14 years after their first collaboration, 2007’s Raising Sand, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss are reuniting for another album.
The duo announced their new album on Thursday, entitled Raise the Roof, which will be released November 19.
The duo also released the first single from the album, a cover of Lucinda Williams’ Can’t Let Go.
New album: 14 years after their first collaboration, 2007’s Raising Sand, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss are reuniting for another album
Their first album, Raising Sand, won all six Grammy Awards it was nominated for and was certified double-platinum in the UK.
Both Raising Sand and Raising The Roof were produced by T-Bone Burnett, with accompaniment by drummer Jay Bellerose, guitarists Marc Ribot, David Hidalgo, Bill Frisell and Buddy Miller, bassists Dennis Crouch and Viktor Krauss, pedal steel guitarist Russ Pahl and many others.
The 12-track album will feature new renditions of classic songs by artists such as Merle Haggard, Allen Toussaint, The Everly Brothers, Anne Briggs, Geeshie Wiley, Bert Jansch and more.
Grammy winners: Their first album, Raising Sand, won all six Grammy Awards it was nominated for and was certified double-platinum in the UK
Producer: Both Raising Sand and Raising The Roof were produced by T-Bone Burnett (right), with accompaniment by drummer Jay Bellerose, guitarists Marc Ribot, David Hidalgo, Bill Frisell and Buddy Miller, bassists Dennis Crouch and Viktor Krauss, pedal steel guitarist Russ Pahl and many others
Plant and Burnett also collaborate for an original song called High and Lonesome on the album.
The songs picked for Raise the Roof are said to, ‘reflect deep-rooted influences and new revelations.’
Plant wanted to introduce new audiences to English folk traditions he grew up with on the album.
Folk traditions: Plant wanted to introduce new audiences to English folk traditions he grew up with on the album
Krauss said that after hearing the album’s first song, Quattro (World Drift In), originally performed by Calexico, that was, ‘the moment I knew we’d make another album.’
‘We wanted it to move. We brought other people in, other personalities within the band, and coming back together again in the studio brought a new intimacy to the harmonies,’ she added in a statement.
‘You hear something and you go “Man, listen to that song, we got to sing that song!”‘ Plant added.
Another album: Krauss said that after hearing the album’s first song, Quattro (World Drift In), originally performed by Calexico, that was, ‘the moment I knew we’d make another album’
‘It’s a vacation, really—the perfect place to go that you least expected to find,’ he added in his statement.
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss will tour together in 2022 to support the album, with dates to be announced soon.
Both Plant and Krauss have 35 Grammy awards between them, with Krauss’ 27 Grammys the most ever for a female artist until she was dethroned earlier this year by Beyonce.
Tour: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss will tour together in 2022 to support the album, with dates to be announced soon