Robert plant, alison krauss raising sand music skip to main content. Raising sand 2007 was the record that changed everything for plant. List of awards and nominations received by alison krauss. Oct 23, 2007 check out raising sand by robert plant on amazon music. On the other hand, you have alison krauss, the queen of modern bluegrass and the winner of more grammy awards than any other female artist with 20. Raising sand is a grammyaward winning collaboration album robert plant. Throughout 2008, plant and krauss, along with burnett, toured in support of the album. Most people would have bet on plant s exband mate, john paul jones, as being the one to have forged this big league bluegrasss pairing.
Raising sand is a grammyaward winning collaboration album by rock singer robert plant and bluegrasscountry singer alison krauss. Theres something vaguely sinister in the bones of raising sand. Denise stiff, jami fugate, shelley bright, jennifer templeton, paige simmons helyer, debbie beasley, lauri eisenberg and fred carpenter. Raising sand, an album by robert plant, alison krauss on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Oct 22, 2007 check out raising sand by robert plant and alison krauss on amazon music. Born in champaign, illinois, alison krauss grew up listening to everything from folk to opera to pop and rock music, but quickly fell in love with bluegrass when she began playing fiddle at the age of five. In 2003, robert plant travelled to mali to perform at the famed festival in the desert alongside ali farka toure, tinariwen and many others. Digging deep the robert plant podcast digging deep, the robert plant podcast, now available on itunes, spotify, deezer, acast, youtube or wherever you get your podcasts listen now. Together, with producer t bone burnett, they explore a variety of roots styles, from the swamp blues of the opener, rich woman, the pedalsteel fueled sorrow of killing the blues and quiet county desperation of gene clarks polly come home to the lonesome despair of townes. Robert plant and alison krausss raising sand was the 2007.
It was released on 23 october 2007 by rounder records. Try disabling any ad blockers and refreshing this page. Zirka is an 8 part, mostly selfshot documentary by. With her silky vocals, warm personality, and estimable skills as a fiddler, alison krauss helped bring bluegrass to a new audience with music that stayed true to the roots of the style while adding appeal for country and pop audiences. Robert plant raising sand with alison krauss mp3 album. Burnett, who had worked with krauss on the o brother, where art thou. A new high tide for robert plant and alison krauss. In alison krauss single appeared on the album raising sand 2007, a project that brought together krauss, plant, and producer tbone burnett. About raising sand from its embryonic, conceptual stages well before any music materialized the mere idea of raising sand held.
There is the gender bent, let your loss be your lesson, that sounds like it is ripped right out of the american songbook. Buy mp3 music online robert plant raising sand with alison krauss. Raising sand finds robert plant and alison krauss exploring popular musics elemental roots while still sounding effortlessly, breathtakingly. You can also listen to newstalk live on or on alexa, by adding the newstalk skill and asking.
The canadian country music awards have been presented annually by the canadian country music association since 1982. Robert plant and alison krauss raising sand vinyl music. Alison krauss and robert plant share a maverick spirit and willingness to extend the boundaries of. A hundred miles or more, a collection drawn from krauss rounder albums, along with sides recorded for various soundtrack projects and five previously unreleased tracks, appeared in 2007. Robert plant and alison krauss, robert plant, alison. They crafted an album together in 2007 titled raising sand. On one hand you have robert plant, singer and songwriter for rock and roll gods led zeppelin. Robert plant, alison krauss please read the letter. Nov 02, 2017 robert plant on led zeppelin, alison krauss and his endless wanderlust robert plant photograph. Robert plant and alison krauss, robert plant, alison krauss. As led zeppelins longhaired, barechested frontman, robert plant was the archetypical rock god. Raising sand by robert plant and alison krauss on amazon. Check out raising sand by robert plant and alison krauss on amazon music.
The only way it could be better is if it wasnt so platonic. Robert plant and alison krauss, raising sand music. Robert plant s affection for roots music continues on this collaboration with bluegrass superstar alison krauss. Sister rosetta goes before us this song is by robert plant and alison krauss and appears on the album raising sand 2007.
Also appearing in 2007 was raising sand, an acclaimed, multiplatinum collaboration with robert plant. Find similar albums to raising sand robert plant, alison krauss on allmusic. Born in staffordshire, england, and raised on delta blues, plant as a writer and singer, both with zep and in his ongoing solo careerbraided the visceral impact of hard rock with eastern classical music. Robert plant on led zeppelin, alison krauss and his endless. Raising sand by robert plant and alison krauss, robert.
