The first time Robert Plant played the Roundhouse his band had just changed their name from The New Yardbirds to Led Zeppelin. It was November 1968 and the semi-derelict former railway shed was London’s main underground rock venue…
Of all the rock legends who remain in our orbit, it is perhaps Robert Plant who most elegantly refutes the notion that they should be retired, like footballers, at the age of forty. Letting go of his own beautiful youth, his myth, he has chosen instead the road of ongoing musical exploration: into bluegrass with Alison Krauss and now, with the Band of Joy, into the more mysterious recesses of folk and gospel…
What seems to be an unlikely pairing of former Led Zeppelin vocalist Robert Plant and bluegrass superstar Alison Krauss is actually one of the most effortless-sounding duos in modern popular music…
Robert Plant and The Band of Joy team up for this live set, mounted and filmed at the Artists Den in 2012. The 16 selections include: "Tangerine," "Down to the Sea," "I Bid You Goodnight," "A Satisfied Mind" and much more.
In 1968, a naïve young singer from the Black Country hills in England named Robert Plant was discovered wailing the blues by veteran session guitarist Jimmy Page and bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones. When Plant recommended his friend John Bonham as the drummer, one of the most successful bands in rock history was born as Led Zeppelin.
Robert Anthony Plant CBE (born 20 August 1948) is a British singer and songwriter, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the English rock band Led Zeppelin…
This first ever DVD from Plant features both solo and Led Zeppelin material filmed in High Definition on PBS' Soundstage program during Plant's 2005 Mighty Rearranger tour.
On Mighty Rearranger, the core of the band Robert Plant showcased on 2002's Dreamland – and named the Strange Sensation – is a full-blown expanded lineup that shares the bill with him. Guitarists Justin Adams and Skin Tyson, drummer Clive Deamer, keyboardist John Baggot, and bassist Billy Fuller help Plant give listeners his most musically satisfying and diverse recording since, well, Led Zeppelin's Physical Grafitti…