Robert Plant & Alison Krauss have announced the forthcoming release of
their new album Raise The Roof, out November 19 on Warner Music.
The surprise announcement finds Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Plant and 27-time
Grammy-winner Krauss reunited after some fourteen years, following the historic
success of their first collaboration ‘Raising Sand’ (2007), which generated
multi-platinum sales and earned six Grammy Awards.
Like its predecessor, Raise The Roof was produced by T Bone Burnett, who worked
with Plant and Krauss to expand their collaboration in thrilling new directions,
accompanied by drummer Jay Bellerose, guitarists Marc Ribot, David Hidalgo, Bill
Frisell, and Buddy Miller, bassists Dennis Crouch and Viktor Krauss, along with
pedal steel guitarist Russ Pahl among others.
The album features twelve new recordings of songs by legends and unsung heroes
including Merle Haggard, Allen Toussaint, The Everly Brothers, Anne Briggs,
Geeshie Wiley, Bert Jansch and more. Other highlights include a Plant-Burnett
original, “High and Lonesome,” and the classic “Can’t Let Go,” written
by Randy Weeks and first recorded by Lucinda Williams.
