With the release of his latest studio effort “Band of Joy” on September 13, Robert Plant will be crossing the Atlantic to perform in the UK just a couple of weeks after the album hits the shelves.

For the UK album tour in the fall, Plant will be bringing with him his entire crew of music geniuses from the US who helped form and shape the “Band of Joy” release – famous Nashville music genius and guitar hero Buddy Miller, singer Patty Griffin, Byron House, Darrell Scott, and Marco Giovino. Plant and his crew will be performing in three English venues (London HMV Forum – September 2; Birmingham Symphony Hall – October 27; Manchester Palace Theatre – October 31) with a sole gig in Wales at Cardiff St. David’s Hall on October 26. Tickets for all UK shows will be available three days from now, on Friday at July 9.

Led Zeppelin’s legendary front man Robert Plant is back with an up and coming album which seems to be monumental for him, as it is the first time for the English music icon to work with American musicians and singers and come up with an album that can be described as Americanized or simply Americana.

Although it won’t be the first time for Plant to work with an American recording artist as he has worked with Alison Krauss in 2007 for “Raising Sand”, everyone knows that Krauss’ bluegrass roots makes her music sound more British than American, so in essence, this will truly be the first time for Plant to produce an album that is a mixture of Nashville country meets garage rock but with a crisp, harmonious voice whistling through every cut, and for good measure, a couple of covers.

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In July, Robert Plant will be previewing material from his new studio album that was recorded with Band of Joy, his all star band, during a tour of the US. The trek of 12 cities will kick off in Memphis, TN on July 13 and will wrap up in Miami on July 31. Along the way Plant will visit Phoenix on July 20, Dallas on July 23 and Houston on July 24.

At the Grammys this year, Alison Krauss and Robert Plant received lots of love. The pair cleaned up at the awards ceremony, taking five prizes home. For “Please Read the Letter” the duo won Record of the Year. Their collaborative set “Raising Sand” won Album of the Year. For “Rich Woman” the two won for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals and “Killing the Blues” won Best Country Collaboration with Vocals. “Raising Sand” also won Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album. Their pair was very nonchalant over their wins.

On Thursday night September 18 Robert Plant and Alison Krauss took top honors home from the 7th Annual Americana Music Association Honors and Awards show held in Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. Plant and Krauss were at the event and accepted the awards Duo/Group of the Year and Album of the Year for their collaborative album “Raising Sand.”

The “Raising Sand” tour of Alison Krauss and Robert Plant has been extended, with shows from the unconventional duo extending well into the fall. Krauss and Plant continue on the North American tour’s current leg on July 14 with a show in Toronto. Nine additional new shows have been added for September and October. They will kick off in Kansas City on September 23.

Grammy winners Alison Krauss and Robert Plant, one month after they revealed plans for several April concerts for the South, have unveiled a full spring-summer tour of the US to back “Raising Sand,” their joint album. The April engagements for the duo will be followed with a month long run of shows in the US, kicking off in Virginia on June 2. The pair will be visiting around twenty cities across the country.

If you know Robert Plant mainly as a primal screamer on Led Zeppelin classic tunes like “Whole Lotta Love” and “The Immigrant Song” you might be surprised to hear he has joined forces with Alison Krauss, the bluegrass star.