Robert Plant is a master of the musical bait and switch, but an exceptionally gracious one. Plant is no dummy. He has to know that the commercial radio stations in Houston (and, let’s be fair, most everywhere else) that run ads and give away plenty of tickets for his concerts would sooner add Lady Gaga to their playlists than touch anything from 2007’s Raising Sand or his forthcoming Band of Joy album.
‘Angel Dance’, the first single from Robert Plant’s brand new studio album Band Of Joy, will be given its first airing on the Planet Rock UK station tonight. The song is the album opener from the new record and will be given it’s first spin on the station in Nicky’s show after 6pm.
Band Of Joy is released on 13 September and is the follow up to 2007’s Alison Krauss collaboration album, Raising Sand.
DALLAS — Robert Plant’s sojourn down America’s back roads has done him a world of good. For one thing, it’s allowed the rock ‘n’ roll lothario to reinvent himself as a sharp-eared curator of the vast American roots repertoire. By casting aside expectations for a Led Zeppelin reunion, Plant has paved the way for himself to grow as an artist rather than stagnate as a jukebox sellout. [Read more]
What does a living legend do to follow a multi-Grammy Award winning album (Raising Sand) and successful world tour with Bluegrass thrush Alison Krauss? How about revive an over 40-year-old band name from the Midlands of England, start out fresh with an almost completely new set of Americana/Country musicians, and tour the U.S. before the new album is even in the stores? Robert Plant can’t be accused of playing it safe. [Read more]
It was tough to find anything but joy at the Meyerson on Friday night. But it could be done, as Robert Plant and his latest squad of crack players, the Band of Joy, juiced up the symphony hall with tart, swollen, Americana-flavored chewables in front of a near-capacity collective of appreciative, if occasionally flabbergasted, patrons.
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