Robert Plant Alison Krauss

Robert Plant has never been an artist to rest on his laurels. He’s a multiple Grammy Award winner, as a member of Led Zeppelin, he’s a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee; and, in a 2011 Rolling Stone poll, readers named him the top rock vocalist of all time. He retains the sensibility—and the soul—of an itinerant troubadour. His diverse musical points of reference stand out like pins on a map from The Midlands to Morocco, from Nashville to North Wales, the influences and friends collected along the way can all be heard. Since his solo career began almost forty years ago, with his debut ‘Pictures At Eleven’ (1982), Plant has put his wide-ranging musical knowledge to good use across his 11 critically acclaimed studio albums. Across the decades, Plant has collaborated with a multitude of his contemporaries; Phil Collins, Jimmy Page, Patty Griffin, Alison Krauss, plus bands; The Honeydrippers, Priory of Brion, Band of Joy, Strange Sensation and lastly The Sensational Space Shifters for his last two Nonesuch albums “lullaby….and The Ceaseless Roar” (2014) and “Carry Fire” (2017). The stories of inspiration, collaboration, and intervention can all be heard on his hugely popular, Digging Deep podcast, which sees Plant delving into his back catalogue to revisit tracks from this remarkable history, bringing the past into a brilliant technicolor present.

Alison Krauss, a prominent figure in the music industry, boasts a discography of 15 albums, with five as solo projects, seven in collaboration with her band Union Station, and two notable joint efforts with Robert Plant. Her expansive reach has led to the sale of over 12 million records. Krauss's multi-genre collaborations have seen her share creative spaces with the likes of Dolly Parton, Taylor Swift, Kenny Rogers, Emmylou Harris, and even Leonard Cohen, John Prine, and Don Henley. Her recent work includes "Raise the Roof," a project with Robert Plant, serving as a sequel to their six Grammy-winning album, "Raising Sand."

In recognition of Alison Krauss' contributions to the music industry, Krauss has been awarded numerous accolades, including 27 Grammys, nine Country Music Association awards, 14 International Bluegrass Music Association Awards, two Academy of Country Music Awards, and two Gospel Music Association awards. In 2019, her vast and varied accomplishments earned her the National Medal of Arts, the highest honor bestowed to artists by the United States government. Just two years later, in 2021, she was further recognized with induction into the Bluegrass Hall of Fame.