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Robert Plant & Band of Joy To Be Featured On Artists Den

LIVE FROM THE ARTISTS DEN SEASON THREE PREMIERES ON PUBLIC TELEVISION – BEGINNING APRIL 1, 2011

Artists Den | Robert Plant “House of Cards” from Artists Den on Vimeo.

New York, NY (February 22, 2011)— The Emmy-nominated show connects music fans with an incredible, curated line up of icons and rising stars performing in unique and intimate venues. The exciting new season features Robert Plant, Elvis Costello, Ray LaMontagne, Grace Potter and The Nocturnals, Squeeze, Daniel Merriweather, A Fine Frenzy, and Lisa Hannigan.

Before his Artists Den taping at Nashville’s War Memorial Theater, rock icon Robert Plant commented, “To work your craft, you’ve got to be close in with your musicians, so I enjoy intimacy now. I can’t say that I’d be in a hurry to go to Madison Square Garden again.” (more…)

Harms Swift Way – New Band of Joy Single

Robert Plant releases ‘Harms Swift Way’, the latest single from his Top Five album ‘Band of Joy’ on February 28th on Decca Records.

Plant’s version of the track – originally written and performed by the late, great country folker Townes Van Zandt (1944-1997) – is a driving, plaintive slice of Southern soul, featuring backing vocals from Patty Griffin. (more…)

Robert Plant & the Band Of Joy London Concert documentary

The Robert Plant & the Band Of Joy London Concert documentary will premiere on HD Net on February 20th at 8:00 PM eastern time.

Premier:
2/20 – 8pm ET,
2/21 repeat at 1:30amET/10:30pm PT for west coast
2/27th – repeat 6:50pmET

Robert Plant: the showman must go on (Guardian UK Feature)

Aged 62, and with Brit award nomination, Robert Plant shows no sign of hanging up his mic. He talks Wolves, Led Zeppelin – and why stretch limos are no replacement for the bus

Robert Plant Robert Plant: ‘If you’re a singer, you can never say this is where the voyage ends.’

Robert Plant prowls on stage and does a puckish pastiche of that pointed-forefinger gesture for which he has been famous for decades, then skips into his other performing hallmark, the stance on crossed-over legs, like an elegant estuary wading bird. There is jocular self-parody in this showmanship, which exudes playful, sanguine satisfaction for what we are about to receive. (more…)