Oct 23, 2007 theres something vaguely sinister in the bones of raising sand. Riaacertified platinum, the album was nominated for and won 5 grammy awards at the 51st annual grammy awards, including album of the year, best contemporary folkamericana album, and record of the year please read the letter. Robert plant alison krauss raising sand 2007, digipak. Raising sand robert plant, alison krauss nhaccuatui. John fardy joins pat to look back on album raising sand by robert plant and alison krauss. A oneoff collaboration between bluegrasscountry giant alison krauss and former led zeppelin frontman robert plant that wound up yielding them. From the outset, something like this has got to sound interesting. With the maverick t bone burnett producing, raising sand sounds little like anything plant or krauss have recorded in the past. Plant had been turning blues into celtic folk and vice versa since zeppelin, so teaming with bluegrass queen krauss was an inspired move especially with tbone burnett applying a weehours spaciousness to the sound that mirrors the space in the mature tenterhook relationships the duo croons and wails about. Alison krauss and robert plant share a maverick spirit and willingness to extend the boundaries of their respective genres. Jul 18, 2011 robert plant and alison krauss, raising sand one of rocks great voices meets one of countrys great voices, tackling an inspired, rootsminded songbook with sonic guru tbone burnett. It was released on october 23, 2007 by rounder records.
After the breakup of led zeppelin in 1980 he started a remarkable solo career. Born in staffordshire, england, and raised on delta blues. Raising sand by robert plant and alison krauss metacritic. Raising sand by robert plant and alison krauss, robert plant, alison krauss 2007 audio cd. The 2007 album was hailed around the world as a creative high point in the long and distinguished careers of robert. Zirka is an 8 part, mostly selfshot documentary by robert chronicling his experiences. Robert plant rediscovers his joy, thanks to alison krauss the boot. Blending bluegrass with folk and country accents, krauss was ins. Complete your robert plant alison krauss collection. It started out with that ambition, but tbone burnett producer of raising sand and krauss didnt quite satisfy plant. In 2007, krauss and robert plant released the collaborative album entitled raising sand. From 20072008, plant recorded and performed with bluegrass star alison krauss. Raising sand was the 2009 grammy award winner for album of the year, best contemporary folkamericana album. The album featured production by tbone burnett and songwriting by plant, tom waits, sam phillips, townes van zandt and gene clark among others.
Album of the year grammy winner, billboards the 10 best albums of 2007, rolling stones the top 50 records of 2007, itunes rewind 2009. Raising sand robert plant, alison krauss similar allmusic. Nicola powell for patience, diligence and conjecture. Raising sand has to be one of the best ever examples of this. With a career spanning more than 40 years, plant is regarded as one of the most significant singers in the history of rock music. Raising sand finds robert plant and alison krauss exploring popular musics elemental roots while still sounding effortlessly, breathtakingly contemporary. Everybodys been talkin they say our love wasnt real that it would soon be over thats not the way i feel but i dont worry, honey let them say what they may. Download, listen and subscribe on the newstalk app. Most people would have bet on plants exband mate, john paul jones, as being the one to have forged this big league bluegrasss pairing. Won raising sand with robert plant album of the year. Stream raising sand by robert plant and alison krauss and tens of millions of other songs on all your devices with amazon music unlimited.
Robert plant and alison krauss pair up in a platonic countryfolkrock album of absolute hits. Sung in tandem with country star alison krauss the pair duet and provide backings for each other raising sand is an album of deep, dark americana, a scintillatingly stitched patchwork of. Robert plant and alison krauss met at a tribute concert to leadbelly, and decided to collaborate. Burnett aims for atmospheric daniel lanois territory, with marc. The song killing the blues is featured in the new jc penney american living campaign. Robert plant didnt actually have a romance with bluegrass diva alison krauss, but between their tender harmonies and the intimate slant of the material, it often sounds that way. Two musical adventurers, robert plant and alison krauss, have joined to record a new cd, raising sand. Theyre haunting and heavenly when they join voices on the gospel number your long journey. Oct 23, 2007 a oneoff collaboration between bluegrasscountry giant alison krauss and former led zeppelin frontman robert plant that wound up yielding them the grammy award for album of the year in 2009. Born in staffordshire, england, and raised on delta blues, plantas a writer and singer, both with zep and in his ongoing solo careerbraided the visceral impact of hard rock with eastern classical music. Robert plant and alison krauss s raising sand was the 2007 album of the year. And though krauss and plant make the most curious of rock n roll bedfellows, the powerfully captivating. Robert plant and alison krausss raising sand was the 2007 album of the year.
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