CMT previews Plant / Krauss Crossroads show
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.
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Below is a clip from the BBC’s “Breakfast” show featuring Robert Plant and Alison Krauss who were interviewed about the “Raising Sand” CD.
Krauss, Plant announce select American tour dates
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raising Sand (Rounder)Alison Krauss and Robert Plant, whose “Raising Sand” album has emerged as one of the past year’s major critical and word-of-mouth sales success stories, will begin an extensive US and European tour April 20 with a brief run of dates in the mid-South. The two lauded musicians will then embark on an 11 date tour of Europe in May before commencing more North American dates for June and July (to be announced).
With a band led by “Raising Sand” producer T Bone Burnett, they will be performing songs together onstage from “Raising Sand,” as well as other songs from their careers.
Previewing the tour, on February 11, CMT will air CMT Crossroads: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, featuring performances of songs from “Raising Sand” as well as material from both artists’ extensive catalogs.
Confirmed “Raising Sand” North American tour dates are (More dates TBA):
**Tickets for these shows will go on sale Friday, January 25 and are available through Ticketmaster.
- 4/20/08 - Louisville, KY - Palace Theatre
- 4/22/08 - Knoxville, TN - Knoxville Civic Coliseum
- 4/23/08 - Chattanooga, TN - Memorial Auditorium
- 4/26/08 - Birmingham, AL - BJCC Arena
