CMT previews Plant / Krauss Crossroads show
Category: Bluegrass News, media clip
By Travis Tackett
February 6, 2008
Alison Krauss and Robert Plant photo by Pamela SpringsteenCMT.com has a preview of the highly anticipated Robert Plant and Alison Krauss episode of Crossroads available online. The show is set to air Feb. 11th on CMT at 7 P.M. CST.
The video clip is of “Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)” from the unlikely duo’s “Raising Sand” album. The CD was released to critical acclaim in Oct of 2007 and can be viewed here. The backing band on the Crossroads show includes T. Bone Burnett on guitar who also produced the project, Dennis Crouch on Bass and Buddy Miller on Guitar.
Plant and Krauss will also kick off their North American tour April 19th at the Palace Theatre in Louisville, Ky. with additional shows in Knoxville, Chattanooga, New Orleans and Birmingham before kicking off the European leg of the tour. Additional dates are still in the works. For more information visit the Robert Plant / Alison Krauss “Raising Sand” website.
In Other Plant Krauss News:
Below is a clip from the BBC’s “Breakfast” show featuring Robert Plant and Alison Krauss who were interviewed about the “Raising Sand” CD.
There’s also a Today show interview here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21548661/