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Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sands

November 27, 2007 |

Raising Sand What a gem this album is. Raising Sands is a complete and utter surprise. I wasn’t sure what to expect with this odd ball collaboration and when the results were pipped through my stere0 I gained new found respect for both Robert Plant’s vocal and musical abilites as well as Alison Krauss’s outstanding talent.

Raising Sands is hard to classify. Neither country (Krauss) or Rock (Plant) it is a melding of two magical voices into a medley of Americana and bluefolkjazzgrass. The first song brings you up to speed by settleing your stomach a bit with an easy to swallow bluesy jam. Raising Sands winds its way through a series of ups and downs making me ponder how much Gram Parsons may have influenced both of these artists. The hit of the album is Gone Gone Gone and an amazing show of vocal ability. The vocal harmonies and the phrasing are stupendous. Very few artists could pull this song off with any dignity left. Plant and Krauss blow the roof off with this diddy.

Raising Sands is a breath of fresh air. Not because its anything new or groundbreaking, in fact I think most people are going to be bored by this album. To me however, it’s a warm reminder of how a star whose gone black has come home again. Plant has planted his feet firmly on the ground with this album and I am eager to see what the man has in front of him. If you love the softer side of Americana, if Willie Nelson, Gram Parsons, Ryan Adams or Wilco tickle your fancythan you will like Raising Sands.

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