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Robert Anthony Plant, CBE (born 20 August 1948), is an English rock singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the rock band Led Zeppelin. He has also had a successful solo career.

After the break-up of Led Zeppelin in 1980 (following the death of John Bonham), Plant pursued a successful solo career beginning with "Pictures at Eleven" in 1982, followed by 1983's "The Principle of Moments."

In 1984, Plant formed a short-lived all-star group with Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck called The Honeydrippers, who had a #3 hit with a remake of the Phil Phillips' tune, "Sea of Love."

Pairing with Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page as Page and Plant the duo became a full-fledged performing act from 1994 through 1998, releasing the "Unledded" album in 1994. Page and Plant recorded their only post-Zeppelin album of original material on the 1998 album, "Walking into Clarksdale." A song from this album, "Please Read the Letter", was re-recorded by Plant with Alison Krauss, winning the 2009 Grammy Award for Record of the Year.

Starting in mid-1999, Plant performed until the end of 2000 at several small venues with his folk-rock band, named Priory of Brion. In 2002, with his then newly-formed band Strange Sensation, Plant released a widely acclaimed collection of mostly blues and folk remakes, "Dreamland." Contrasting with this lush collection of often relatively obscure remakes, the second album with Strange Sensation, 2005’s "Mighty ReArranger,” contained new, original songs. Both have received some of the most favorable reviews of Plant's solo career and four Grammy nominations, two in 2003 and two in 2006.

From 2007-2008, Plant recorded and performed with bluegrass star Alison Krauss. A duet album, "Raising Sand," was released in October 2007 on Rounder Records. The album, recorded in Nashville and Los Angeles and produced by T-Bone Burnett, includes performances of lesser-known material from R&B, blues, folk, and country songwriters. The album has been successful critically and commercially, debuting at #2 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart and #2 on the Top Country Albums chart. It was an international success as well, being certified platinum in many countries. The song "Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)" from "Raising Sand" won a Grammy for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals in 2008. "Raising Sand" also won Album of the Year at the 51st Grammy Awards.

In July 2010, Plant embarked on a twelve-date tour in the United States with a new group called Band of Joy, reprising the name of his very first band in the 1960s.

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Live Review

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss at Red Rocks

Read "Robert Plant and Alison Krauss at Red Rocks" reviewed by Geoff Anderson


Robert Plant Alison Krauss Red Rocks Amphitheater Denver, CO September 1, 2022 One thing was established at Thursday night's Robert Plant/Alison Krauss concert: Denver is a fashion hotbed for aging rock stars. Before we get to the proof, let's discuss the store: Rockmount Ranch Wear in downtown Denver. Rockmount traces its lineage to 1946 when it was founded by Jack A. Weil. Weil loved the business so much he continued ...

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Album Review

Robert Plant: Carry Fire

Read "Carry Fire" reviewed by Nenad Georgievski


Some albums take a split second in order to showcase both their greatness and best qualities while others take more time and require more listening in order to reveal their treasures. While singer Robert Plant's album Carry Fire is tremendous on first listen and shows great depth and richness, it also reveals an even richer experience with other subsequent listens. As a lifelong voyager and curious explorer, his sophomore release on Nonesuch Records, Carry Fire continues his focus on creating ...

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Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters at the Fillmore Auditorium, Denver

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Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters Fillmore Auditorium Denver October 4, 2014 Robert Plant's new album, Lullaby and... The Ceaseless Roar (Nonesuch, 2014), is an atmospheric affair; music suitable for horseback riding at twilight in misty woods while on the lookout for the Headless Horseman. Perhaps the Led Zeppelin tune most closely matching the feel for many of the songs on the new album is “No Quarter." So it was entirely appropriate that Plant ...

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Extended Analysis

Robert Plant: lullaby and …The Ceaseless Roar

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Singer Robert Plant's interesting and colorful journey in music continues further with a brilliant new outing named lullaby and ... The Ceaseless Roar. For one thing, this record shows that as Plant gets older he does wondrous things but settle down. His former band casts a long shadow in today's music, with Led Zeppelin as popular as ever, and in a year that saw the band's albums re-released in lavish box sets and various audio formats, Robert Plant takes a ...

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Robert Plant: Band of Joy

Read "Band of Joy" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Classic rock music from the mid-1960s to the mid-'70s produced three great voices: Rod Stewart, Roger Daltrey, and Robert Plant. Of these, the most incendiary was Plant. Never in the voice of a white man was there ever so much raw sexual power than that voice that sang “Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You," “Whole Lotta Love," “Gallows Pole," “Black Dog," or “In My Time of Dying." Jimmy Page may have been the genius, but he would have been nothing but ...

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Music Industry

Robert Plant Ripped up Richard Branson's $800 Million Offer to Reunite Led Zeppelin

Robert Plant Ripped up Richard Branson's $800 Million Offer to Reunite Led Zeppelin

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Particularly in this age of mega-sponsorship deals and music in advertising, there's something noble about a musician who says 'no, this doesn't feel right'  to a big pile of money.  Robert Plant apparently did just that with an offer from Sir Richard Branson to do just 35 shows with his old Led Zeppelin bandmates. Plant is said to have ripped up contract for 35 dates in just three cities in front of “astonished promoters" after the other members of Zep had ...

