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Gregg Allman, Robert Plant To Attend Americana Music Festivial

The 12th Annual Americana Music Festival and Conference presented by Nissan will celebrate the genre’s ever-growing recognition and acclaim October 12 -15, 2011 in Nashville, TN. In an explosion of talent, iconic artists will take the stage alongside the scene’s hippest up-and-comers for four days and nights of praiseworthy performances and surprise guest appearances. (more…)
Led Zeppelin front man rocks Bridges

Guests attending a charity event at Bridges last Saturday night (9th July) were given a rare treat as one of rock’s greatest icons took to the stage to entertain them with a set of classic rock ‘n’ roll. (more…)
BOJ – Centennial Concert Hall Review

You gotta have a whole lotta love for Robert Plant. While so many of his contemporaries are hitting the soulless, cash-grab reunion-tour circuit, the former Led Zeppelin frontman, now 62, is still making new — and relevant — music. These days it’s with The Band of Joy — and Tuesday night’s show at the Centennial Concert Hall was nothing short of joyous. (more…)
Artists do the darndest things at the Montreal Jazz Festival
Whether it’s Robert Plant speaking comically sloppy French, Diana Krall strumming a ukulele, or Prince throwing his microphone into a crowd to cap off the seventh encore of a small-club gig, there’s something about the Montreal Jazz Festival that makes artists do surprising things. (more…)
Prince, Plant set high bar for the rest
Robert Plant’s sold-out show at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier Friday night kicked off with a mighty twang, which was soon met by a gigantic howl from the fans as they recognized the Led Zeppelin classic Black Dog. (more…)
Un Robert Plant édifiant
MONTRÉAL – Figure légendaire du rock, l’ancien chanteur de Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant, a livré un incroyable concert de pré ouverture du Festival international de jazz de Montréal, en proposant, à la salle Wilfrid-Pelletier de la Place des Arts, un amalgame jouissif de classiques et de pièces issues du très bon projet Band of Joy. (more…)
Robert Plant & The Band Of Joy – Wilfrid-Pelletier
Dans ces moments-là, ils sont beaux. Des ados, Alain Simard autant qu’André Ménard, tout fondateurs du FIJM soient-ils. «We’re very happy, obviously, I think it shows in our faces…», a dit Ménard d’entrée de jeu dans sa portion de présentation du Spirit Award à Robert Plant. Si ça paraissait? Au petit Salon Vert, adjacent à la grande scène de Wilfrid, on avait les visages comme des champs de boutons qui devraient péter mais ne pètent pas à force de retenir les mots. Les deux mots. Les mots qu’on ne pouvait pas prononcer: Led Zep. Ne pas mentionner Led Zeppelin. Surtout, ne pas mentionner Led Zeppelin. De grâââce, ne pas mentionner Led Zeppelin, nous avait-on rappelé et rappelé encore. (more…)
Robert Plant: rien ne sert de se mesurer au passé
En acceptant le Spirit Award du Festival de jazz des mains d’Alain Simard et d’André Ménard quelques minutes avant son concert à Wilfrid-Pelletier, Robert Plant a raconté que, tout jeune, il avait été impressionné par la magie noire de quantité de bluesmen américains vus en spectacle en Angleterre, de Son House à Muddy Waters. Il découvre aujourd’hui une autre musique qui le fascine, celle des Blancs des Appalaches. «Je suis dans un environnement beaucoup plus intéressant et dynamique qu’à toute autre période de ma vie et j’ai dû attendre d’avoir 62 ans pour connaître ça. Ce n’est pas la peine de tenter de rivaliser avec la jeunesse ou avec mon passé. Je suis très bien là où je suis.» (more…)
“This is my moment”, Robert Plant says in accepting Montreal jazz fest award
MONTREAL – The assembled media people were waiting backstage in the Green Room at Place des Arts to watch Robert Plant accept the Montreal International Jazz Festival’s Spirit Award and maybe field a few questions. And the journalists were issued a warning, individually and collectively: no questions about Led Zeppelin. Ask about Zep and Plant might just turn around and walk out, some were told.
So as opening act Bahamas were playing onstage, Plant – looking every inch the legend – entered the room, listened to some praise from festival co-founders Andre Menard and Alain Simard and accepted his prize. And what’s the first thing he does? He quotes Led Zeppelin’s drummer. (more…)




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