Raising Sand - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

A number of good tracks which have a great blend of rock ,blues and country. Great easy listening cd which also has songs quite unique to both artitsts. Great collaboration of two artists famous in there own rights, must admit Alison Kraus wasnt very keen on beforehand but mixed with Robert Plant the mix seems to be quite striking at times. Alison's voice is quite haunting in trampled rose where as Robert sings Polly come home in such a tender and ...
...to other work done by Alison after loving Let your loss be your lesson, cant stop singing when that comes on in the car. Very surprised by this cd as i honestly thought i wouldnt enjoy it, but it may not be to Plant fans taste but would certainlyy appeal to Kraus fans. ...

fluke27 07.02.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Raising Sand - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

I bought this for my partner as she loves Led Zepplin (Robert Plant being the Lead Singer). I am a fan of country/folk so I found Alison Krauss appealing. This album is full of very slow ballad type songs with a couple of lively exceptions. But don't let that put you off. This is a very good album but I would reccommend that you listen to the whole thing in one go (possibly whilst in the bath or something similar) as this is a great collection to ...
...sung into them and this makes great listening. A personal favourite of mine is Killing the Blues just because the tone of both their voices really harmonises on this particular track. You can tell they didn't make this for the money. This is about loving classic songs and putting their own twists on it. Great album. ...

ant4buffy 29.03.2008 · Read full review
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