Robert Plant will team up with bluegrass star Alison Krauss for the album 'Raising Sand', to be released in the States on October 23.
Recorded in Nashville and Los Angeles with legendary producer / songwriter / film-scorer T-Bone Burnett, the 13-track effort sees the pair reinterpret tunes from Tom Waits, Townes Van Zandt, The Everley Brothers, Gene Clark and Mel Tillis, as well as the track 'Please Read The Letter' from the 1998's Page & Plant album 'Walking Into Clarksdale'.Burnett told Billboard that he was interested in forcing Plant and Krauss beyond their respective comfort zones when it came to song choices, culminating in Plant tackling the Doc Watson tune 'Your Long Journey'. "He's never gotten close to that kind of country music before," Burnett said.
Audio samples from the album are now up at Amazon.
'Raising Sand' Track Listing:
1 - Rich Woman
2 - Killing the Blues
3 - Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us
4 - Polly Come Home
5 - Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)
6 - Through the Morning, Through the Night
7 - Please Read the Letter
8 - Trampled Rose
9 - Fortune Teller
10 - Stick with Me Baby
11 - Nothin'
12 - Let Your Loss Be Your Lesson
13 - Your Long Journey