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Text of Robert Plant, Pete Townsend and Brian May Letter Calling On Google, Isps to Fight Piracy

Text of Robert Plant, Pete Townsend and Brian May Letter Calling On Google, Isps to Fight Piracy

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Robert Plant, Pete Townshend, Brian May, Elton John, Simon Cowell and six other UK musicians and music industry leaders have signed a letter addressed to Prime Minister David Cameron demanding that he fully implement the Digital Economy Act 2010, anti-piracy legislation which passed in 2010.  The letter also called on ISP and search engines, online advertisers to “play their part in protecting consumers and creators from illegal sites." Full text of the letter:     Sir, As the world's focus turns to ...

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Video / DVD

Sat Eye Candy: Robert Plant

Sat Eye Candy: Robert Plant

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MOJO STILL MOST DEFINITELY WORKING After having our wig flipped—seriously, our wig is ruined—by Robert Plant and his supremely gifted Band of Joy at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley last night (full review with pics next week), we thought it only right to tip our hat to Sir Bob, his current collaborators and a few tidbits from his earlier solo career. The man is still a force of nature. Color us impressed. The Band of Joy's inaugural tour is underway ...

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Festival

Additional Security Measures in Place for Robert Plant Show

Additional Security Measures in Place for Robert Plant Show

Source: AAJ Staff

Ottawa—Additional security measures will be in place for Robert Plant & the Band of Joy's festival-opening performance on June 23. In order to insure the safety and well being of the performers the TD Ottawa Jazz Festival must insist on forbidding the following items from festival grounds:

No cans, bottles or refillable containers of any kind will be permitted. Water will be provided on site free of charge. No chains or sharp spikes will be permitted now Absolutely no video ...

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Performance / Tour

Robert Plant: Spring/Summer Dates

Robert Plant: Spring/Summer Dates

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ROBERT PLANT AND BAND OF JOY CONFIRM LATE SPRING/EARLY SUMMER TOUR DATES Robert Plant has confirmed an 11-date North American tour that begins in San Diego, CA on June 8, and ends at the Borgata Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, NJ on June 25. These new dates, which feature a stop at Bonnaroo, are the latest that have been confirmed in support of the two-time Grammy-nominated Band of Joy. The touring band is the same that made the record: ...

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Robert Plant: Spring Tour

Robert Plant: Spring Tour

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TOUR STARTS APRIL 8 IN LOUISVILLE, KY; GET FREE DOWNLOAD BELOW Robert Plant has confirmed a 12-date North American tour. Beginning April 8 in Louisville, KY, this will be the third leg of touring on these shores in support of the triumphant release of his latest album, Band of Joy. The touring band is the same that made the record and that is currently touring the States: Patty Griffin, vocals; Darrell Scott, multi-nstrumentalist/vocals; By ron House, bass/vocals; Marco Giovino, drums ...

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Robert Plant: U.S. Tour

Robert Plant: U.S. Tour

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BAND OF JOY OUT NOW Robert Plant has confirmed a 15-date North American tour. Beginning January 18 in Asheville, NC, this will be the first tour on these shores since the release of his latest album, Band of Joy. The touring band will once again be the same that made the record: Patty Griffin, vocals; Darrell Scott, multi instrumentalist/vocals; By ron House, bass/vocals; Marco Giovino, drums and percussion/vocals, and co-producer Buddy Miller, guitar/vocals. North Mississippi Allstars DUOLUCO (Luther and Cody ...

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Robert Plant Meets Los Lobos: 'What a Thrill'

Robert Plant Meets Los Lobos: 'What a Thrill'

Source: Michael Ricci

What's the response for a songwriter when a rock god decides to record one of your tunes?

That question came to mind when I got word last week that Robert Plant's new solo album, “Band of Joy," due in September, would include, among other roots folk, rock and country songs, his version of Los Lobos' “Angel Dance" from their 1990 album, “The Neighborhood." So I put the question to Louie Perez, who wrote the haunting and bittersweet tune with his ...

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Recording

Robert Plant: Band of Joy

Robert Plant: Band of Joy

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NEW ALBUM OUT SEPTEMBER 14

Robert Plant Robert Plant is back with Band of Joy, his first album since 2007's six time Grammy winning Raising Sand. Band of Joy was recorded in Nashville and will be released on September 14.

A plunge into Americana, the album was co-produced by Plant and Nashville mainstay Buddy Miller. “Buddy's integral to this album. You can hear his taste all over the instrumentation," enthuses Plant. “Buddy's zone is beautiful, with a lot of ...

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Recording

Robert Plant Album/Tour with Patty Griffin, Darrell Scott and More

Robert Plant Album/Tour with Patty Griffin, Darrell Scott and More

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ROBERT PLANT AND THE BAND OF JOY TO TOUR U.S.A. JULY SHOWS TO INCLUDE MATERIAL FROM NEW ROUNDER ALBUM

Robert Plant Robert Plant has confirmed a 12 city North American tour. Beginning in July, this first leg of shows, which will be followed by further dates in the fall, will preview material from a new album. Featuring a diverse group of musicians - Patty Griffin, vocals; Darrell Scott, multi-instrumentalist/vocals; Byron House, bass/vocals; Marco Giovino, drums and percussion/vocals; including ...

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Carry Fire

Nonesuch Records
2017

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Robert Plant: lullaby...

Nonesuch Records
2014

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Band of Joy

Rounder Records
2010

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Led Zeppelin I

Atlantic Records
1969

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