Now that Raising Sand, the long-awaited collaboration between Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, has arrived in stores and in the hands of patient fans, the singers are making the rounds in support of their 58-minute disc.
With a touring band including several of the studio musicians employed on the album, Plant and Krauss took to the stage in Tennessee on Oct. 18 for an episode of "CMT Crossroads" to air in January.
They are also slated to perform in the studio on tomorrow's "Today" show on NBC, and an appearance on "Charlie Rose" on PBS has also been mentioned.
Plant was a guest on "Charlie Rose" on May 11, 2005, supporting Mighty ReArranger. That full interview can be viewed here.
The performance segment of the Oct. 24 "Today" show appearance with Plant and Krauss can be viewed below. They performed "Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On)."
Alison Krauss and Robert Plant perform
Jason Bonham
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Steve "The Lemon" Sauer is a writer and musician based in Boca Raton, Fla., who has dedicated a portion of his life researching the history of rock group Led Zeppelin and monitoring the ongoing careers of the band's surviving members. Although he was barely a year old when Led Zeppelin broke up and it took him until his teen years to appreciate the music, it didn't take long to make up for it.
In 2007, Steve launched Lemon Squeezings: Led Zeppelin News to cover the lead-up to the band's reunion concert at the end of that year. Since then, he has closely examined every rumor of a followup tour since then, often dispelling or clarifying misinformation perpetrated by the mainstream media. Using his journalistic training, Steve has also uncovered some facts and accounts previously unreported elsewhere.
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