Robert Plant
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The sixty-five year old former Led Zeppelin singer continues to keep his music vital and interesting. The singer has a new album and a new band, Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters. The new album features eleven new recordings, of which nine are written by Plant with his band.
5) Band of Joy
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Robert Plant, Led Zeppelin's lead singer, follows up his 2007 Grammy-winning Raising Sand with a solo roots rock album that features a stellar cast of musicians and feels similar to his work with Alison Krauss.
6) Carry fire
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Robert Plant's eleventh studio album melds unusual rhythms with naturalism. The album also features his band, the Sensational Space Shifters, as well as special guests like Chrissie Hynde.
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"What is American roots music? Any definition must account for a kaleidoscope of genres from bluegrass to blues, western swing to jazz, soul and gospel to rock and reggae, Cajun to Celtic. It must encompass the work of artists as diverse as Alice Gerrard and Alison Krauss, George Thorogood and Sun Ra, Bela Fleck and Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown, the Blake Babies and Billy Strings. What do all these artists and music styles have in common? The answer...
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In 2007, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss released Raising Sand, one of the most acclaimed albums of the 21st century. It was an unlikely, mesmerizing pairing of one of rock's greatest frontmen with one of country's music's finest and most honored artists, produced by the legendary T Bone Burnett. Now, after 14 years, they return with a dozen songs from a range of traditions and styles that extend this remarkable collaboration in new and thrilling directions....
9) BBC sessions
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Selected and remastered by Jimmy Page from a series of live performances for British radio in 1969 and 1971, these tracks were once among the most popular bootleg items of the '70s.
10) Written in chalk
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Features a thoughtful country-soul vibe, emotional lyrics, outstanding musicianship, and extraordinary guitar. Special guests include Robert Plant, Emmylou Harris, and Patty Griffin.
"These alternative-country heroes steer clear of the complacency that afflicts their genre, electrocharging their music with the heat and heart of conjugal passion, and, at spots, with a rock & roll stomp that puts many a vaunted garage band to shame."--Rolling Stone
"***1/2...
15) Love the Coopers
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Follow the Cooper clan as four generations of extended family come together for their annual Christmas Eve celebration. As the evening unfolds, a series of unexpected visitors and unlikely events turn the night upside down, leading them all toward a surprising rediscovery of family bonds and the spirit of the holiday.
16) Raising sand
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Two of the most distinctive vocalists in modern music have finally put the finishing touches on their new collaborative album, which has a whole new sound due to their entirely different traditions.
18) Led Zeppelin DVD
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A comprehensive collection of concert footage from 1970-1979, much of it never before seen. Includes performances cut out of their film, The song remains the same, rarely seen interviews, never-before-seen television performances, and more.