Raising Sand
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Performer: Robert Plant and Alison KraussPerformer: Robert Plant
Performer: Alison Krauss
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-10-23
Music Label: Rounder
Soundtracks:
- Rich Woman
- Killing the Blues
- Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us
- Polly Come Home
- Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)
- Through the Morning, Through the Night
- Please Read the Letter
- Trampled Rose
- Fortune Teller
- Stick with Me Baby
- Nothin'
- Let Your Loss Be Your Lesson
- Your Long Journey
Music reviews of Raising Sand
Music Review: Amazing Depth
Rating: 5 Stars
As lifelong fan of Plant in all his incarnations, it was quite natural for me to buy this album without a second thought. SO at first, I was surprised; not by the gentle adaptations Plant made to his naturally powerful, indeed overwhelming vocal style and presence, but rather by the fact that to make this album, he seems to have abandoned his former self entirely and switched into an alien musical persona.
It's hard to explain this, but all of his previous music has been resonant with deep seated passions that seem to emanate from another, more mythical world, whereas in this album he's simply Robert - poet and singer.
I loved it on first hearing and it keeps growing on me. And what of Alison Krauss? Well, she has a haunting voice, but again, one that expresses this side of mortality rather than the other-worldliness of Sandy Dennie, who teamed up with Zeppelin on 'Battle of Evermore'. She's a fabulous singer, albeit from a genre that has, until now, given me little pleasure. Together, Plant and Krauss have created something special. I salute them both.
Description of Raising Sand
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.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 Broth! ers, and Mel Tillis. Raising Sand finds Robert Plant and Alison Krauss exploring popular music's elemental roots while still sounding effortlessly, breath-takingly contemporary.
The song "Killing the Blues" is featured in the new JC Penney American Living Campaign.
Perhaps only the fantasy duo of King Kong and Bambi could be a more bizarre pairing than Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. Yet on Raising Sand, their haunting and brilliant collaboration, the Led Zeppelin screamer and Nashville's most hypnotic song whisperer seem made for each other. This, however, is not the howling Plant of "Whole Lotta Love," but a far more precise and softer singer than even the one who emerged with Dreamland (2002). No matter that Plant seems so subdued as to be on downers, for that's one of the keys to this most improbable meeting of musical galaxies--almost all of it seems slowed down, out of time, otherworldly, and at times downright David Lynch-ian, the product of an altered consciousness. Yet probably the main reason it all works so well is the choice of producer T Bone Burnette, the third star of the album, who culled mostly lesser-known material from some of the great writers of blues, country, folk, gospel, and R&B, including Tom Waits, Townes Van Zandt, Milt Campbell, the Everly Brothers, Sam Phillips, and A.D. and Rosa Lee Watson. At times, Burnette's spare and deliberate soundscape--incisively crafted by guitarists Marc Ribot and Norman Blake, bassist Dennis Crouch, drummer Jay Bellerose, and multi-instrumentalist Mike Seeger, among others--is nearly as dreamy and subterranean as Daniel Lanois's work with Emmylou Harris (Wrecking Ball). Occasionally, Burnette opts for a fairly straightforward production while still reworking the original song (Plant's own "Please Read the Letter," Mel Tillis's "Stick with Me, Baby"). But much of the new flesh on these old bones is oddly unsettling, if not nightmarish. On the opening track of "Rich Woman," the soft-as-clouds vocals strike an optimistic mood, while the instrumental backing--loose snare, ominous bass line, and insinuating electric guitar lines--create a spooky, sinister undertow. Plant and Krauss trade out the solo and harmony vocals, and while they both venture into new waters here (Krauss as a mainstream blues mama, Plant as a gospel singer and honkytonker), she steals the show in Sam Phillips' new "Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us," where a dramatic violin and tremulous banjo strike a foreboding gypsy tone. When Krauss begins this strange, seductive song in a voice so ethereal that angels will take note, you may stop breathing. That, among other reasons, makes Raising Sand an album to die for. --Alanna Nash
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