Posts Tagged ‘ Robert Plant ’

Rounder releasing 40th anniversary concert on CD/DVD

Category: CD Release

By Rounder Records
January 11, 2010

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Burlington, MA – On March 2, Rounder will release Rounder Records’ 40th Anniversary Concert, an album of the concert that celebrated the label’s 40 years in the music industry. Recorded in October 2009 at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry, the concert will also be presented as a PBS television special that will begin airing on the network in March, 2010 and released on DVD in May….

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Alison Krauss, Robert Plant garner CMT Awards nominations

Category: Bluegrass News

By Travis Tackett
April 16, 2009

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Burlington, MA – Rounder Records has announced that Robert Plant & Alison Krauss are finalists for three 2009 CMT Video Awards in support of their Grammy® Award winning album “Raising Sand.” They were nominated in the following categories:…

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Krauss, Skaggs, Flecktones score at Grammy show

Category: Bluegrass News, media clip

By Dan Tackett
February 9, 2009

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Although bluegrass fiddler and angelic vocalist Allison Krauss, with her duo partner Robert Plant, stole the show at Sunday night’s 51st annual Grammy awards show in Los Angeles, other bluegrass figures also emerged with hardware in hand.

The Krauss/Plant combo won in all five categories where they and their highly lauded CD, Raising Sand (Rounder), were nominated, including Record of the Year for “Please Read the Letter” and overall Album of the Year. This makes Rounder only the second independent label in Grammy® history to win in these two categories….

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Alison Krauss, Robert Plant to perform on Grammy show

Category: Bluegrass News

By Travis Tackett
January 30, 2009

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Robert Plant and Alison Krauss have been confirmed as performers at the 51st Annual GRAMMY® Awards ceremony and telecast in Los Angeles on February 8th, 2009, with a band including acclaimed performer and ‘Raising Sand‘ producer T Bone Burnett, and a stellar cast of musicians from the ‘Raising Sand‘ album and tour.

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Grammy Nominations, Roots Music Awards announced

Category: Bluegrass News

By Travis Tackett
December 4, 2008

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The following Artists, Songs and Albums, were nominated for Grammy® awards last night as during a televised nomination ceremony. The Grammy® nominations listed below is a partial listing as related to bluegrass music.

Alison Krauss & Robert Plant’s “Raising Sand” (Rounder) picked up 5 nominations, including Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals, Best Country Collaboration With Vocals and Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album .

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