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…
Robert Plant shouldn't have been at the New Orleans Jazz Fest. He and his Sensational Space Shifters have been recording a new album in England, with no plans to tour…
A rare snowy day in Nashville, Tennessee set the stage for an even rarer event an intimate concert by rock icon Robert Plant at the War Memorial Auditorium. Performing with his new, Grammy-nominated group aptly titled the Band of Joy (which includes fellow luminaries Buddy Miller and Patty Griffin), Plant played both Led Zeppelin classics and new songs that continue to have an impact on the music scene today…
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…
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.
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…
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…
For all of the acclaim it received, there's no denying that No Quarter was a tentative reunion for Page & Plant, containing only a handful of new songs that were scattered among many reworked old favorites. Since its supporting tour went well, the duo decided to make their reunion permanent, setting to work on an album of entirely new material…