Raising Sand
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
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| Total: 13 Songs |
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While Robert Plant established his reputation as the hard rock singer of the 1970s with his banshee shriek, he has not tried to emulate that trademark in his solo career. His affection for roots music was evidenced back in the'80s with the Honeydrippers and it continues in 2007 on this collaboration with bluegrass superstar Alison Krauss. Together, with producer T Bone Burnett applying a restrained, tasteful patina, they explore a variety of roots styles, from the swamp blues of the opener, "Rich Woman," the pedal-steel fueled sorrow of "Killing the Blues" and quiet county desperation of Gene Clark's "Polly Come Home" to the lonesome despair of Townes Van Zandt's "Nothin'." The small band maintains an intimate room sound and a solid cohesion no matter which style they approach. (It's an all-star cast with guitarist Marc Ribot, pedal steel extraordinaire Greg Leisz among the faithful.) Krauss steps out with several fiddle spotlights, but the vocals are a shared experience. Along with first-rate songs from Tom Waits and the Everly Brothers, the album is a welcome surprise.
Customer Reviews
Incredible
This album is absolutely one of the best I've heard. Being a fan of both Plant and Krauss, I was instantly interested in purchasing the album, completely unaware of how amazing it actually is! These are inspiring songs, and I only wish that everyone listened to it, because it's 100% worth it.
A warm, beautiful album that sounds timeless
What a fat, juicy analog sounding album reminiscent of a more patient musical era. It's as if each musician took their sweet, personal time performing every note on this record. Krauss shines as a songbird, and Plant holds himself back just behind the raw energy of Zeppelin madness at times, and then even seems quite happy laying down in the warmer, conversational lyrics that dominate this album. I can't get it out of my player. I am using it as a reference while mixing Aaron Strumpel and Karla Adolphe's new album under the band name: The Emporiums, coming early 2011.
Magical
Saw them touring at the Greek @ Berkeley on one of those Bay Area nights where the fog was just rolling over the hills, and it's Robert flippin' Plant, and Allison Krauss' voice just ringing through the amphitheater - so good. Amazing actually. So is the record - if you grab just a few tracks, get "Polly Come Home", "Please Read The Letter", and "Let Your Loss Be A Lesson".
Biography
Born: July 23, 1971 in Decatur, IL
Genre: Country
Years Active: '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s
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- Genres: Singer/Songwriter, Music, Country, Americana, Contemporary Folk, Blues, Delta Blues, Folk-Rock, Acoustic Blues, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Rock
- Released: Oct 23, 2007
- ℗ 2007 Rounder Records Manufactured and distributed by Concord Music Group
