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Reviews > CDs

Published: 2010/09/13

by Jeff Tamarkin

Robert Plant: Band Of Joy

Rounder

The original Band of Joy —circa 1965-68—earned a footnote in rock history for providing rock and roll with one Robert Plant. Perhaps because he’s a nostalgic fellow at heart, Plant’s resurrected the Band of Joy name, and while the new group likely bears little resemblance to its predecessor, it’s a worthy tribute to Plant’s roots in core Americana, British folk balladry, early rock and roll, soul, primal blues and West Coast psychedelia. Without straying too far from the formula that earned him and collaborator Alison Krauss an Album of the Year Grammy for 2007’s Raising Sand, Plant, assisted by co-producer Buddy Miller, applies his still-rapturous pipes to interpretations of tunes by an array of writers ranging from Richard Thompson to Townes Van Zandt to the Irish band Low.

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CoMpUtArD September 20, 2010, 15:04:49

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Mustafa May 6, 2012, 01:52:30

Feb05Ervin Griffin, Jr. Do you have any music on-line? If so, then I would like to hear your voice or at least your band play. I am an R&B fan but I do respect other geenrs of music. Some voices are better suited for Rock or Country. In any case, good luck with it!

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