaborators Union Station.
~~~~~~~~~
"It began in Alison's Nashville home. Sitting side by side, with Burnett quietly lining out chord changes on guitar, Plant and Krauss sang. There were no microphones, no effects - nothing to hide behind or escape into. 'The idea was to take them both out of their comfort zone,' Burnett reflects. 'To take us all out of our comfort zones.' As one of the finest harmony singers in any style of music, Krauss worked carefully with Plant to develop a blend, telepathically following the contours of his phrasing. New to such intensive two-part harmony, Plant pared down his vocal style to its most basic components - resulting in some of the most affecting, soulful singing he has yet captured on tape. 'I don't get nervous really,' Plant said of those early sessions. 'But I realized once I started sitting down on that couch, I was in for a ride.' As they grew more comfortable with the songs and the way their voices complimented one another, they stepped into the studio." - myspace.com
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