The album Raising Sand, a collaboration between Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, came out in 2007. It wasn’t until today that I started actively listening to it. Wow! This is some of the very best music I’ve heard in a very long time. There’s real magic between these two singers and though I’ve been a Zeppelin fan for years, it’s refreshing to hear Plant sing this material. I’ve respected bluegrass artists but thought the genre isn’t really my thing - but after hearing Krauss’s singing here, I have to surrender. She’s fantastic.

Songs like “Killing the Blues”, “Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)” and “Stick With Me Baby” were easy on the ears during the very first listen. I can’t wait to hear the rest of the album.

Here’s a video of Plant and Krauss performing live the song “Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On).”

Here’s a Charlie Rose interview with Robert Plant, Alison Krauss and T-Bone Burnett about the album and how it all came together.