Alison Krauss, Robert Plant on NPR’s World Café November 22nd
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss will be featured guests on NPR’s World Café Live on November 22nd, between 2:00 PM and 3:00 PM ET.
National Public Radio’s World Cafe with host David Dye can be heard on nearly 200 stations nationwide. Fans can find their local station by going to the website: http://worldcafe.org, or they can listen online to the WXPN/Philadelphia stream Monday to Friday 2pm to 4pm Eastern Standard Time by going to: http://xpn.org/listen_live/listen.php.
Later in the day of the broadcast, the audio will be available on the National Public Radio website:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4724307
“Raising Sand” - Rising Anticipation
Alison Krauss and Robert Plant photo by Pamela SpringsteenBurlington, MA - Robert Plant and Alison Krauss‘ upcoming “Raising Sand,” set for an October 23 release on the Rounder label, is quickly becoming one of the most highly anticipated releases for the fall 2007 season.
“Raising Sand” was recently featured on CBS Sunday Morning’s fall music preview. Exclusive appearances are scheduled for the Today Show on October 24th and Charlie Rose as well as major feature articles that are set to run in select publications across the nation.
Already showing major signs of sales success, the album has been on Amazon’s top sellers charts for over two months, and is currently in the Top 5. The album’s first single “Gone, Gone, Gone” is currently in the Top 10 on the AAA charts in its 3rd week of release. Robert and Alison are currently working on a music video for “Gone, Gone, Gone” to debut in the coming weeks, as well as taping an episode of CMT’s Crossroads to air in January. A tour to support the album is being planned now for 2008.
The album was produced by T Bone Burnett and recorded in Nashville and Los Angeles with a stellar cast of supporting musicians, including guitarists Marc Ribot and Norman Blake, multi-instrumentalist Mike Seeger, drummer Jay Bellerose, and bassist Dennis Crouch.
No commentsPre-order “Raising Sand” Alison Krauss and Robert Plant’s project from Rounder
Raising SandRounder Records is now accepting pre-orders on the highly anticipated Alison Krauss and Robert Plant project, Raising Sand. The new album is set to hit store shelves October 23 and it appears this will be released on vinyl and CD.
From Rounders Online Store:
“The musical collaboration of the decade, Raising Sand is the sound of two iconic figures stepping out of their respective comfort zones and letting their instincts lead them across a brave new sonic landscape. Despite hailing from distinctly different backgrounds, Alison Krauss and Robert Plant share a maverick spirit and willingness to extend the boundaries of their respective genres. This spirit, expertly honed by producer T Bone Burnett, has resulted in an album pitched three steps beyond some cosmic collision of early urban blues, spacious West Texas country, and the untapped potential of the folk-rock revolution.
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Supported by the unparalleled musicianship of Marc Ribot, Dennis Crouch, Mike Seeger, Jay Bellerose, Norman Blake, Greg Leisz, Patrick Warren, and Riley Baugus, Plant and Krauss - as both solo and harmony vocalists - tackle an intriguing selection of songs from such tunesmiths as Tom Waits, Gene Clark, Sam Phillips, Townes Van Zandt, The Everly Brothers, and Mel Tillis. Raising Sand finds Robert Plant and Alison Krauss exploring popular music’s elemental roots while still sounding effortlessly, breath-takingly contemporary. “
No commentsAlison Krauss, Robert Plant team up for new release “Raising Sand”
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Robert PlantRobert Plant and Alison Krauss, two of the most distinctive vocalists in modern music, recently put the finishing touches on Raising Sand - their astonishing new collaborative album. Set for release October 23 on Rounder Records, the album was produced by T Bone Burnett and recorded in Nashville and Los Angeles with a stellar cast of supporting musicians, including guitarists Marc Ribot and Norman Blake, multi-instrumentalist Mike Seeger, drummer Jay Bellerose, and bassist Dennis Crouch.
Plant is quick to define Raising Sand as more a band record than a duet record, as it puts the two great singers in a variety of vocal and instrumental combinations - from songs featuring two-part brother-style harmony throughout to solo features for each. Though they come from entirely different traditions, Alison Krauss and Robert Plant create an amazing, unexpected, and entirely new sound when they sing together.
The material, ingeniously chosen by Burnett with input from Plant and Krauss, is the crucial thread that guides Raising Sand and gives the two unique singers a forum to interact and equally express themselves. The songs range from modern to classic, consisting mostly of lesser-known material from a wide spectrum of great blues, R&B, country, and folk songwriters - Tom Waits, Gene Clark, Little Milton Campbell, Mel Tillis, Townes Van Zandt, Doc Watson, Phil and Don Everly among them. They also recorded the Robert Plant/Jimmy Page song “Please Read the Letter,” from the 1998 album Walking Into Clarksdale. “You’ve got two singers that can handle a wide range of material - storytellers,” explains Burnett. “So you look for the stories….”
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Krauss explained that the genesis of Raising Sand came about seven years ago, when Plant called to say hello and that he’d love to work with her someday. A few years later, Plant made good on his word and called Krauss about participating in a Leadbelly tribute at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, where they sang together for the first time. The collaboration revealed instant potential to the pair, and several years later they enlisted Burnett to help them realize a more full-scale collaboration.
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Great American Country (GAC) will present the premier of “Alison Krauss: A Hundred Miles or More” August 11th at 9:00 PM ET.
The one-hour music special features Krauss in performances with members of her acclaimed band, Union Station, and special guest musicians. It also features memorable duets with country superstar Brad Paisley, legendary singer/songwriter James Taylor, and British rocker John Waite and an infectious take on “Sawing on the Strings” with one of Krauss’s long time idols, Tony Rice and musicians Sam Bush and Stuart Duncan joining Union Station.
“I revere the Louvin Brothers, but working with Alison on this project was the main attraction. That she would put our duet on her album is really a feather in my cap.”James Taylor
The GAC program is set in a recording studio environment to re-create the making of many of the songs featured on Krauss’ new solo album, A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection (Rounder).
Additional Airtimes
- August 12, 2007 1:00 AM ET
- August 19, 2007 8:00 PM ET
- August 20, 2007 12:00 AM ET
- August 20, 2007 3:00 PM ET
